NEVERS. Revolutionary plate with contoured rim and polychrome decoration, in the centre, depicting the attack on a corner tower of the Bastille. A royal flag flutters in the wind. In the left foreground, a cannon, in the centre four cannonballs. (Chips on the edge.) Late 18th century. Diameter: 23 cm. Provenance: - Label from the P.M. Sestié collection, no. 19. - Paris: Gossec Conservatory Exhibition "The Revolutionary Object", February-March 1989. Bibliography: - See: P.M. Sestié, Faïences et objets révolutionnaires, p. 38, n° 19. Expert : Manuela Finaz de Villaine