Jerome Massier Fils Majolica Wishing Well and Bird
Jerome Massier Fils Majolica Wishing Well and Bird Flower Holder
Circa 1890
Black painted JMF monogram, Vallauris, A.M. for Maritime Alps
Modeled as a rustic well with timber branch and masonry supports, applied with seven perched colorful songbirds and suspending a stave bucket from a pulley, the grassy mound base with a puddle, two additional birds, a barrel and a spare bucket. Height 26 inches.
Reference:
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 190. Pierre Faveton, Les Barbotines, p. 89 (a slightly variant example). 'Massier', catalogue de l'Exposition du Musée Magnelli, Musée de la Céramique, Vallauris, 7 mai - 27 septembre 2000, p. 35 for an image of this form in the Massier model books.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition Report: all bird tails and all beaks restored; the bird at the top of masonry wall and the bird located beside the barrel reattached; one of these with a glaze flake to the head; the handle of the bucket likely missing; the tether rope replaced with wire (hanging bucket); the branch end of the cross bar is chipped; the interior with imperfections and light crazing; blacklighted
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
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Jerome Massier Fils Majolica Wishing Well and Bird Flower Holder
Circa 1890
Black painted JMF monogram, Vallauris, A.M. for Maritime Alps
Modeled as a rustic well with timber branch and masonry supports, applied with seven perched colorful songbirds and suspending a stave bucket from a pulley, the grassy mound base with a puddle, two additional birds, a barrel and a spare bucket. Height 26 inches.
Reference:
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 190. Pierre Faveton, Les Barbotines, p. 89 (a slightly variant example). 'Massier', catalogue de l'Exposition du Musée Magnelli, Musée de la Céramique, Vallauris, 7 mai - 27 septembre 2000, p. 35 for an image of this form in the Massier model books.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition Report: all bird tails and all beaks restored; the bird at the top of masonry wall and the bird located beside the barrel reattached; one of these with a glaze flake to the head; the handle of the bucket likely missing; the tether rope replaced with wire (hanging bucket); the branch end of the cross bar is chipped; the interior with imperfections and light crazing; blacklighted
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
