Cache-pot "poseidon" of Gien earthenware

Cache-pot "poseidon" in earthenware of round shape, with polychrome decoration exterior of poseidon in a cartouche surmounted by a knot on a white background in reserve of marine grotesques in the taste of the italian renaissance (urbino), with polychrome interior decoration of foliage, leafy handles, resting on four small snail feet. Signed. Gien, blue stamp 1871-1875. High. 17 cm, diam. 27 cm.+/- Bibliography: decorations reproduced page 57, and form reproduced page 76 in: jean-claude renard, "la faïence de gien", sous le vent, .