faience blanche

this lovely white-glazed faience lidded bowl was found in a little antique store in Morges, Switzerland - there is no mark on the bottom and the dealer could not identify it as french or swiss, but assured me that it was 19th century...

15 x 12cm x 6cm h [bowl] / 15 x 13cm x 6cm h to top of fruit [lid]

CAD/US$300/Euros200

the opening for a spoon to nestle in some home-made confiture or condiment or just plain sugar!

the lovely barbotine modelling of a rosehip or small quince and 3 leaves on the top of the lid...

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this graceful swan bowl/vase was found by Monsieur L at the brocante market in Geneva - there is also no mark on it, but he believes it to be a 19th century "milieu de table" - part of a table centerpiece for displaying flowers...

16 x 8cm x 12cm h

[some tiny chips on the tail feathers] 

CAD/US$200/Euros130

I should have put a small bouquet of spring flowers in it for these photos!

Faience

Who could resist a rustic piece of french glazed earthenware to warm up any table or sideboard or hand...
Although the supply of fresh choices seem endless, old pieces that have been used for decades, perhaps by the same family, are harder and harder to come by - they have been so collectible... and breakable!

Jug/Pitcher/Pichet
jaspé swirl or marbleized glaze treatment
[this piece had been used for storing oil]turn of the 19th/20th century, [found at the Saint-Ouen flea market in Paris still sticky with oil residue!]
[15 cm high x 16 cm wide to handle/ 11 cm wide top x 9.5 cm wide base]

CAD/US$300/Euros200

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Terrine with Lid
19th century, [found at a flea market in Utrecht]
[8 cm high without lid on/ 12 cm high with lid/ 9 cm wide top and base/
lid 11 cm wide]

"K G LUNEVILLE

1896

8 F"

stamped on the base

CAD/US$200/Euros140

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Bowl
pre-1950's [from an aunt who collects them in Provence]
[7 cm high x 11.5 wide top/ 8 cm wide base]
slight chipping around rim

CAD/US$100/Euros70

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Salt Dish
pre-1950's, [found at an antique fair by the Bastille in Paris]
[3 cm high x 9 cm x 5.5 cm wide]

"EE

10"

stamped on the base

CAD/US$50/Euros35