Lot n° 91
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 923EUR
Blanche LEE CHILDE (1837-1886) and FAÏENCERIE DE GIEN - Lot 91
Blanche LEE CHILDE (1837-1886) and FAÏENCERIE DE GIEN
Blanche" service
Part of a table service in enameled Gien earthenware comprising: 6 round plates (D.: 16cm) and an oval dish (25.5 x 15 cm) decorated with animals, insects, shellfish, vegetables and flowering branches. Blue border.
2 oval dishes (25.5x15cm and 20x11cm) and a banquette (24x15.5cm) are included.
All pieces marked "Blanche" on the reverse and numbered. One of the dishes and the bannette are inscribed GIEN. A label on the reverse of each piece indicates a location.
Chips.
Originally from the Montargis region, Blanche undoubtedly took advantage of her proximity to the earthenware center of Gien to decorate a number of pieces inspired by the Rousseau service designed by Félix Bracquemont in the 1860s. The pieces were probably intended for use in the decoration of her Château du Perthuis, which she undertook in 1883.
Provenance: Château du Perthuis.
Note: Blanche, eldest daughter of sculptor Henry de Triqueti, was an artist and woman of letters. Her first marriage was to Protestant banker François Delessert, one of the pioneers of photography and nephew of Valentine de Laborde, with whom she became close. She held salons, frequented fashionable writers and developed a passion for the mysteries of the Orient. She published her trip to Egypt, struck up a close friendship with the archaeologist and historian Salomon Reinach, and supported Pierre Loti, with whom she maintained a romantic correspondence. She wrote for the Revue des Deux-Mondes, took up painting and painted portraits, including one of Washington, now in the Musée d'Orsay (Portrait de Washington en buste, 1869, oval gouache, 24.8 x 19.7 cm, inv. no. RF5166).
In her second marriage, she married Edward Lee Childe, nephew of the famous Southern general Robert Lee (1807-1870).
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