Faience Plate, floral rayonnant Border motifs. Antique print c1870

by Delaroque/Ris-Paquot

Faience de Rouen lithograph. Motifs de Bordures d'Assiettes (Blue, white and red motifs for plate borders).

Beautiful 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, to illustrate some of the finest French faience. 

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 earthenware. 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: 275mm x 195mm (11 x 7.75 inches).