A large Clement Massier pottery barbotine wall charger by Richard

A large Clement Massier pottery barbotine wall charger by Richard, painted with fruiting sweet chestnut bows in a woodland setting, in gilt wood frame painted signature to front, 63cm. diam.

Literature

Massier September 2000, reproduction of L'Art Revue Hebdomadaire Illustree, 1878 volume 4 page 61 a group of Optat Milet & Massier pieces including a similar charger decorated with a jay amongst sweet chestnut, exhibited the the Exposition Universelle, 1878.