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SAINT-CLEMENT Earthenware plate with contoured...

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SAINT-CLEMENT Earthenware plate with contoured rim featuring a patriotic polychrome design of a lictor bundle between a plant crown and surmounted by a red Phrygian cap with tricolor ribbon. Above, the inscription "la liberté ou la mort" ("liberty or death"). The Saint-Clement manufactory used the lictor-beam motif on numerous shapes. Late 18th century, revolutionary period. D. 22.5 cm Chips and chips. Bibliography : DRUET, ROSEN, Faïences révolutionnaires de l'Est de la France, p.135, n°124.