A Proskau faïence fruit-form tureen and covers 1770-83

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Description

length 11 1/2 in.
29.3 cm

modelled as a grape-form tureen and cover flanked by an artichoke box and cover and a pear box and cover affixed to a leaf-shaped plate applied with flowering leafy branches, painted D. P. mark. Some restoration.

Catalogue Note

A similar, less complex, tureen is illustrated by Herbert Kurz, Fayencen, p. 172, no. 240 and col. pl. p. 134.