Lot Details
Lot 1097
Jerome Massier Fils Majolica Wishing Well and Bird Flower Holder
Circa 1890
Black painted JMF monogram, Vallauris, A.M. for Maritime Alps
Modeled as a rustic well with timber branch and masonry supports, applied with seven perched colorful songbirds and suspending a stave bucket from a pulley, the grassy mound base with a puddle, two additional birds, a barrel and a spare bucket. Height 26 inches.
Reference:
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 190. Pierre Faveton, Les Barbotines, p. 89 (a slightly variant example). 'Massier', catalogue de l'Exposition du Musée Magnelli, Musée de la Céramique, Vallauris, 7 mai - 27 septembre 2000, p. 35 for an image of this form in the Massier model books.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
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