UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION 1889 Large octagonal dish in enamelled slip, the blue and gilt wing with the arms of Paris, adorned with foliage cartouches, festoons, attributes of the sciences, arts, music and agriculture, the center decorated in half relief of a view of the Universal Exhibition of Paris in 1889, of the Eiffel Tower and of the Central Pavilion.
Olivier De SORRA, G. MORTREUX Frères, Paris.
In good condition, lacks on the gilding.
Height: 45.5cm
Width: 45cm
Depth: 4.5cm
Weight: 6kg
Provenance: according to family tradition, this dish would have been made in two copies on the orders of Gustave Eiffel...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Enameled Ceramics