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ANTIQUE FRENCH CERAMICS - FAIENCE AND PORCELAIN

Faience, or tin-glazed and enamelled earthenware, first emerged in France during the sixteenth century, reaching widespread usage among elite patrons during the seventeenth and early eighteenth century. While faience can be created from a wide mixture of clays, it is foremost distinguished by the milky opaque white colour achieved by the addition of tin oxide to the glaze.
The first porcelain produced in France was soft paste and made in the faience factories. Originally the pieces imitated the Chinese patterned blue and white, however the factories of France soon began to develop their own style in the baroque and rococo. In the mid 18th century Louis XV took control of the Vincennes factory, which later became Sèvres, the most prominent porcelain producer in Europe until the end of the 18th century. Soft paste preceded hard paste which was not in production until 1770.

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REF: 4789 18TH CENTURY PGREEN AND WHITE FAÏENCE SOUP TUREEN	REF: 4721 18TH CENTURY FAÏENCE LIDDED 'SOUPIÈRE' OR SOUP TUREEN IN YELLOW OCHRE	REF: 4720 18TH CENTURY FAÏENCE SOUP BOWL AND LID DECORATED IN YELLOW OCHRE

REF: 4432 FRENCH 18TH CENTURY FAIENCE LIDDED 'LEGUMIER'	REF: 4751 18TH CENTURY POLYCHROME FAÏENCE SOUP TUREEN	REF: 4758 18TH CENTURY POLYCHROME FAÏENCE TERRINE

REF: 4415 A POLYCHROME 18TH CENTURY FAIENCE 'BASSIN'	REF: 2886 FRENCH 18TH CENTURY BOWL OR SERVING DISH	REF: 2895 18TH CENTURY OCTAGONAL FAIENCE VEGETABLE DISH

REF: 4334 LARGE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH FAIENCE TWO HANDLED BASIN IN BALUSTER FORM	REF: 2879 17TH CENTURY ROUND FAIENCE VEGETABLE DISH

REF: 4365 18TH CENTURY LIDDED FAIENCE 'SOUPIÈRE' OR SOUP TUREEN SOLD	REF: 4752 19TH CENTURY FAÏENCE LIDDED VEGETABLE DISH DECORATED IN YELLOW OCHRE SOLD	REF: 4722 18TH CENTURY FAÏENCE LIDDED TUREEN IN YELLOW OCHRE SOLD

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