Faience Platter with finely detailed decoration. Antique print c1870

by Delaroque/Ris-Paquot

Rayonnant-style blue, white and red Faience from Musée Napoleon, Amiens.

Exquisitely detailed 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. In Rouen, Normandy, warm milky white translucent earthenware was beautifully transformed by decorating with elegant yet relatively simple repeat patterns to produce the earliest French Faience earthenware. Often referred to as 'soft' porcelain, foliated patterns, valances and floral designs were their typical French style, but they also utilized coloured designs in imitation of Chinese and Japanese porcelain. Faience blue lambrequin embroidery decoration became famous. 

Image size: 270 x 370mm (10.5 x 14.5 inches). In fine condition, with faint central vertical fold. as published.