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What is French faience?
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French faience is a type of earthenware produced from the end of the 16th century through all of the 18th century. The earthenware featured highly decorative designs on a tin-based glaze. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of French faience serveware and decorative objects.
1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
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Shop for Quimper Faience Pottery Furniture on 1stDibs
Antique French Quimper Faience Snuff or Perfume Bottle Dated 1900
By Quimper Faience Pottery
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique French Quimper faience flat round snuff bottle / secouette / perfume bottle / flacon hand painted by French artisans. This is a highly collectible and rare dated 190...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Bottles
Materials
Faience
French Faience Heart Secouette Flask / Hand Warmer HB Quimper, Circa 1900
By Quimper Faience Pottery
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Heart Secouette Flask / Hand Warmer HB Quimper, Circa 1900.
Douardenez.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Rustic Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Quimper Noel 1982 Christmas Plate with Breton Peasant Figures in a Spiritual Set
By Quimper Faience Pottery
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Quimper Christmas Noel celebration plate, 1982. In excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks. Great color and graphics, pretty much unused.
Category
Vintage 1980s French French Provincial Serving Pieces
Materials
Faience
French Faience Secouette Flask / Hand Warmer HB Quimper, Circa 1900
By Quimper Faience Pottery
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience Secouette Flask / Hand Warmer HB Quimper, Circa 1900.
In a shape of a barrel.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Rustic Ceramics
Materials
Faience
19th Century French Hand Painted Faience Porquier-Beau Quimper Swan Vase
By Quimper Faience Pottery
Located in Atlanta, GA
The 19th Century French Hand Painted Faience Porquier-Beau Quimper Swan Vase is a remarkable piece of ceramic art. Made in Quimper, France, by the renowned Porquier-Beau pottery, thi...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Henriot Quimper French Faience Pottery “Perrik” Circa 1930
By Quimper Faience Pottery
Located in Atlanta, GA
The Henriot Quimper French Faience Pottery "Perrik" is a beautiful piece of ceramic art that was produced around 1930. Quimper, a town in Brittany, Fran...
Category
Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
