About this objectDella Robbia handled Algerian vase, red earthenware, slip coated and with sgraffito and hand painted decoration, to one side 2 figures and a cherub playing a lyre, with a scrolled ribbon above with the inscription "PLUS CA CHANGE" (The More Things Change) and to the other 2 figures with a scrolled ribbon above with the inscription "PLUS C'EST LA MEM CHOSE" (The More They Stay the Same) multi coloured on a cream ground
MakerDella Robbia Pottery (active 1894-1906)
Maker Rolemanufacturer
MakerPeirce, Aphra J
Maker Roledesigner
Medium and Materialsearthenware
Place MadeBirkenhead, Merseyside
Inscription and Marksmark
D R P M
Method: inscribed
Position: base