Faience More Dining and Entertaining

This is a great set of French Choisy-Le-Roi Majolica or faience plates in the "Leaf and Flower" pattern with the highly desirable "Greek Key" border. Two plates are 8.5" in diameter ...

Beautiful pair of Henriot Quimper Faience coffee mugs with the traditional Breton figures male and female on either mugs. In excellent vintage condition with virtually no wear, minor...

French pair of Sarreguemines plates, enameled barbotine Birds in a cherry tree and vine Good condition. For shipping: 25/25/6 cm 2 kg.

Vieillard & Cie "Nella" Service in the spirit of Japonism, made of hand painted faience on a white background enhanced with a cobalt blue rim on earth pieces. Pieces are off-center decorated with lovely birds such as parrot or kingfishers, flowering branches of prunus, and several colorful flowers such as peonies, roses, iris. Small insects such as ladybugs or butterflies decorate the background of the pieces. This service was created by the French Manufacture Vieillard & Cie in the 1870s and its style is halfway between 18th century naturalist porcelains and Japonism. The Manufacture set in Bordeaux is worldwide renowned thanks to its inventiveness and its deep comprehension of Persian and Japanese graphic arts: its production is characterized by an oriental fantasy, exotic landscapes, flowers and wonderful birds. All pieces are marked "JVB" beneath and large pieces have the "Nella" inscription. Composition of the set with dimensions: - 24 dinner plates 25 cm in diameter - 12 soup plates 25.5 cm in diameter - 24 dessert plates 22.5 cm in diameter - 1 large soup tureen 13 cm height x 26 cm of diameter. - 1 vegetable tureen - 1 square under dish - 2 round dishes: 1 flat (39 cm of diameter) and 1 deep (34 cm of diameter) - 1 flat oval dish 43 cm W x 35 cm D x 3.5 cm - 1 roast or turkey dish...

Antique French Faience "Fish-Heads" oyster plate, circa 1900 with beautiful hand painted shades of blue, green, and yellow.

This elegant set of eight antique plates was crafted in France, circa 1870. Each hand painted plate with French wording illustrates a scene depicting the "life of a soldier". All called "La Vie de Soldat", each scene shows what soldier is able do achieve from ploughing to storyteller, to horse rider. Each plate signed Gien on the bottom. The Faïencerie de Gien is a ceramic factory in the Loire Valley, founded in 1821 by Thomas Edme Hulm. Amongst the many faience manufacturers in the 19th century, the reputation of Gien is equal to those of the factories of Creil, Longwy or Sarreguemines. Gien further developed the technique of emaux cloisonné...

This is a wonderful set of twelve French oyster plates. Each plate has six wells for serving oysters and a central well for lemon. The hand painted pattern depicts leaves in blue and orange on a beige background. Marked on the back M.B.F.A. PORNIC, Peinte a la main, ARCACHON. MBFA Pornic...

This is a wonderful French twelve well oyster platter. The platter has twelve wells for serving oysters. The hand painted pattern depicts leaves in blue...

A 19th century Théodore deck polychrome Faience salt cellar.

19th century tin-glazed earthenware grass drainer with original tin-glazed tray from a bar à vin in Lyon, France.

Turn of the century (circa 1900) Faience pottery tableware (56 Pieces), from the Drome area of France. Serving set (12 pieces) sold separately. *Serving bowls three. *Misc. sized oval serving plates (5) *Small serving bowls...