Faience Ducks in the Marseilles Style

Published on 07 May 2021, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 03 June 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

In the 18^th century, the talented Joseph Fauchier made the southern French port city of Marseilles one of the capitals of faience or earthenware form pieces like this pair of ducks, perched on their bases.

Marseilles, 18th century. Pair of duck-shaped lidded terrine dishes on oval bases... Faience Ducks in the Marseilles Style

Marseilles, 18^th century. Pair of duck-shaped lidded terrine dishes on oval bases with scalloped edges, with polychrome decoration, Fauchier factory, 34 x 23 cm/13.4 x 9 in.
Estimate: €40,000/50,000

Reflecting the zeitgeist , the credo of European faience makers during a highly imaginative 18 th century involved introducing nature into interiors through depictions of guests from the countryside... Starting in the 1730s, they provided customers with a range of utilitarian objects shaped like wild boars' heads, crouching hares and entire chickens and…

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