CIRCA 1880, EACH SIGNED TH DECK

A very similar pair of Theodore Deck eight-tile pictures with ducks instead of cockerels and pheasants are in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Gift of Lillian Nassau, 1973-203-1a,b), and were published in the Magazine Antiques in article by Bernard Bumpus, “Theodore Deck, French Potter,” July 2000, p. 84-93, fig. 1. Also compare the horizontal tile picture sold Christie's, New York, 21 October 2015, lot 186 ($30,000).