Pair of Large Marseille Faience Potpourris, 18th Century walnut Niels Otto Møller (Designer)

Niels Otto Møller (Designer)

over shell-carved apron on conforming cabriole legs

Height  15" Length 25" Width 18"

Cherrywood and oak

each with two sunken panels painted with birds amongst foliage

Pair of Large Marseille Faience Potpourris, 18th Century walnut Niels Otto Møller (Designer)Pair of large Marseille faience potpourris, 18th Century. Marseille faience earthenware is believed to have been made by Veuve Perrin, the polychrome central cartouches feature courtly love scenes to one side, landscape scenes featuring bridges to the other, and the tops also have lively landscape scenes. The rest have foliate designs and shells on the base. The decoration colors, typical of the Marseilles production of Veuve Perrin, are yellow,