THE ABBAYE DE LA CELLE IN THE NORTH OF PROVENCE WAS CLOSING FOR RENOVATIONS AND NEEDED TO SELL OBJECTS SHOWN IN THE ABBEY FOR GENERATIONS. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW RARE THIS IS? IT IS A’ONE OF A KIND”SIFFLET’. A SIFFLET WAS A BIRD WHISTLE MADE AS A TOY […]
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VERY CONFUSING IN FRENCH AS THE WORDS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE AS MEANING COLANDER BUT NON… THE EGOUTTOIR WAS MEANT FOR ONLY CLEANING AND DRAINING WATER. FRUIT VEGETABLES WITH THE WATER DRAINING THROUGH THE HOLES. MUCH MORE VARIED AND TOTALLY UTILITARIAN. TO TELL THE TRUTH… YOU COULD USE EITHER FOR BOTH BUT….. […]
A wonderful antique Choisy-le-Roi faience majolica rooster form vase designed by Louis Carrier-Belleus, nineteenth century. Rooster in vibrant browns, golds, blues, and reds stands crowing on grassy green base. Behind him is the vase in the form of a decaying stone ruin. 14.5″h x 12″l x 10w. Vase is in […]
Antique Handpainted French Majolica Salt Cellar (Sel) Strasbourg c. Nicely marked and in excellent antique condition. Very Novel Gift Idea for any “Foodie”! The item “Antique French Faience Sel (Salt Cellar) Funcional Piece Strasbourg c. 1900+” is in sale since Wednesday, February 24, 2021. This item is in the category […]
Many thanks for viewing. A lovely antique French plate, probably originating from a Nevers factory. The white tin-glazed (faience) ground painted in blue, black and warm grey, depicting a great scene of two figures, one of whom is on horseback, and all set beneath a tree and extensive landscape. This […]
It is 8 tall and 5 1/4 across the top. There is a small chip on rim as shown in photo. The item “Antique French Faience Large Barrel Vase Birds Floral Signed” is in sale since Sunday, August 29, 2021. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Pottery & […]
Rare Bough Pot French Faience Pottery Antique Flower Vase 19C Grotesque Figures. “Antique Faience Bough Pot”. Item : This is a rare early 19C antique Faience, (probably French), wall bough pot, hand painted with a decoration of a grotesque green man with a bird amongst foliage. Measures : 20cm high […]