Description
Ceremonial soup tureen in grisaille with ancient scenes
Manufacture of Creil
Stone, Coquerel and Legros d'Anizy
Marked “by patent of invention, manufacture of decorations on porcelain, earthenware etc Stone Coquerel and Legros, Paris”
Around 1808-1813
Length 38.5cm
Height around 28 cm (with tray)
Width 27cm
Decor by transfer printing of mythological scenes
On the plate is represented Zeus as a child fed by the goat Amalthea on Mount Ida
The greyness of the tureen is less intense than that of the tray, of a deep anthracite
Very good general condition, a slight crack on a handle of the tureen (photographed)
