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Lot 13 JULIANS PARK, HERTFORDSHIRE

A STRASBOURG FAIENCE PIGEON TUREEN AND COVER

MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed31 December 2025

Estimate

GBP 12,000–18,000

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A STRASBOURG FAIENCE PIGEON TUREEN AND COVER
MID-18TH CENTURY
Naturalistically modelled standing on a grassy mound, the underside of the footrim with yellow glaze
13 in. (33 cm.) wide

With Vandermeersch, according to paper label.

Specialist note


A single pigeon tureen of similar form in the René Fribourg Collection, New York, was sold by Sotheby's, London, 15 October 1963, lot 381, and is also illustrated in the Répertoire de la Faience Française, vol. V. pl. 25A. Another example is illustrated by Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé et al., 'Faïences Françaises', Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, 1980, p. 287, no. 440. Another pair sold at Christie's, London, 21 November 2005, lot 187.