Type Name:

FAIENCE, SAINT CLOUD POLYCHROME

Category:

FAIENCE

Production Origin:

FRANCE

Production Date Range:

1675-1766

Defining Attributes:

Paste is hard, usually buff in color. Peach and salmon colored paste rare

Tin enameled, blueish-white to light blue background

Designs done in blue outlined in either dark blue, black, or purple

Interior rims have double banded designs with geometric and floral motifs

Central medallion sometimes decorated with floral design

Vessel Forms:

BOWL
CUP
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER
TUREEN

Comments:

Published Definitions:

Walthall 1991a; Waslekov and Walthall 2002