"Plate Circa 1800 Bellevue Les Toul Manufacture"
VERY RARE PLATE CIRCA 1800 SIGNED FROM THE BELLEVUE les TOUL MANUFACTURE. MANUFACTURE FOUNDED IN 1758. DRAWING ON THE ALLEGORY OF EUROPE. DECORATION OF A RICHLY DRESSED WOMAN WHO WEARS A CROWN, A QUEEN WHO HOLDS A SCEPTER IN HER LEFT HAND AND A BLUSE OF GRAPES IN HER RIGHT HAND. SUPERB ENGRAVING. BY THE FAMOUS ENGRAVOR PHILIPPE GALLE. (1579). SUPERB AND RARE PLATE IN GOOD CONDITION. WING DECORATED WITH MEDALLIONS WITH LANDSCAPE. TWO IDEM PLATES PRESENTED AT THE TOUL MUSEUM.