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A FRENCH PORCELAIN PATE-SUR-PATE BLUE-GROUND RECTANGULAR PLAQUE BY LOUIS SOLON
Lot 46 PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR

A FRENCH PORCELAIN PATE-SUR-PATE BLUE-GROUND RECTANGULAR PLAQUE BY LOUIS SOLON

CIRCA 1869-70, SIGNED MILES (THE PSEUDONYM FOR LOUIS SOLON)

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A FRENCH PORCELAIN PATE-SUR-PATE BLUE-GROUND RECTANGULAR PLAQUE BY LOUIS SOLON
CIRCA 1869-70, SIGNED MILES (THE PSEUDONYM FOR LOUIS SOLON)
Finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a maiden either receiving a love letter from Cupid or burning a love letter in a brazier, enriched with gilt foliage
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high, 8 ¼ in. (20.9 cm.) wide, excluding the giltwood frame

Specialist note

The archival records of 1869 document that Louis Solon was both actively employed at Sèvres and independently producing small pâte-sur-pâte vases and plaques. These early works are often signed Miles, an acronym created using his initials.