FAIENCE BUST OF LOUIS XV
TERRE BLANCHE DE PARIS,
RUE DE CHARENTON MANUFACTURE
OR LUNEVILLE
Lead-glazed earthenware
Date: circa 1745
Height: 57.5 cm
After a model by Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne

Splendid faience fine bust of Louis XV, modelled in two sections in white, the King appearing as a youthful military leader, looking proudly to the left, wearing armor and the ribbon of the Order of the Holy Spirit. He rests on a separate socle, flanked with a recumbent lion, rooster feathers, and a rococo shield, all traditional Royal symbols. The paste is of a thick, creamy hue and the glaze is highly pearlized. This figure was created after a bronze model by Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne, and very closely resembles a smaller Chantilly porcelain example dated 1745, now in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

STRASBOURG FAIENCE
APPLE BOX WITH COVER

French Faience, 1750-54,
Length: 3 7/8 inches,
Period of Paul Hannong

Charming Apple Box, naturalistically modelled in two halves as a small tureen, the lower portion with a green stem issuing from the body as three black-veined green leaves which form the feet. The apple decorated all over in deep, rich shades of green, rose and crimson.

GERMAN FAIENCE
APPLE TUREEN AS INKSTAND

German Faience, Circa 1750,
Height: 4 1/2 inches, Width: 5 1/3 inches

Rare and charming trompe l'oeil Inkstand in the form of a large Apple Tureen, a leaf curling around each side to form a short stalk at the back. The top half of the apple lifts off to reveal a faience sand-sprinkler and a (replacement) glass inkwell, set into cavities cut out of the lower portion of the tureen. The apple is well painted, the colors splashed on and running into each other to form their own patterns. The earliest grand feu colors are used, namely yellow and two distinct greens, with the addition of touches of puce.

WARSAW BELVEDERE FAIENCE
PAIR OF CIRCULAR DISHES

Polish Faience, Warsaw, circa 1776,
Diam: 34.5 cms, Unmarked

Large and striking faience Dish from a service given by King Stanislas Augustus Poniatowski of Poland to the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid I. The service was made in 1776 but was not delivered until 1789. The gift comprised 280 pieces including 144 plates and cost 6766 1/2 zlotys. It was entrusted to the Ottoman envoy Numan-bey who returned from a mission in Warsaw in 1777. A large part of it remains in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul.

The Turkish inscriptions translate as follows:
"Obedience and Fidelity are due to Kings." (Center)
"From the King of the Lekhs at Warsaw to the Tsar of the race of Osman as a token of respect, this present is offered and sent."