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Lot 1043 - A218 The Dr Peter Ducret Collection - Thursday, 17. September 2026, 02.00 PM

ORNAMENTAL VASE

Lunéville, Chambrette or Cyfflé manufactory, circa 1770–75.
Faience ("terre de pipe") decorated in overglaze enamels. The flared body applied at the sides with two trailing branches of modelled flowers and fruit, with a tall waisted cover surmounted by flowers and fruit, on a waisted base with a spreading foot. Painted with floral decoration in purple and green with yellow highlights. Unmarked.
H 52 cm.
Restored.

Provenance:
- Fischer Auction, Lucerne, November 11, 2005, Lot 4022.
- Peter Ducret Collection, Kilchberg, acquired at the above auction.

Exhibited:
Ausstellung Schweizer Keramik des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts im Schloss Jegenstorf, Bern 1948, Nro 418 (as Bern).

This is one of the most elaborate faience wares produced by the Lunéville manufactory. A similar vase of smaller size and simpler design is preserved in the Musée Lorrain, Nancy; cf. Éditions Massin, "Strasbourg & Niderviller", p. 92, and the exhibition catalogue "Faïences de Lorraine", 1997, p. 104, fig. 68.

CHF 1 500 / 2 000 | (€ 1 550 / 2 060)

Sold for CHF 7 125 (including buyer's premium)