Code 409-1

SOLD

Pair of Plaster Decorative Plates from France Late 1800s

*Each plate has a small loop on the back for hanging*

Hand Painted, Bas Relief Plaster Plates of Interior Wine Cellar Scenes- Good Antique Condition Minor chip and restored cracks to frame of one plate.

One interior scene is of a woman serving wine from a pitcher to a gentleman.  He has a wine glass in one hand, while his other hand is placed over hers on the bench.  The interior of the room features a wicker encased wine bottle on the floor in front of them. Behind them are more wine bottles on the floor and also on a wall bracket with a wine funnel hanging from it.  Two oak wine barrels on stands are on either side of the room.  The floors are stone and the walls are brick.  There is a narrow stairway leading up to a curved plank door.

The other plate features a monastery wine cellar with a monk and another gentleman seated at a large wine barrel.  The floors are stone and the walls are brick.  There is a curved alcove in which a massive wine barrel on a highly carved base rests.  Another monk ascends the stairs with a highly carved railing behind them.  More wine barrels are to the left.

Diameter=13 1/4

$450 RETAIL

Le Louvre Antiques

1400 Slocum Street

Dallas, TX  75207

214-742-2605    FAX: 214-742-2639

www.lelouvre-antiques.com

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