Faience porcelain lithograph. Putti Arabesque noire sur jaune c1870

by Delaroque/Ris-Paquot

Rare black arabesques on yellow ochre base Faience de Rouen, decorated with cherubs and beautiful border. Antique print of Arabesques noires sur ond jaune ochre.

Beautiful original lithograph from a series illustrating the finest of Faience porcelain. 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: 270 x 195mm (11 x 7.75 inches)