FOUR PIECES FRENCH FAÏENCE. Including a Nevers charger, centered with flowering basket, surrounded by swags, mid-to-late 19th century; plate, possibly Nevers, decorated with grotesque masque and griffins, early 19th century; Desvres plate, Fourmaintraux Frères, decorated in the Rouen style, mid-to-late 19th century; Chinoiserie-decorated shaving bowl, 20th century - 13 3/4 in., Nevers charger. Estimate $300-400
PROVENANCE: Nevers charger, Marché aux Puces, Paris, 1974. Griffin plate, Washington DC, 1986. Desvres plate purchased from Noëlle Beatty of Old Quimper Pottery, Highland, CA, 2008; a copy of the receipt accompanies this lot.