SAUXEMESNIL - EARLY 18TH CENTURY

SAUXEMESNIL - EARLY 18TH CENTURY Ridge tile Glazed earthenware, with sections slip-coated in kaolin. Gentleman in a frock coat, modeled in relief. Removable head (hat missing). Attached to the tile with original mortar. Damage. Height: 44.5 cm Notes: The Cherbourg Museum has a ridge tile of the same style, depicting a parish priest, with several inscriptions including “….. …. Jean Mouchel, who made this tile, known as ‘Little Jane’,” and “…. …. Made in the year 1740.” (Inventory number 96). Bibliography: Antique Ceramics of the Cotentin, Thomas Henry Museum, Cherbourg, “De Terre et de Feu” exhibition, summer 1996, p. 28. Provenance: Private collection in Normandy, Cotentin