Set of two contour dishes, edged with molded fillets. The wi - Lot 100

Set of two contour dishes, edged with molded fillets. The wing engraved with a boar's head and in a phylactery LA GRANDE COMMUNE. French work from the late 19th century. Diameters: 27.2 cm and 30 cm. Provenance : Equipage de Bois-Boudran (1836 - 1912) Boatswain(s) : -Vicomte de Greffulhe (1868 - 1912) -Counts Charles and Henri Greffulhe (1836 - 1848) Territories : -Forêt de Villefermoy, Forêt de Bois-Boudran, Forêt de Rambouillet, Forêt de Fontainebleau. Motto: -La Grande Commune, Bois-Boudran. History : The Bois-Boudran crew was founded by two brothers, Charles and Henri, who, from 1840 а 1848, hunted wolf, fallow deer, stag and wild boar at Bois-Boudran, in the Villefermois forest, and at various times in Rambouillet and Fontainebleau. From 1868, Charles's son, Viscount de Greffulhe, reassembled the crew and added a second pack. He hunted deer and wild boar at Bois-Boudran and Villefermois. In 1880, he was given the wild boars of the Fontainebleau forest. With wild boar numbers dwindling, he was hunting only stags when he gave birth in 1912 (according to the Vénerie yearbook of 1910 а 1914). On average, the two crews took 15 а 20 stags and 30 а 40 wild boar a year. (Source : https://memoiredesequipages.fr/)