A history and description of the old French faïence, with an account of the revival of faïence painting in France (1903) (14762864681)

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Title: A history and description of the old French faïence, with an account of the revival of faïence painting in France
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Solon, Louis Marc Emmanuel, 1835-1913 Burton, William, 1863-
Subjects: Pottery Pottery
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Cassell and Co., ltd.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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tors he found wilhng to leave Hannongs employment toenter his own. Lady Beyerle, an artist of no mean talent, notonly supplied sketches and models to the common decorators,but also painted some of the best pieces with her own handAnstett, a colour-maker of great experience, was made chemistand assistant director. All efforts were directed towards the production of exceptionaltable services. The distmguished character of the shapes, inspiredfrom the best works of the silversmith, the precious finish of thepainted decoration, which equals that of the Saxon porcelain,make so many works of art of all the specimens entering into thecomposition of these services. In the ceramic collections manyodd plates, enamelled with flowers, or painted with pleasantlandscapes after the Dutch masters, figure with honour. TheNidcrviiior faience is amply represented in the Nancy Museum.There arc now deposited the vessels once adorning the pharmacyof the Saint-Charles Hospital. They comprise two largo orna-
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U 2; > 5 - NIDERVILLER. 113 mental vases, and several sets of smaller vases and drug-pots ofvarious shapes and decoration, amounting together to 234 innumber. The large vases, richly ornamented in the rocaille style,bear the royal arms of Stanislas, Duke of Lorraine and King ofPoland. They are 3 feet 6 inches in height. The other piecesare decorated in a scheme of colour in which purple and pinklargely predominate, or in plain blue. Hardly any modification had to be brought into the cur-rent mode of decoration when, in 1768, the manufacture of hardporcelain was introduced, the same artists painting either faienceor porcelain in a similar style. General Count Custine, another aristocratic personage, suc-ceeded to Baron de Beyerle as proprietor of the works in 1780.He appointed F. Lanfrey, a clever manufacturer, to act as practicaldirector. A better man could not have been selected. Lanfreyintroduced great improvements in all the existing branchesof manufacture, and added to them the