Varages - Lot 183

Lot 183
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Varages - Lot 183
Varages Circular earthenware medallion with polychrome decoration of a three-masted sailboat in front of a harbor, probably that of Marseille, and a cartouche bearing the date 1820 and the inscription DÉSIRÉE; the sailboat bears the Swedish flag, the monogram ES on the bowsprit flag and the inscription Désirée on a third flag. Restoration period, 1820, Jean-Baptiste Niel period. D. 24 cm. This sailboat is most probably an illustration of a Swedish navy frigate named Désirée, in reference to the Queen of Sweden and Norway Désirée Clary, a native of Marseille. On the reverse, a label with the inscription: Faïence de Varages, Fabrique de Niel, plate offered to the ship's commanding officer on embarkation.
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