Lot n° 379
Estimation :
1000 - 1500
EUR
NEVERS - Lot 379
NEVERS
Diamond-shaped earthenware tile from the pavement of the Château de Thouars, decorated with the coat of arms of Marie de La Tour, Duchess of Thouars, featuring a tower framed by four fleurs-de-lis in orange on a blue background.
Manufacture of Antoine Conrade.
17th century, 1636.
L. : 25 cm x 21 cm.
This tile is part of a pavement commissioned in 1636 by the Duchess of Thouars from Antoine Conrade, a Nevers faience maker.
The pavement at the château was dismantled during the French Revolution and is now dispersed. The Musée de Thouars holds some thirty tiles.
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