This knife grinder roamed on its plate in a secondhand trade visited last Sunday to Jaulny in Lorraine (France). Same evening, he integrated our collection.
The graphics fills completely the plate: main motive in the center surrounded by a floral frieze. If the bench of the grinder is rather naïve, even simplistic, the scene is interesting. The man, between two sounds of the bell which he holds in his hand, shouts: knives, scissors, to grind …
At least we imagine. The high society strides the street, the couple seems to look at the itinerant : curiosity or inconvenience ? The woman in the window could be interested in the services of the grinder, although … She has the head somewhere else ! And the man alone turns obviously to this woman ! Let us be delirious…
Surmounted by a banner which announces the name of the profession, LE REMOULEUR, and although a little loaded, this scene is very alive after all. In spite of a well balanced composition, this engraving is not big art but joins rather in a popular realistic vein which pleases a large number of people.Whatever are the notices, it is henceforth a beautiful detail of our collection!
No indication on the earthenware factory which produced it.
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