Rare Early Aviatrix Bowl - Baroness De Laroche. c.1910
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Rare ceramic bowl depicting an image of the French pioneer aviatrix, 'Baroness' Elise de Laroche. Dating from around 1910.
This very attractive bowl has a green outer background, is highlighted with gilding and is decorated with a transfer image of the Baroness at the controls of a Voisin biplane. Overall diameter : 247mm. Good condition (slight wear to decoration).
Elise Raymonde de Laroche was a French actress and became the first woman to be awarded a pilot's licence, which she obtained on the 8th March 1910. She was taught to fly by the pioneer aviator and aircraft designer/manufacturer, Gabriel Voisin and was killed in a flying accident in 1919.
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Inventory No. A-410
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