Rouen faience ewer, "helmet" shape with lambrequin painted decoration, c. 1720
The city of Rouen, Normandy has been a centre for the production of faience or tin-glazed earthenware pottery, since at least the 1540s. Unlike Nevers faience, where the earliest potters were immigrants from Italy, who at first continued to make wares in Italian maiolica styles with Italian methods, Rouen faience was essentially French in inspiration, though later influenced by East Asian porcelain. As at Nevers, a number of styles were developed and several were made at the same periods.
The earliest pottery, starting in the 1540s, specialized in large patterns and images made up of coloured tiles. A century later the king granted a fifty-year monopoly, and a factory was established by 1647. The wares this made are now hard to distinguish from those of other centres, but the business was evidently successful. When the monopoly expired in 1697 a number of new factories opened, and Rouen's finest period began, lasting until about the mid-century. The decoration of the best Rouen faience was very well-executed, with intricate designs in several styles, typically centred on ornament, with relatively small figures, if any. By the end of the 18th century production was greatly reduced, mainly because of competition from cheaper and better English creamware.
For a brief period from 1673 to 1696 another factory in the city also made the earliest French soft-paste porcelain, probably not on a commercial basis; only nine pieces of Rouen porcelain are now thought to survive.[1]
of Rouen, Normandy has been a centre for the production of faience or tin-glazed earthenware pottery, since at least the 1540s. Unlike Nevers faience, where...
of faïence was Masseot Abaquesne, established in Rouen in the 1530s. Nevers faience and Rouenfaience were the leading French centres of faience manufacturing...
only nine pieces are now thought to survive. Rouen had been a centre for the production of Rouenfaience (tin-glazed earthenware pottery), since at least...
contains a splendid collection of faïence and porcelain for which Rouen was renowned during the 16th to 18th centuries. Rouen is also noted for its surviving...
manufacturing faience, or tin-glazed earthenware pottery, between around 1580 and the early 19th century. Production of Nevers faience then gradually...
anthropomorphic busts of the four seasons, a polychrome example of Rouenfaience, c.1730, faience, Louvre Rococo - Helbling House, Innsbruck, Austria, originally...
faience, Rouenfaience, should be protected and encouraged, sent designs, and given commissions by the king. Around 1670 the Poterat family of Rouen received...
Masseot Abaquesne (c. 1500-1564) was a manufacturer of Rouenfaience, in France between 1535 and 1557. He was the maker of the remarkable paving in the...
may refer to: An ornamental motif, especially associated with French Rouenfaience of c. 1690 to 1750 Mantling in heraldry In interior design (North America...
the Norman Chamber of Commerce was formed. Rouen was well known for the production of wool and faience – glazed ceramic ware; wool was the main source...
working in Rouen, or for all artistic products from Rouen, such as Rouenfaience of the 16th to 18th centuries. The term was first used in 1902 by Arsène...
Strasbourg faience or Strasbourg ware is a form of faience produced by the Strasbourg-Haguenau company in Strasbourg in the 18th century. The company...
especially faience, located in the village of Sinceny, Picardy, in northern France. The Sinceny manufactory was founded in 1713, when potters from Rouen and...
first attempts made in Rouen were quite successful, ... these faience objects from new factories are not ranked as French faience – this is the genuine...
specialized in faience decorated with flowers in natural arrangements. At the beginning of the production the work used decorations "à la Berain." Rouen-style...
d'Orbigny-Bernon. La Rochelle faience, 18th century. La Rochelle faience with Chinese decorations. La Rochelle faience pot, 18th century. In 1864, the...
textiles and Rouen manufactory (faïence) alongside the newer chemical and papermaking industries. The navigable Seine, emptying at Rouen, had been Parisians'...
Musée Cantini, Musée de la Faïence et des Beaux-Arts, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, among others. (1905) The maid...
Limogiae. Limoges had also been the site of a minor industry producing plain faience earthenware since the 1730s. The manufacturing of hard-paste porcelain...
Gaspard Robert (1722-1799) was the founder of a factory that made faience in Marseille, France, between 1750 and 1793. Joseph Gaspard Robert first worked...
scenes, 18th century. Musée Ernest Cognacq Blue and white faience with Chinese scene, Nevers faience, France, 1680-1700. The plate shown in the illustration...
Maxime Maufra and Paul Sérusier. The town's best known product is Quimper faience, tin-glazed pottery. It has been made here since 1690, using bold provincial...
his buildings, most famously at the Natural History Museum. He also used faience, once its mass production was possible, on the interiors of his buildings...
Rouen - 24 August 1909, Rouen) was a French designer, engraver, illustrator, and historian. He produced over 9,000 images; largely devoted to Rouen and...
were a fertility symbol. Tell el-Yahudiyeh Ware duck, Egypt, c. 1700 BC Faience duck vase, Egypt, 3rd century BC Pendant with duck's head, England, c....
and contemporary ceramics Musée de la Ceramique, Rouen, 5,000 pieces, 900 displayed, mostly local faience. Musée national de la porcelaine Adrien-Dubouché...
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