Écuelle with cover

Inscription: Tag attached to handle of écuelle: (printed on one side) O. Rundle/Gilbert/Auctioneer/505 FIFTH AVENUE/NEW YORK 17, N.Y.; (printed on other side) ACC. NO./542/No. PIECES 2

Sticker on side: 172

Sticker on inside [since disappeared]: 172 - FRENCH FAÏENCE BOWL COVER AND STAND 91775)/ Agate-glazed pottery. Coupe-shaped, with rustic loop/ handle and floral finial to lid. Circular stand with/ gauffered edge./ From the collection of Prof. A.H.CHURCH, Author/ of "Josiah Wedgwood."/ Height 6 1/2 inches; diameter, 9 1/2 inches./ Note: This was made toward the end of the eighteenth century/ at Apt, near Avignon, in the factory established by the Abbé/ Morel, and is interesting as a noteworthy attempt on the part/ of the French potters to imitate the agate ware of Wedgwood.

Marking: Unmarked

A.H. Church ; Flora E. Whiting (until 1971; bequeathed to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Patterns of Collecting: Selected Acquisitions, 1965–1975," December 6, 1975–March 23, 1976.

Yokohama Museum of Art. "Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: French Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century," March 25, 1989–June 4, 1989.