Live Auction 20036Two Private Collections of European Ceramics, Gold Boxes and Silver
A STRASBOURG FAIENCE HEXAFOIL TRAY
Lot 188

A STRASBOURG FAIENCE HEXAFOIL TRAY

CIRCA 1745

Closed16 December 2021

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GBP 5,625

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A STRASBOURG FAIENCE HEXAFOIL TRAY
CIRCA 1745
Decorated with chinoiserie figures at various pursuits in a rocky landscape with pavillions below a pair of birds in flight, surrounded by scattered flower sprays
15 5⁄8 in. (39.7 cm.) wide

Specialist note


R.G. Vater Collection no. 821 (paper collection label applied to the underside).

A Strasbourg faïence tray of the same form is illustrated by Jacques Bastian, Strasbourg: Faïences et Porcelaines 1721-1784, Strasbourg, 2002, Vol. I, p. 210, ill. 201.