Type Name:

FAIENCE, BRITTANY BLUE ON WHITE

Category:

FAIENCE

Production Origin:

FRANCE

Production Date Range:

1750-1765

Defining Attributes:

Paste is hard, light cream to salmon color

Tin-enameled, light to pale blue background

Usually a single blue band encircles the interior rim, double blue bands are rare

Central medallion may have a crude geometric/floral design

Vessel Forms:

PLATE

Comments:

Brittany Blue on White faience is only known to occur in flat bottom base plate forms. This faience type is characterized by having a blue band around the interior rim and either a plain interior or a crude geometric or floral design on the central medallion. Double bands around the rim do occur but are rare.

Published Definitions:

Walthall 1991a; Walthall 1991b; Waslekov and Walthall 2002