Large Nevers earthenware bowl representing a boatman on the Loire. 18th century period These pieces are rare and provide a real historical testimony to the period. "On the earthenware, particularly on the bowls and salad bowls called "at the Loire bridge", it is possible to see the boats' guinda, the piautre and its support, the anchor and the marine sticks and the famous wooden guiroués at the top of the mast" he explains. The dishes also show the "men of the bridge", who waited for the boats to moor them or get them through a difficulty, and the boatmen of the sapines who returned on foot with their bundle. Some details, such as the Phrygian cap placed on their mast by sailors in the 18th century, are only known from these precious pieces of earthenware" source: Jean-Raoul Vuillermet Dimensions: 29cm height: 8cm Weight: 1.4kg condition: old-style restoration, see photo