Bordeaux, Vieillard. Porcelain plate with coat of arms for Mgr Fournier
BORDEAUX, Manufacture J. Vieillard & Cie
Porcelain dessert plate with lobed borders and polychrome and gilt decoration of Mgr Fournier coat of arms in center. Gilt threading on borders.
Circa 1870
Diameter: 21 cm (8-1/4 in.)
Félix FOURNIER, was born in Nantes, France on May 2, 1803, consecrated in this city at the church Saint-Nicolas on August 10, 1870, deceased in Rome on June 4, 1877, Knight for Legion of Honour.
Coat of arms: gules on facade with Church Saint-Nicolas of Nantes (the prelate built and was its priest for thirty years) of argent and chief silver with charges of five ermine spots sable.
Motto: Fratrum amator et populi Israël (2 Mac., xv, 14).
Bibliography :
- Mgr Fournier, by Abbot Pothier. Nantes, France, 1900.
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- Item(s) quantity: 1
- Expertissim Reference: 2013120297
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