A LIMOGES ENAMEL COVERED TAZZA DEPICTING A BACCHIC PROCESSION BY PIERRE REYMOND (C.1513-1584), SIGNED 'PR' AND DATED 1553 Parcel-gilt grisaille enamel; surmounted with a gilt metal and silver finial in the form of the young Bacchus; the Bacchic scene on the cover after a drawing by Jaques Androuet du Cerceau (1520-1586); the underside of the cover with four portrait medallions and a paper label inscribed 'P. 48 / E. de R. /336B'; the interior of the cup with figures and a satyr drinking wine signed ‘P.R’; the interior of the cup and foot both with a coat of arms inscribed with the motto ‘MIEVLX LOING QVE PRES’ (better far than near); the foot signed 'P.R' and dated '1553' and with a paper label inscribed 'E 80'; the underside of the foot with fleurs-de-lys and a paper label inscribed 'P. 48 / E. de R. / 336B' 10 7⁄8 (27.5 cm) high, overall
A LIMOGES ENAMEL COVERED TAZZA DEPICTING A BACCHIC PROCESSION BY PIERRE REYMOND (C.1513-1584), SIGNED 'PR' AND DATED 1553 Parcel-gilt grisaille enamel; surmounted with a gilt metal and silver finial in the form of the young Bacchus; the Bacchic scene on the cover after a drawing by Jaques Androuet du Cerceau (1520-1586); the underside of the cover with four portrait medallions and a paper label inscribed 'P. 48 / E. de R. /336B'; the interior of the cup with figures and a satyr drinking wine signed ‘P.R’; the interior of the cup and foot both with a coat of arms inscribed with the motto ‘MIEVLX LOING QVE PRES’ (better far than near); the foot signed 'P.R' and dated '1553' and with a paper label inscribed 'E 80'; the underside of the foot with fleurs-de-lys and a paper label inscribed 'P. 48 / E. de R. / 336B' 10 7⁄8 (27.5 cm) high, overall
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