Faience Porcelain Plat (Cupids, quiver, arrows, torch) - antique print

by Delaroque/Ris-Paquot

Original chromolithograph of Faience Porcelain Plate with Quiver and Arrows, in Rocaille Style. Original lithograph by Ris-Paquot in Amiens, to illustrate the finest Faience Porcelain for "Histoire des Faiences de Rouen", published in Paris circa 1870 by Eugene Delaroque.

Faience porcelain was the first "soft" porcelain created in Europe early in the 18th century by Louis Poterat, sieur de Saint-Etienne, a potter of Rouen in France. This beautiful soft coloured, warm milky white translucent earthenware, is traditionally decorated by foliated patterns and floral designs of typical French style, or ornamented by coloured designs in imitation of the old Chinese and Japanese porcelain.

Image size: 275 x 195mm (11 x 7.75 inches)