Type Name:

FAIENCE, PROVENCE BLUE ON WHITE

Category:

FAIENCE

Production Origin:

FRANCE

Production Date Range:

1725-1765

Defining Attributes:

Paste is hard, cream to buff color

Tin enameled, near white to very light blue background

Interior of rim is double banded in blue with geometric and crude floral designs within

Vessel Forms:

BOWL
CUP
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER

Comments:

Walthall (1991a) lists a production date range for Provence Yellow on White as 1750-1765. It is likely that Provence Blue on White was produced early, but the above listed date is tentative.

Published Definitions:

Walthall 1991a; Waselkov and Walthall 2002