Ceramics & Porcelain of France Photos

France produced ceramic items back to Gallic times. A major shift about 1700 was the desire to produce the white porcelain being imported from China. Several companies produced early French porcelain but Sèvres Porcelain soon became the primary producer in France.

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Bernard Palissy Ceramics & Imitators Ceramics master Bernard Palissy sculpture plaster model by Ernest Barrias at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Earthenware dish with eels, fish, flora & fauna by Bernard Palissy or follower of France at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland Glazed earth fruit bowl in style of Bernard Palissy from Auge, France at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France
Nevers Ceramics, France (c1580-19thC) Polychrome gourd vase with St Peter from Nevers, France at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France Ceramic fortified chateau from Nevers, France at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France Ceramic bust of king in antique dress from Nevers, France at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France
Rouen Ceramics, France (1673-96). Ceramic pharmacy pot made in Rouen at St Malo Museum. St Malo, France Ceramic platter from Rouen at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Earthenware Rouen-made tripod spice holder with rotating cover at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France
Strasbourg Faience by C-F Hannong (1709-1780) Faience elephant as potpourri scent holder by Paul Hannong of Strasbourg, France at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany Faience tureen in form of boar's head from Strasbourg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany Eagle head & flowers earthenware tureen by Paul Hannong Factory of France at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH
Saint-Cloud Porcelain, France (1693-1766) Porcelain water pitchers & mustard pot made by Manuf. Saint-Cloud of Paris with silver fittings by Paul le Riche at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France Porcelain cosmetic jars made by Manuf. Saint-Cloud of Paris at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France Porcelain plate & covered bowl made by Manuf. Saint-Cloud of Paris at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France
Chantilly Porcelain, France (1730-1800) Porcelain tureen with pomegranate finial from Chantilly, France at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA Porcelain tureen with flower handle from Chantilly, France at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA Tin-glazed earthenware ewer & basin by Chantilly Manuf., France at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI
Vincennes Porcelain, France (1740-1756) Porcelain tureen by Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory of France at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA Porcelain Chinese-style cup & saucer from Vincennes at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France Porcelain Calabre cup & saucer from Vincennes at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France
Sèvres Porcelain, France (1756 on) Sèvres porcelain tea set by Vincent Taillandier at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Sèvres porcelain cup & saucer at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France Sèvres porcelain egg & serpent teapot at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France
Sèvres Porcelain Commemorative Vases Sèvres porcelain Renaissance-style vase by Alexandre Evariste Fragonard at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France Sèvres porcelain Perseus & Andromeda vase in shape by Marcel Debut at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France Sèvres porcelain Clermont C vase with nude figure by Robert Bonfils at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France
Dagoty Porcelain, France (early 1800s) Porcelain blue & gold tea set by Manufacture Dagoty of Paris at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France Porcelain red & gold shell-shaped cup & saucer by Manufacture Dagoty of Paris at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France Swan motif coffee service by P.-L. Dagoty Manufactory of Paris at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA
Dihl and Guérhard Porcelain, Paris (1781-1828) Porcelain cups & saucers by Dihl & Guérhard of Paris at Pitti Palace Ceramics Museum. Florence, Italy Porcelain coffee service pieces by Dihl & Guérhard of Paris at Pitti Palace Ceramics Museum. Florence, Italy Porcelain sugar bowl by Dihl et Guérhard Manuf. at Louvre Museum. Paris, France
Caen Porcelain, France (1797-1814) Cup & saucer by Caen Porcelain Manuf. at Caen Museum of Fine Arts. Caen, France Cup & saucer by Caen Porcelain Manuf. at Caen Museum of Fine Arts. Caen, France Cup & saucer by Caen Porcelain Manuf. at Caen Museum of Fine Arts. Caen, France
Limoges Porcelain, France (1840s on) Haviland Limoges tureen with Order of Cincinnati insignia & pattern of King Louis XVI presented to Reagan by President of France at Reagan Museum. Simi Valley, CA Lincoln State Dinner Service water pitcher by Haviland, Paris at Cleveland History Center. Cleveland, OH Porcelain vase enamelled flaming red color by Havilland Workshop of Paris at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France
