Marseille Earthenware Flower Pot Decorated With An Animated Landscape. Around 1775-1785

Bouquetière in a semicircle on three rocaille feet in Marseille earthenware with polychrome decoration of grand feu in the center in an oval medallion framed and surmounted by a garland of leaves and a knot, representing a landscape animated by a large fountain and of a basin, a town on the left. Side grips formed by a winding and a stylized laurel wreath.
Rocailles and shell in relief underlined with yellow and yellow ocher at the level of the feet.

Gaspard Robert factory, around 1775-1785.
Width: 29cm; Height: 19cm. A glued hold. Lid missing.
For a piece in the same style, but with a small fire decoration, see Faïences et Porcelaine de Marseille by Danièle Maternati-Baldouy, n°355 p.260. Ed. Museums of Marseille RMN 1997.