Description: Profusely illustrated in black-and-white, this early out-of-print book is a leading authoritative text on antique French pottery and ceramics including information on Sevres porcelain. FRENCH FAIENCE by Arthur Lane, Faber & Faber, London, 1948. This rare text “is a comprehensive study of the greatly prized tin-glazed pottery of France. The author skillfully takes the reader through the various stages of the development of faience from the earliest times – by way of the superb Nevers polychrome wares of the seventeenth century, the austere products of Rouen, and the delightful fantasies of Moustiers - to the graceful and colorful late eighteenth-century enameled wares of Strasbourg, Niderviller, Sceaux, and Marseilles.” The book covers by chapter: The Technical Nature of Faience; The Medieval Beginnings; Italian Modes in the Sixteenth Century; ‘Faience Blanche’ made for Common Use; Nevers in the Seventeenth Century; Faience as a Fine Art-A Prelude to the Eighteenth Century; Rouen and the Factories of the North; Moustiers and Marseilles: The Factories of the South; Strasbourg and the Factories of Eastern France; Aprey, Meillonas, and Sceaux; Bibliography and Plates. 100 pages of plates, 96 in monochrome and four in full color, display nearly 200 exquisitely wrought examples, together with factory marks where such marks are available. The greatly prized Faience or white tin-glazed pottery of France is imbued with incomparable and characteristically French inventiveness and good taste. These features are nicely portrayed in this scholarly text which will assist the reader in identifying this ware. This is an invaluable resource reference book for the serious collector, dealer, curator, or historian of antique European pottery and porcelain. 6.5” x 9.9” hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 149 pages. FREE media mail shipping and handling for deliveries within the 50 United States. Rates vary for international mailings.
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