Félix Henri Bracquemond Art Flowers & ribbons plate by Félix Bracquemond at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Rigid Japanese fan plate by Félix Bracquemond for Jules Vieillard et Cie of Bordeaux at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Japanese-style rooster plate by Félix Bracquemond for Jules Vieillard et Cie of Bordeaux at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France
Jean-Joseph Carriès Ceramic Art Grotesque mask by Jean Carriès at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Toad & frog sculpture by Jean Carriès at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Grotesque mask, fragment of pillar by Jean Carriès at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France
Pablo Picasso Ceramics Vase by Picasso at Ceramics Museum of Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain Painting of head of faun on ceramic plate by Pablo Picasso at Picasso Museum. Paris, France Plate with the Head of a Goat ceramic by Pablo Picasso at Nice Fine Arts Museum. Nice, France
Dodik Jégou Art Breton artist, Dodik Jégou, in front of one of her works. St Malo, France Queen & court on Breton ship painting on ceramic tile by Dodik Jégou. St Malo, France Rooster painting on ceramic tile by Dodik Jégou. St Malo, France
French Ancient Ceramics Gallic ceramic vase with tripod feet & geometric painting found in tomb of Eterville, Calvados at Museum of Normandy. Caen, France Ceramic cooking pot from final bronze age near Lyon at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France Surviving ceramic floor tiles at Papal Palace. Avignon, France
Roman Era Ceramics Gallo-Roman decorated ceramic bowl at Archeology Museum of Morbihan. Vannes, France Unusual ceramics in Roman antiquities department at Louvre Museum. Paris, France Roman terracotta roof antefix with comedic theater mask at Musée de la Romanité. Nimes, France
Oil Lamps of Antiquity Roman terracotta oil lamp with theater mask of satyr at Musée de la Romanité. Nimes, France Greek & Roman Ship Amphorae Amphorae likely from a Spanish Islamic ship at Antibes Archeology Museum. Antibes, France
French Earthenware Glazed earthenware puzzle jug from Saintonge, France at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France Trompe l'oeil faience plate with fake hard boiled eggs from France at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France Stoneware water dispenser with top in form of Emperor Napoleon I by Vindefontaine potters at Museum of Normandy. Caen, France
Strasbourg Faience by Charles-Francois Hannong Faience elephant as potpourri scent holder by Paul Hannong of Strasbourg, France at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany Faience tureen in form of boar's head from Strasbourg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany Faience showpiece in form of bowl radishes by Paul Hannong of Strasbourg, France at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany
Miscellaneous French Ceramics (1800s on) Ceramic Chinese-style tray marked D.V. at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France Ceramic vase by Hector Guimard & Edmond Lachenal at Petit Palace Museums. Paris, France Art Nouveau porcelain water pitcher with silver & ivory mounts by Eugène & Octave Lelièvre at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France
Villeroy & Boch Ceramics (started in France 1748) Stoneware tureen with cows by Villeroy & Boch of Mettlach, Germany at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT Fine earthenware with polychrome decoration round platter depicting a cockatoo on a branch made by Villeroy & Boch at Septfontaines-lez-Luxembourg at National Museum of History & Art. Luxembourg, Luxembourg Fine earthenware Helios figurine made by Villeroy & Boch at Septfontaines-lez-Luxembourg at National Museum of History & Art. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
French History Commemorative Plates French porcelain cup with image of hot air balloon at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France King Henri II painting on faience plate at Blois Chateau. Blois, France Printed porcelain plate with bridge of Seine on Paris to Rouen rail line by Manuf. Boulenger et Hautin of Choisy -le-Roy at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France
Limoges Enamels of France Enameled copper reliquary with scenes of Adoration of Magi from Limoges at Cluny Museum. Paris, France Archbishop Turpin, warrior-bishop from Song of Roland, , enamel paint on copper by Colin Noualhier from Limoges at Angers Fine Arts Museum. Angers, France Portrait of Charles, Comte de Montpensier, Connetable de Bourbon enamel on copper plaque by Léonard Limosin of Limoges, France at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA
World Enamel Art Medici banquet enamel painting at Chenonceau Chateau. Chenonceau, France Enamelled copper case to hold cutlery & grooming tools with portrait & harvest scene by Richard Houston of Staffordshire? at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Writing casket with enamels by Phoebe Anna Traquair made by Brook & Sons of Edinburgh at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland
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