Faience Porcelain Platter, with cornucopia of flowers. Antique print c1870

by Delaroque/Ris-Paquot

Antique lithograph of Faience Porcelain Plat (Platter) in Rocaille style, with cornucopia brimful of flowers, surrounded by lush foliage and flowers.

This beautiful original lithograph of fine Faience porcelain, was printed in colour by Ris-Paquot in Amiens, for "Histoire des Faiences de Rouen", published in Paris circa 1870 by Eugene Delaroque.

Faience porcelain was the first "soft" porcelain, created 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: 195 x 275 mm (11 x 7.5 inches)