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two plates with a picture of a woman and a man on themtwo white vases sitting next to each other on a table
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132 - NEVERS Lot comprising:A plate with a curved rim, featuring a…
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Estimate €100 - €200
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NEVERS Lot comprising:A plate with a curved rim, featuring a revolutionary polychrome decoration in the centre depicting a priest reading the civic oath, holding a book in his right hand and pointing with his other hand to the inscription ‘I swear to uphold the Constitution with all my power’, and garlands on the rim.18th century (chip on the rim restored, pitting and loss of enamel). Diameter: 23 cm. Similar examples in C. BONNET, *Les faïences révolutionnaires de la collection Louis Heitschel*, p. 107, no. 131 and at the Carnavalet Museum, Paris, inv. C524. Plate with a scalloped rim, featuring a polychrome Revolutionary decoration of a cupid lighting the fuse of a cannon bearing the inscription ‘I protect the nation’, surmounted by a star. 18th century (chips and pitting on the rim). Diameter: 23 cm. Similar examples can be found in C. BONNET, *Les faïences révolutionnaires de la collection Louis Heitschel*, p. 170, no. 323, and at the Carnavalet Museum, Paris, inv. C613.
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About the sale THE ESTATE OF MR X, FROM HIS HOME IN WEST PARIS
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Auction time 07/02/2026 at 1:30 PM
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