HISTORICAL PLATE - Fish merchant Historic plate in white earthenware, painted in blue monochrome. Decorated with a haggling scene between a couple and a figure of a queen seated on a crowned and haloed toue de la loire type boat holding out a fish and an eel. Inscription: ".à. Six livre la Carpe Et languille / .Moy. je.nen.Veut donner que Cent dix soll. / .1777." Nevers, late 18th century. Diameter: 23.1 cm (Slightly damaged) An almost identical plate is in the Musée des Beaux Arts d'Angers [N° inv. AMD 1767 Ob]. Is this curious representation a mockery of the Marquise de Pompadour, née Jeanne Poisson? The haggling scene could be an allusion to the kingdom's finances, which were reputedly squandered by the favourite. Provenance : - Jean-Claude Edrei, antique dealer in Paris. - André Supiot (1945 - 2010).