19 Century French Faience milk jug - Charles Fourmaintraux Courquin 1863-1900 Ref. aug 118/a
Check my rate
| Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
| Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
| Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
Product details
19 Century French Faience milk jug - Charles Fourmaintraux Courquin 1863-1900 Ref. aug 118/a
Like Quimper, the area of Desvres, in the north of France, was also a great place for the making of pottery, and, also had the legacy of dating back to the Roman Era. Clay, water, wood were in abundance. Faience work, (pottery, showing typical rural or village scenes), had received a tremendous boost during the reign of Louis XVI, who, being bankrupt, had the idea of confiscating all utensils, vessels and plates made out of gold or silver. This led to a rush by the French elite to quickly replace their possessions with something else, in this case faience work.
Faience factories sprung up around the whole of France, causing yet another problem.The forests were being denuded at an alarming rate, all in the effort to keep the pottery kilns going. The government soon had to curtail the production of pottery to only a few areas.
Quimper was the first district to produce Faience work and it is thought that the HB Factory, in 1860, was responsible for introducing the typical Breton peasant scenes, depicting every-day village scenes. By 1863, each village had its own identity and distinctive pottery designs.
Starting in around 1804, Francois Fourmaintraux started his own pottery in Desvres, and, later, copied the popular products from Quimper, Moustiers and Rouen.
However, it appears that it was Charles Fourmaintraux (1863-1900) who made Desvres one of the most important earthernware centres in Northern France, producing all types of decorated earthernware.
This typical Milk Jug has a myriad of colors, royal blue, terra cotta, light green and brown on a blue-washed background. Signed on the bottom JE 115 and the numbers 7427/3. It stands 19cm high to the top of the spout and has a diameter of around 14cm, not including the handle.Age has seen some slight damage to the one side (see photo on right) and there are some typical glaze cracks, not surprising for its age.
This is a genuine antique. Please remember the classification of an 'antique' is that it should be 100 years old, OR MORE. There are many articles being offered as 'antiques' when, clearly, they are not.
Price R300.00
Post R80.00
Terms: We offer a strict three-day approval period from the date the parcel reaches you. Refunds/credits are based on the cost of the article, NOT including delivery charges. Please advise us within this period whether you would like to return any article for a refund/credit. Although we pride ourselves in our packing, the buyer remains responsible for loss, non-arrival or damage to goods being sent to, or returned.