Type Name:

FAIENCE, NORMANDY BLUE ON WHITE

Category:

FAIENCE

Production Origin:

FRANCE

Production Date Range:

1690-1785

Defining Attributes:

Paste is hard, cream to salmon color

Tin enameled white to pale blue background

Frequently interior of rim decorated with two thin blue bands surrounding dashes, dots, or wavy lines

Exterior may be decorated with crude floral or geometric designs

Vessel Forms:

BOWL
CUP
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER

Comments:

Published Definitions:

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