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| Plaques-de-porte, or door plaques, are hard to come by.
They either stay forever on the door to which they were originally
attached or get damaged and discarded. This one is from the post-1922
production of Geo Martel at Desvres and measures 9¾"
by 3¼". The plaque is nicely painted in the Rouen style with a decorative double border. The arms of Brittany are in the center. Some prior owner covered the inside of the mounting holes with dark paint to mask the original white glaze. Condition is excellent. |
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| Malicorne faience at its best can equal and even surpass
the work of Quimper painters. This wall pocket from the early 1900s is one of those pieces.
Front and center are a bagpiper and his interested onlooker. Ever-fresh sprigs of spring flowers appear around and above them, all entirely surrounded by a leafy border in two soft shades of green. A matching band of green leaves binds the double cornet at the bottom. The decoration as a whole is a joy to look at. |
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The wall pocket is 10½" long and is signed PBx on the back. There are original pin pricks in the glaze over the man's costume, very small wear marks on both tips, and two invisible professional restorations, one on the rim above the lady and the other on the back of the hanging loop. None of these detracts from the lovely appearance of this exceptional Malicorne piece. | |