Lot n° 158
Estimation :
300 - 500
EUR
MONTEREAU LL and T (1825/1840) - Lot 158
MONTEREAU LL and T (1825/1840)
Set of 6 earthenware dessert plates, with black printed decoration on a yellow background on the theme of Greek independence.
Decorated with ribbon-tied crowns inscribed with the names "Maulis Byron / Canaris Fabvier / Botzaris Eynard" and Lorraine crosses bearing standards inscribed with the words "Liberté" and "La Croix".
Each plate is centered with a captioned scene:
- Lord Byron leading a Greek detachment
- Turks taking Greek women and children
- Turks from Missolonghi to the Breccia
- Miaulis taking a Turkish ship".
-Constantin Canaris on a firebrand".
-Marcos Botzaris in the Turks' camp" (in French)
Diameter: 21.5 cm
Some in used condition
Bibliography: Amandry, A. (1982) L'Indépendance grecque dans la faïence française du XIXe siècle, Athenes: Fondation ethnographique du Péloponnese, pp. 37-41.
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