Ceramics: European & American Gallery

Furstenberg or Volkstedt documentary rocaille plaque (porcelain)

884220 Furstenberg or Volkstedt documentary rocaille plaque (porcelain) by German School, (18th century); width: 17.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Depicts Christ standing in a basilica between a pope, three cardinals and three Jesuits
Christ conversating towards the Jesuits: Ich habe euch noch nie erkant weichet (I did not recognize you recede), and the pope answering: Welches Wunder vor unsern Augen (what a wonder in front of our eyes), the gilt elaborate rocaille frame inscribed La Cassation de l'ordre J.C. and Sous le regne Clemence XIV (the suppression of the Jesuit order under the reign of Clement XIV)); Photo A© Christie's Images; German, out of copyright

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Urn commemorating the centennial of American independence, c.1876 (ceramic & bronze)

CH426387 Urn commemorating the centennial of American independence, c.1876 (ceramic & bronze) by French School, (19th century); 59.7x28.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: smaller version of a 12 foot high original, entitled 1776 - The Struggle'; one of a pair designed by Haviland & Co., Limoges, France, for the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition; designed by Felix Bracquemond (1833-1914); sculpted by Eugene Delaplanche (1836-91); bears names of all the signers of the Declaration of Independence; bust of George Washington (1732-99) first President of the United States of America, after Houdon; flanked by figures of Victory and Fame;); Photo A© Christie's Images; French, out of copyright

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Dish (glazed ceramic)

1216255 Dish (glazed ceramic) by European School, (17th century); 19.3x12 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Deep blue oval dish of A'Palissy ware with a naturalistically moulded nude female figure with a garland of fruit and flowers on her head, holding cornucopias of fruit and flowers in both arms; her ankles are crossed and resting on green grass.
Early 17th century.
); A© Ashmolean Museum ; out of copyright

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