A Strasbourg faïence trompe-l'oeil plate of radishes Paul Hannong period, 1750-54

the vegetables arranged in a pattern radiating from the center of the plate.

There are chips or restored chips to all stems of the radishes resting along the rim edge. Two of the white radishes have been off and are completely oversprayed and restored, possibly covering break/s; one has an associated 1 1/2-inch rim chip that has been oversprayed and another an associated 1/2-inch restored rim chip. The lower tip of one radish has been broken off and restored back.
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A similar trompe-l'oeil plate is illustrated by Jeanne Terrasson in Les Hannong et Leurs Manufactures Strasbourg Frankenthal, p. 53; and in Glanz des Barock, no. 52, the catalogue of the collection of Herrn Professor Dr. Peter Ludwig and Frau Professorin Dr. Irene Ludwig, Bamberg. Two other similar examples were in the collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, sold in these rooms November 21, 2014, lot 495.