Faience de Rouen, Plate with Chinese decoration. Lithograph c1870

by Delaroque/Ris-Paquot

Antique print. Imitation Chinoise Assiette (Imitation Chinese Plate).

Original chromolithograph by Oscar-Edmund Ris, 'Ris-Paquot', in Amiens, for Histoire des Faiences de Rouen, illustrating the finest of French Faience ceramics, 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 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: 275 x 195 mm (11 x 7.75 inches).