Lot Details
Lot 45
French Barbotine Majolica Parrot Mask Wall-Pocket
Circa 1880
Attributed to Delphin Massier
Modeled as the head and shoulder of a green parrot with French blue head and black beak, an opening near the back plate for flowers, pierced for hanging, incised hatched mark, 12 and 7. Height 8 1/4 inches.
Provenance:
Strawser Auctions, Hatfield, PA, October 29, 2016, lot 230 (paper label, no. 3546).
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for $346 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
presents well; minor nibbles to the top rim and to the pierced hanging hole; clever professional restoration to the blue plumage, eye and to the green and yellow periphery, though much of the surface has been touched there is no clear evidence of structural damage; examined under blacklight
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