Dish in Les Islettes-Le Bois d'Epense faience with a "gunner", circa 1820

Earthenware dish from Les Islettes—Le Bois d’Epense, with a low-fire polychrome decoration depicting, in the center, a “gunner from the 2nd Artillery Regiment of the Second Restoration,” standing with his rifle; to his left, an altar with two flaming hearts and two cupids, symbols of marriage; and to his right, a cannon with a pile of cannonballs surmounted by the royal crown; the rim features a garland of foliage, a combed border, and a filet.
Dupré period, circa 1820, 19th century.
Diameter: 30.3 cm.
Restored.
See: Reproduced in the book by S. Archambault and R. d’Abreu, *Faïences Populaires de l’Est*, p. 147, Archambault, 2012, Luxembourg.