Nevers Persian-Blue Ground Armorial dish circa 1664

CircularNevers faience dish with Persian blue ground and rare fixed white enamel decoration of the arms of Bishop Gilbert de Vény d'Arbouse (1606–1682), Bishop of Clermont in 1664.
17th century, circa 1664
Diameter: 20 cm

Bishop Gilbert de Vény d'Arbouse was the nephew of Marguerite de Vény d'Arbouse, a prominent figure in the Benedictine revival and the first abbess of Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce, Paris in 1619.