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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: 3043
18TH CENTURY JARDINIÈRE, FAÏENCE DE LILLE
REF: 4537
18TH CENTURY ROUEN WINE COOLER
REF: 4270
EARLY 18TH CENTURY ROUEN WINE COOLER
REF: 4822
PAIR OF LATE 18TH CENTURY POLYCHROME
WINE COOLERS OR CACHE-POTS
REF: 4750
18TH CENTURY FAÏENCE DE MOUSTIERS POLYCHROME BASIN OR JARDINIÈRE
REF: 4237
17TH CENTURY FAIENCE JARDINIÈRE NEVER
REF: 4817
17TH CENTURY FAIENCE JARDINIÈRE NEVER
REF: 2989
A RARE NEVERS TWO HANDLED
CHINOISERIE CACHE POT
REF: 4253
A NEVERS TWO HANDLED CHINOISERIE CACHE POT
REF: 4349
LATE 18TH CENTURY FAÏENCE CACHE POT
ON A PIÉDOUCHE
REF: 2873
VERY LARGE 18TH CENTURY
BLUE AND WHITE FAIENCE CACHE POT
REF: 2874
EARLY 19TH CENTURY LARGE TWO HANDLED
CACHE POT IN CAMAÏEU BLEU
REF: 4691A
SMALL 18TH CENTURY
BLUE AND WHITE FAIENCE CACHE POT
REF: 4712
18TH CENTURY POLYCHROME WINE COOLER SEAU À RAFRAICHIR
REF: 2765
A SMALL POLYCHROME 18TH CENTURY FAIENCE BASSIN' OR JARDINIERE
REF: 2761
A SMALL 18TH CENTURY FAIENCE TWO-HANDLED
'BASSIN' OR JARDINIERE
REF: 2985
18TH CENTURY POLYCHROME FAIENCE WALL FOUNTAIN BASE
REF: 4536
18TH CENTURY ROUEN WINE COOLER OR SEAU À BOUTEILLE
REF: 4265
19TH CENTURY LARGE TWO HANDLE
CACHE POT IN CAMAÏEU BLEU, ROUEN
REF: 2822
A SMALL 18TH CENTURY FAIENCE TWO-HANDLED 'BASSIN' OR JARDINIERE
REF: 2937
A NEVERS FAIENCE TWO-HANDLED JARDINIERE
REF: 4509
AN 18TH CENTURY OCTAGONAL FAIENCE TWO-HANDLED 'BASSIN' OR JARDINIERE, ROUEN
REF: 2882
19th CENTURY FAIENCE
POLYCHROME JARDINIERE, ROUEN
REF: 2877
18TH CENTURY FAIENCE
VERRIÈRE OR WINE GLASS COOLER
REF: 4716
EXCEPTIONAL LOUIS XV POLYCHROME FAÏENCE BASKET MANUFACTURE DE SCEAUX
REF: 4399
SET OF THREE 19TH CENTURY 'VIEUX PARIS' FRENCH GILT PORCELAIN PIERCED BASKETS
REF: 4322
18TH CENTURY LARGE ROUEN CACHE POT

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