Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection

Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 255. A PAIR OF FRENCH PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE BLUE-GROUND RECTANGULAR PLAQUES AND AN OVAL GREEN-GROUND PLAQUE, 'LA TOILETTE', BY TAXILE DOAT  DATED 1881 AND 1883.

A PAIR OF FRENCH PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE BLUE-GROUND RECTANGULAR PLAQUES AND AN OVAL GREEN-GROUND PLAQUE, 'LA TOILETTE', BY TAXILE DOAT DATED 1881 AND 1883

Auction Closed

October 23, 06:38 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 USD

Lot Details

Description

A PAIR OF FRENCH PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE BLUE-GROUND RECTANGULAR PLAQUES AND AN OVAL GREEN-GROUND PLAQUE, 'LA TOILETTE', BY TAXILE DOAT DATED 1881 AND 1883


each signed in white slip with a TD monogram, the blue-ground pair each decorated in white slip with a Muse and a putto within blue enamel Bérainesque surrounds, the reverse incised taxile Doat/ 1881; the green-ground plaque decorated with flying putti helping a maiden dress, one of the pair and the oval plaque with gilt-metal frames. 

The pair 4¾x 3¼in.; The oval plaque 9 x 6⅝in.

12 x 8.2 cm; 22.8 x 16.8 cm

The pair: Wm. H. Plummer & Co., Ltd, New York, bearing labels 

Christie's New York, April 21, 2009, lot 36