Bidspirit auction | A Moustiers Polychrome Faience Tureen

A Moustiers Polychrome Faience Tureen and Stand - A tin-glazed earthenware (faience) lidded soup tureen and matching circular stand, produced in Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, France. The tureen is of rounded, footed form with twin scrolled handles and a domed lid topped with a decorative scrolled finial. It sits upon a conforming wide circular stand. The set is hand-painted in polychrome enamels on a white ground, featuring ”oiseaux de paradis” (birds of paradise) amidst floral sprays and scattered insects, including butterflies. The borders consist of formal yellow and green bands with blue foliate and trellis-work patterns. The underside of the tureen is marked in hand-painted black script MOUSTIERS. F.H.