Wonderful Clément Massier huge iridescent turquoise wall charger. Rococo inspired scene of three putti riding dolphins / sea monsters and waving drapery. Deep relief decoration with great attention paid to the waves, fish scales and the cherubs' locks. Beautiful green/blue lustre glaze enamelling to the plaque gives it a rainbow shimmer and the appearance of different colours depending on which way the light falls.. Simply magnificent example of Massier craftsmanship!. Origin: France Date: c. 1890's Unsigned, similar work can be seen at http://www.vallauris-golfe-juan.fr/La-famille-Massier.html?lang=fr http://www.vallauris-golfe-juan.fr/IMG/jpg/Vallauris-090224-059.jpg Born into a family of ceramists, Clément Massier took an interest in the business from an early age. In 1883, Massier moved his operations to Golfe-Juan where he began developing his own luster glaze. His factory-gallery complex became a destination for the elite who summered in Monaco, Nice, and Cannes. Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer was hired on as Massier’s primary artistic director in 1887, the same year Massier produced his iridescent, metallic glaze for which he was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900. That same year Massier also became an of official supplier to the British crown. 3562 g 42.5 cm diameter 2 cm deep to rim 3.5 cm deep overall The centre of the roundel is in very good antique condition – there is crazing appropriate to age and few tiny chips to glazing; there are chips and nibbles to glazing along the upper edge of the roundel; the lower edge has a large chip at the base, some smaller chips and firing defect to glazing; there is a smaller chip to the rim that is almost all on the interior of the rim.