TWO PATRONYMIQUES ASSIETTES - André Fontaine, master tailor. 1772 White earthenware, painted in blue monochrome. Both decorated with Saint Paul the Apostle surmounting scenes of tailors (rope makers) at work. Names inscribed: "André Fontenne Cordier / 1772". Nevers, late 18th century. Diameter: 22.5 cm (Minor visible accidents) André Fontaine, a master tailor in Saumur (Maine-et-Loire) at the very end of the 18th century, died before 1827 and married Victoire Simoneau. He is certainly the subject of our two rare plates. Provenance : - André Supiot (1945 - 2010).