Gien 1950s French Set of 6 Green Majolica Oyster Plates in Original Wood Box

Antique French Majolica Handled Tray Dish – Gien, Signed Dated 1871 Exceptional antique French Majolica plate by the renowned Faïencerie de Gien, signed and dated 1871. This f...

A charming handcrafted decorative salt and pepper holder in the shape of traditional Breton sabot clogs, mid-20th century French pottery majolic...

A set of 7 pcs. French majolica glazed oyster plates from the faience factory of Saint-Clément, circa 1950. The set includes 6 pcs. oyster plates and 1 pc. large round oyster serving...

These colorful antique plates and matching serving platter were created in France circa 1920, by the Saint Clement factory. The hand painted Majolica service features 6 round plates and one charger, all having oyster shaped and lemon wedge motifs. Every piece is marked underfoot "St Clement France". The set is in excellent condition with rich colors in the green and yellow palette. The faience factory of Saint-Clement, 12 kms from Lunéville, was established in 1758 by Jacques Chambrette, who already owned another one in Lunéville. With this second factory he aimed at the higher segment of the market with prestigious objects. The factory received because of this a label as Royal Suplier for Marie-Antoinette's Trianon. After Jacques died in 1758, his son Gabriel became the new owner. Between 1759 and 1763 the factory was managed by Charles Loyal, Jacques Chambrette's son-in-law, Paul Louis Cyfflé and the architect Richard Mique, who owned half the factory in 1786. In the 18th century Saint-Clément produced domestic objects of ordinary earthenware, luxurious objects and decorative objects of fine earthenware (so-called "terre de pipe"). Between the first quarter of the 19th century and 1892 both current utensils of ordinary earthenware and fine earthenware are produced and decorative objects of grand and petit feu (Emile Gallé). In the second half of the 19th century the factory reproduced Louis XIV objects, among them objects with very unnatural forms, where they attempted to imitate the multicolored decorations of Strasbourg faience...