NEVERS
Earthenware plate with contoured rim featuring patriotic polychrome decoration, with a fortress in the center, topped by a flag and six soldiers in arms at the top of the towers, and a palisade behind which a cannon is hidden on the left.
Often mistaken for a Bastille decor, it is more likely to evoke the defense of a besieged homeland.
Late 18th century, revolutionary period.
D. 23 cm
Chips and chips.
Bibliography
BONNET, Collection Louis HEITSCHEL, p. 176, no. 347.
MOINET, BILLON-TOURET, Céramiques Révolutionnaires, p. 181, no. 374: similar model.
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