Bacchus, God of Wine. Faience de Rouen lithograph c1870

by Delaroque/Ris-Paquot

Antique Print of Bacchus, the God of Wine - draped with grapevine, quaffing with glass and pitcher, with lions at his feet.

Charming lithograph, printed in colour by Oscar-Edmund Ris, 'Ris-Paquot' in Amiens, for Histoire des Faiences de Rouen, published in Paris circa 1870 by Eugene Delaroque. 

Between 1673 and 1696 Edmé Poterat (1612-1687) created the first earthenware pottery in northern France. After he died, his widow and their younger son Michael took over the original factory, while Michael's older brother, Louis Poterat (1673-1696), set up his own factory nearby. Warm milky white translucent earthenware was beautifully transformed by decorating with elegant yet relatively simple repeat patterns to produce some of the finest early French Faience ceramics. Valances, floral and foliated patterns as well as lambrequin-embroidery-imitation designs were their typical French style, but they also coloured designs in imitation of Chinese and Japanese porcelain.

Image size, 270 x 195mm (11 x 7.75 inches). Background imperfect, as more often than not.
(Currently mounted with antique-white ragmat conservation board, decorated with narrow gilt bevel around window, and covered for presentation and protection until framed. External mount for frame window is 41 x 33cm (16 1/8 x 13 inches). Please email for picture 'half-framed' for $165.)