Antique French Pair Faience Plates w. Jesters, aft. JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635)
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Antique French Pair Faience Plates w. Jesters, aft. JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635):
$375.00
Antique French Pair Satirical Commedia dell\'Arte Faience Plates w. Jesters, aft. JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635)
- Here is an outstanding pair of French Faience plates
- Thick, glazed faiencerie
- All hand painted with two scenes, done after the caricatures of the great French cartoonist and draftsman, Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
- Display grotesque jester scenes with two figures, the one on the left performing, the one on the right as an audience
- Callot was heavily influenced by the Commedia dell\'Arte and grotesque
- Both inscribed CALLOT on the lowerright of the scenes
- Encased in all hand painted intricate, colorful borders
- Marked on undersides, in green, with numbers or symbols, done by hand
- Also marked on the tin metal hangers, by the makerPLEASE SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS!
- Measurements: Approx. 10\" diameter each
- Weigh about 2.5 lbs. together
- Condition: Very Good overall; Please see photos below. All original. Minor spots of missing glaze near the extremities, glaze cracquelure from the age - both characteristic traits of this type of Faience ware, but definitely no cracks, chips, flakes, hairlines or restorations what-so-ever!
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Antique French Pair Faience Plates w. Jesters, aft. JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635):
$375.00