Lot 136
  • 136

An oval 'Limoges revival' enamel dish, France, late 19th century

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • 30.5cm. wide; 12in.
painted en grisaille and in flesh tones with Rebecca at the well, after Poussin, signed with prestige initials 'P.C' supposedly for Pierre I Courteys.
Nicolas Poussin's painting of 'Rebecca at the well', now in the musée du Louvre, Paris, was much engraved and copied in the decorative arts. It was painted in 1648; Pierre Courteys flourished in Limoges in the second half of the 16th century.