
Faience pilgrim flask
Description
A flask of a pilgrim, white-glazed, with four carrying handles and narrow neck. It is decorated in green, blue and yellow with a picture of an archbishop or saint with a crozier and a halo behind his head. He is in the act of blessing. He stands in a landscape with two volcanic hills behind him. The scene is surrounded by a scrolled frame. The remainder of the flask is decorated with flowers, leaves and linear decoration. ?French, Nevers.