ROUEN - Lot 491

ROUEN Covered oval earthenware tureen and its oval tray with contoured rim, with polychrome decoration of groups of flowers, flowering stems, butterflies and coat of arms in a shield surmounted by a helmet, the edges decorated with braid on a trellis background and reserves framing flowers. the lid in the shape of a snake or eel. 18th century. L. : of the tray : 47.5 x 35 cm. Exhibited at the 1932 Retrospective Exhibition of French Faience at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Provenance : Former collection of Countess David de Fitzjames, Paris sale, December 15-18, 1902, lot 55, sold for 2,000 francs to Mr Gaillot. Former Papillon collection, 1st sale Paris, March 10-12, 1919, lot 227. Former Destreicher collection. Former Tumin collection, Ader sale, Paris, June 11, 1936, lot 63. Reproduced in Répertoire de la Faïence Française, Paris, 1933, vol. 4, pl. 134B. The coat of arms is that of the Lambert family, seigneur de Lambremont et du Buisson, election des Andelys.