MANUFACTURE JULES VIEILLARD & Cie À BORDEAUX
Junk with characters
Table clock.
Proof in polychrome enamelled earthenware; the characters and the sea treated in Deck blue, the circular cage with floral motifs in slight relief, the base with motifs inspired by Asia.
Curved circular dial with Arabic numerals, original movement. The dial marked J. W. BENSON London and the clock marked 629 under the base.
H.: 42 cm L.: 34 cm.

Bibliography: Jacqueline du Pasquier - Vieillard & Cie, Histoire de la faïencerie fine de Bordeaux - Éditions Le Festin, Bordeaux, 2015. An identical model reproduced on page 193 and a variant of polychromy reproduced on page 103.