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Charger

Manufacturer (French, founded 1738)
CultureFrench
OriginMoustiers-Sainte-Marie, France
Datec.1750
MediumFaience (tin-glazed earthenware)
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 40 × 30 cm (1 3/16 × 15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.)
MarkingsInterlaced OL. and S
DescriptionThis large scalloped dish exemplifies a type of decoration commonly found on Moustiers faience and possibly invented by Joseph Olérys. It shows human figures and fantastical animals amid insects and floral garlands. The spontaneous, yet precisely executed decoration is rendered in monochrome ocre. The engravings of Jacques Callot (1592-1635) may have inspired some of the figures.
Credit LineGift of the Savard and Tabak Families
Object numberG22.8.1
Classifications
European Ceramics
Sub-classification
French Earthenware - Faïence
Status
Not on view
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