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Dog chasing stag earthenware floor tiles (c1200-1300) from France at British Museum. London, United Kingdom. | Earthenware wine jug (c1300) from Saintonge, France at British Museum. London, United Kingdom. | Tiles painted with coat of arms from French Renaissance Écouen Chateau at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France. | Glazed earthenware bowl with line-drawn facial profile of woman (1500-1550) from Beauvaisis at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France. |
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Glazed earthenware figure of chalémie flute player (mid 16thC) from Beauvaisis at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France. | Ceramic plate with halberdier image (1635) made in Arras at Arras Fine Art Museum. Arras, France. | Glazed earthenware pilgrim's gourd (1600-20) from Saintonge, France at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France. | Glazed earthenware jug with 3 handles incised with two-headed eagle (1600-50) from Saintonge, France at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France. |
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Glazed earthenware jug with 3 handles incised with two-headed eagle (1600-50) from Saintonge, France at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France. | Glazed earthenware puzzle jug (17thC) from Saintonge, France at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France. | Ceramic jug for absinthe (end of 15thC) at Musées des Arts Décoratifs. Lyon, France. | Glazed earth bowl with Jupiter & Callisto (start 17thC) by workshop of Fontainebleau (aka Avon) at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France. |
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Ceramics made to mimic turkey, pickles, lettuce, radishes, eggplant mostly (1700s) from Paul Hannong of Strasbourg & P. Mombaers of Brussels at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France. | Earthenware jug with portrait of M. Tourer with hunting gun & dog (1737) made by Moulins of France at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON. | Ceramics made to mimic birds and vegetables (1700s) at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France. | Collection of trompe l'oeil faience plates (18thC) from France at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France. |
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Trompe l'oeil faience plate with fake olives (18thC) from France at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France. | Trompe l'oeil faience plate with fake hard boiled eggs (18thC) from France at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France. | Faience soup tureen (c1760-70) by Veuve Perrin factory of Marseille at Beaux-Arts Museum. Lyon, France. | Terra cotta dragon roof ridge figure (16th-17thC) by Pré-d'Auge potters at Museum of Normandy. Caen, France. |
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Glazed earth water dispenser (mid 17thC) from Auge, France at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France. | Terra cotta green glazed water dispensers (1771) & rabbit terrine "gîte à lièvre" (19thC) by Pré-d'Auge potters at Museum of Normandy. Caen, France. | Pottery for everyday use (18th-19thC) at Museum of Normandy. Caen, France. | Terra cotta rabbit terrines "gîte à lièvre" (1752 & 18th-19thC) at Museum of Normandy. Caen, France. |
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Jars & vessels used in dairy production (19thC) at Museum of Normandy. Caen, France. | Glass & ceramic serving vessels for Calvados, distilled apple cider of Normandy, at Museum of Normandy. Caen, France. | Pottery vessels (19thC) by Noron-la-Poterie & other Calvados producers at Museum of Normandy. Caen, France. | Stoneware vessels (19thC) mostly by Noron-la-Poterie at Museum of Normandy. Caen, France. |
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Stoneware water dispenser with top in form of Emperor Napoleon I (19thC) by Vindefontaine potters at Museum of Normandy. Caen, France. | Pottery roof finial with mounted figure of Frederick the Great of Prussia (end 19thC) made in Brittany at St Malo Museum. St Malo, France. | Ceramic circular canteen (gourd) with ad for Companion Tanners (1850) by Faïence de l'Ouest from Nantes at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France. | Ceramic jars in kitchen at Chenonceau Chateau. Chenonceau, France. |
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Ceramic jars in kitchen at Chenonceau Chateau. Chenonceau, France. | White ceramic bowl with lattice-work cover made in France at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France. | Faience plate painted with grotesque scenes (1745-60) by Manuf. Olerys et Laugier of Moustiers, France at Ariana Museum. Geneva, Switzerland. | Faience cup & saucer (1761-90) by Joseph G. Robert of Marseille at Ariana Museum. Geneva, Switzerland. |
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Ceramic covered dish in form of chicken with chicks (19thC) by Ferrière-la-Petite at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France. | Ceramic nautilus-shaped fruit cup on pedestal (19thC) by Thomas Sergent from France at Blois Chateau. Blois, France. | Stoneware serving basket (c1810) by Manuf. Creil of France at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany. | Stoneware serving gravy boat & plates (c1810) by Manuf. Creil of France at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany. |
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Vase with four faces (1900-5) by Léon Elchinger & Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach in Museum of Modern Art. Strasbourg, France. | Pottery fountain of ape playing with dolphin called Consul s'amuse (1903) by Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach in Museum of Modern Art. Strasbourg, France. |
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