Glazed earthen fountain, from Cliousclat (Drôme)?
Signed by the potter, under the tap: "Léon Valeçon".
Popular Art from the South of France, XIXth.
Lenticular form on pedestal, lead glaze with manganese (brown) and copper oxides (green).
Applied decoration, crown of oak leaves with acorns around a central medallion decorated with a vine branch with grapes surmounted by a half-humped face of fauna, all surrounded by small spherical cabochons at the circular edge.
Original pewter tap.
Ocher pink-orange earth with traces of yellow.
Beautiful piece, good condition, no fel, missing cover.
Dimensions: 41.5 cm high x 29 cm wide x 14 cm deep (base diameter)
Weight: 4 kg
Fountain in Glazed Earth Signed by the Potter Léon Valeçon - Cliousclat XIXth Folk Art of the Drôme
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