1889 Exhibition Plate From The Rare Service Of Ludovic Napoleon Lepic

VERY RARE PLATE FROM THE LEPIC SERVICE PRESENTED AT THE 1889 UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION ALONGSIDE THE ROUSSEAU SERVICE. MARK ON THE BACK: DEPOSE LEVEILLE 74 BD HAUSMANN and hollow TERRE DE FER. SUPERB "MARINE" DECOR BY THE ARTIST LUDOVIC NAPOLEON LEPIC. CREAM PASTE AND BROWN COMB AROUND THE WING.......SUPERB E. SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1889 LEPIC DESIGNED FOR MAISON LEVEILLE IN PARIS A SET OF MARINE-INSPIRED DECORATIONS, THE MODELS OF WHICH ARE COLLECTED IN TWO ALBUMS . SERVICE PRESENTED AT THE UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION OF 1889 IN PARIS. LEPIC WAS A PAINTER OF THE SCHOOL OF BERCK SUR MER. MOVEMENT BRINGING TOGETHER IMPRESSIONIST AND NATURALIST PAINTERS EXPLORING MARINE THEMES. DECORATION ENHANCED BY BRUSH ON EARTHENWARE FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF CREIL AND MONTEREAU. WATCH ORDER AT LEPIC. SIGNATURE LISTED IN THE BOOK OF SIGNATURES OF Creil and Montereau. VERY RARE PLATES ON THE LEPIC SEA. SOME PIECES EXHIBITED IN 2017 AT THE BERCK SUR MER MUSEUM. AND THEN TO THE CREIL MUSEUM. BEAUTIFUL PLATE WITH SUPERB POLYCHROMY IN PERFECT CONDITION. VERY LARGE PLATE. diameter 25.8 cm.