Early 20th Century French Painted Desvres Faience Six-Egg Holder Basket

Decorate a dining room table or a mantel with this large antique jardinière; crafted in Normandy, circa 1860, the oblong planter stands on scrolled feet...

Decorate a tabletop with this colorful, majolica basket composition. Crafted in France circa 1960, the centerpiece features a realistic assortment of fruits and vegetables in high re...

Place this sculptural, antique jardinière on a shelf or on a kitchen counter for a pop of color. Crafted in Montigny-sur-Loing, France circa 1860, the colorful basket has a central handle and features a double vase decorated with floral and leaf motifs in high relief. The elegant, artistic planter with flowers is in excellent condition and has rich, pigmented colors in a blue, black, green and pink palette. Different markings on the bottom. Impressionist ceramics term generally applies to "paint the slip" or "batch gouache". At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the towns of Montigny-sur-Loing and Marlotte are many artists living places like Jean-Baptiste Corot, Eugène Thirion (1839-1910), Adrien Schulz (1851-1931), Numa Gillet (1868-1940) and Lucien Cahen-Michel (1888-1980), all attracted by the quality of the landscape and the light. When Eugene Schopin founded in 1872 a ceramics factory, he worked with the painters to create a range of designs inspired by Impressionism and decorated according to new public demands. Several ceramic factories will develop around this Impressionist movement. The most famous, such as Georges Delvaux (1834-1909), Albert Boué (1862-1918) and Charles Alphonse Petit (1862-1927), will produce until 1922. Other manufacturers, such as Theodore Lefront...

This elegant, antique ceramic cachepot was crafted in Normandy, France, circa 1920. Round in shape, the Classic, colorful planter has a curly, scallop...

Rustic French Faience Egg cup circa 1900. Painted flowers pattern. Desvres or Quimper style.

Sevres France Reticulated Hand Painted Porcelain Basket Scalloped Edge Early 20th Century 11.25" x 6.5" x 4.36

Rouen, located in the region of Normandy, just outside of Paris, has been at the center of French faience production since the mid-1500s. This lovely hand-painted jardiniere (circa 1...

An early 20th c French faience from Henriot Quimper, a basket with 6 egg cups in the typical color and pattern from Brittany. Note that one chip and one hair line on cup holder. ...