AESTHETIC JAPANESQUE MAJOLICA PLATE BY CHOISY-LE-ROI

Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1900: item #757508

FRENCH AESTHETIC JAPANESQUE MAJOLICA PLATES BY CHOISY-LE-ROI, c. 1870s. Here is a series of plates with exceptional Aesthetic Movement designs from the company of Hautin & Boulanger of Choisy-le-Roi. The plates reveal strong Japanesque/Oriental influences. There are 12 designs in the series but it is hard to find all of them. The series were designed in the Japanese taste, with reference to the studies of the Japanese master, Hokusai, known as the Manga. The plates use the Email Ombrant tec... Click for details

Delightful Set of 10 French Riddle Transferware Plates

Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1900: item #755780
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This wonderful set of numbered, 1-10, black and red on white, transferware plates have French riddles("devinettes"), with the appropriate answers on the back! I love the sphinx border design. Each stamped with the crowned shield Digoin & Sarreguemines and impressed numbers and letters. Such a unique and impressive fabulous collection!

Continental Earthenware "Mother & Child"

Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1900: item #754872
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Continental glazed earthenware figure group:Mother and Child,modeled as a 16th.Lady of fashion,wearing a plumed hat & Chain-belted gown,holding a child in her arm & playing with his hands;36 1/2 in.tall

HenRiot Quimper Biberon

Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1920: item #752540
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Sweet yellow biberon, or pitcher, used for feeding infants or the infirm. Stands 4 1/2 inches tall. No cracks, crazing or chips.

HR Quimper Covered Cheese Dish

Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1910: item #752539
080301

Exceptional, early HR Quimper covered dish. Superb condition. Decor Riche styling with heather and gorse flowers, Coat of Arms, and Petit Bretonne sitting with her basket. Under plate is about 10-inches across.

Special Haviland Limoges Sample Tea Cup & Saucer

Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1920: item #747207
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is porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced in France by Haviland Limoges before 1920. The saucer has a diameter of 5 1/2 inches and the cup is 2 inches high. The red lettering on this cup and saucer indicates that this was a salesman's sample. It has a factory decorated garland of tiny roses. There are also gilded roses and heavy gold trim. This special tea cup and saucer is in excellent condition.

French Confit Pot

Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1900: item #739489
080202

Smaller size French Confit pot. These pots are from the Southwest of France, where people would preserve their duck, goose and chickens in a thick layer of goose fat in these jars. Perfect for that French country look. This is a nice old confit pot, with mustardy yellow glaze on the top outside half, and pale yellow glaze on the interior. This pot is 9 1/2 inches tall, and almost 10-inches across the handles. No hole drilled or cracks. There is glaze flaking, consistent with an older, well... Click for details

9 Yellow French Faience Plates

Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1900: item #738955
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Nine 8-inch charming, yellow, faience plates. Fluted edges, all in remarkable condition for their age. I have not been able to identify the potters mark, it is pictured.

Pair of French Majolica Platters

Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1900: item #738954
080102

A rare pair of French Majolica, also called Barbotine, handled platters. 12-inches by 8-inches. Wonderful condition. Leaf and fern motif with light pinkish woodland flowers.

French Faience Toby, c. 1850

Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1900: item #731840

Decorated in lovely Delft blues, this French faience toby measures 11" high, and 6" wide at the arms. The character carries a snuff box and is wearing a floral decorated waistcoat. There are no breaks, cracks or repairs. There are only some rubbing to the glaze on the high points - the hat edges, the elbows, etc. There is a mark which is indecipherable to me (see photo).