Josaphat TORTAT (1843-1915) - Blois : Earthenware baluster vase on pedestal with two simulated handles in the form of winged sphinxes, the body decorated with crowned pierced swan, grotesques in sopra bianco on blue background. Signed on the reverse and annotated: "To my brother Jules Bourdonneau, souvenir of 2 February 1875. Ferdinand Bourdonneau". Height: 44.5 cm Wear, chips.