TWO LUNÉVILLE FAIENCE PATRONYMIQUE PLATES FROM THE LATE 18th TO EARLY 19th CENTURIES Of contoured form, with polychrome decoration in the centre of characters working on a mound, bouquets of flowers and insects on the wing, inscribed respectively Joseph démarne / pompe à feu and josephe demarne / pompe àssepirante, small restored chips, small crack, chips. D. 22.5 cm (8 ¾ in.) Two Luneville faience patronymic plates, late 18th-early 19th century For illustrations of two other plates in the same style, including one with the same subject, see the exhibition catalogue L'Europe de la Faïence, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, dans les collections du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille, 1990, p.233, no. 291. A priori, these plates were used to advertise Joseph Demarne, a water pump manufacturer and retailer in eastern France.