Antique Print of Faience Porcelain Plate. Delaroque lithograph c1870

by Delaroque/Ris-Paquot

Antique Lithograph of Faience Porcelain Plate in red, white and blue, with Rayonnnant decoration with drapes and repeat foliage design.

A beautiful original lithograph printed in colour by Ris-Paquot in Amiens, for "Histoire des Faiences de Rouen" illustrating the finest Faience Porcelain, published in Paris circa 1870 by Eugene Delaroque.Faience porcelain was the first "soft" porcelain, created early in the 18th century by Louis Poterat, sieur de Saint-Etienne, a potter of Rouen in France. This beautiful soft coloured, warm milky white translucent earthenware, is traditionally decorated by foliated patterns and floral designs of typical French style, or ornamented by coloured designs in imitation of the old Chinese and Japanese porcelain.

This original colour-printed lithograph by Ris-Paquot illustrates fine Faience porcelain for "Histoire des Faiences de Rouen", published in Paris circa 1870 by Eugene Delaroque.

Image size: 275 x 195mm (11 x 7.75 inches).