Blue and white Faience Porcelain Plate with Coat-of-Arms. c1870
by Delaroque/Ris-Paquot
Antique print of blue and white Faience Plate with Coat of Arms.
Original colour-printed lithograph by Ris-Paquot for "Histoire des Faiences de Rouen" (History of Faience from Rouen), illustrating the finest of Faience Porcelain, published in Paris circa 1870 by Eugene Delaroque.
Faience was the first soft porcelain created in Europe early in the 18th century by Louis Poterat, sieur deSaint-Etienne, a potter of Rouen in France. This beautiful soft coloured, warm milky white translucent earthenware, was traditionally decorated by foliated patterns and floral designs of French style, or designs in imitation of the old Chinese and Japanese porcelain.
Image size is 275 x 195mm (11 x 7.75 inches)
Stock Number: appF4Price: $95.00