Continental Faience sauce tureen and underplate, attr. Aprey, France; oval tureen with cover having a figural rose finial and scalloped rim, over a conforming base with four scroll design feet, and an oval underplate having molded handles, all decorated with polychrome handpainted floral sprays and landscape scenes featuring brightly colored birds in trees, including a Bird of Paradise. Tureen and tray signed with conjoined AP on undersides. Tray - 9 1/2" x 7". Tureen - 6 1/2" H x 7"W x 5 1/2"D. French, early 19th century. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)

1/8" glaze flake to side of handle on tray and some glaze imperfections to bottom of tray; lid has a few scattered dark spots which appear to be underglaze, as made. Overall excellent condition.