{"title":"French Faience","description":"\u003cp\u003eAntique French faïence holds a special place in the history of French homes... from everyday tableware to decorative pieces displayed in kitchens, dining rooms, cabinets and country interiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together antique faïence, earthenware and glazed ceramic pieces chosen for their age, decoration, material character and softly timeworn presence. Here you may find plates, bowls, platters, serving dishes, jugs, vases, centerpieces and decorative objects shaped by regional French ceramic traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-painted decoration, floral motifs, molded forms, traditional colors and expressive glazes give old faïence its charm. Many pieces show signs of age: crazing, glaze wear, small chips, stains, firing marks, old repairs or surface irregularities. These details are part of their history and help give each piece its individuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisplayed alone, hung on a wall or brought to the table... antique French faïence brings color, texture and old-world craftsmanship into the home.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"antique-delft-tile-polychrome-flower-vase","title":"Antique French Faience Tile | 17th Century Polychrome Flower Vase | Provence","description":"\u003cp\u003eFound at a grand foire outside of Paris, this 17th century faience tile has the kind of presence that you can simply feel. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hand painted floral vase rises through the center in ochre, cobalt, and soft green, with fleur de lys anchoring each corner. The composition is balanced, confident, and still feels remarkably fresh four centuries later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt nearly 2 cm thick, it was made as part of an interior, likely set into a wall or fireplace. Traces of old mortar remain on the back as a quiet reminder of that earlier life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting is entirely freehand, fired in the grand feu tradition. Time has softened the colors just enough, giving it a warmth that can’t be replicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is wear along the edges and light glaze loss, exactly what you would expect from a piece made between 1620 and 1680, and exactly what gives it its depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLean it on a shelf, place it on the counter, use it as a paperweight or just let it find it's own space. It's beautiful no matter where you put it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52219973206359,"sku":"FAI-012","price":465.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-delft-polychrome-floral-vase-ceramic-tile-1.jpg?v=1772731530"},{"product_id":"french-antique-aumale-faience-floral-plate","title":"Antique French Faience Plate | Normandy Floral | Early 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antique French faience plate has a hand-painted charm rarely seen. It isthat makes early provincial pottery so appealing. The edge almost looks like exterior Christmas lights from the 1980's and 90's... most likely they are indicating some type of celebratory event. The center is painted by hand with a rouge fer flower, soft green leaves and small blue buds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis assiette en faïence (faience plate) likely dates from the first half of the 19th century, consistent with regional faience produced around Normandy. This one is from Aumale in the style of Forges-les-Eaux.  No maker’s mark is visible, which is expected for provincial faience of this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful plate has the kind of surface patina that comes from long use. The cream glaze has aged naturally, and the rim carries a few small chips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful hung on a kitchen wall, set against the back of a glass fronted armoire or setup with other antique French faience. The flower, the leaves and the little chain of color around the rim bring a quiet bit of France into the room.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268808470871,"sku":"FAI-024","price":216.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/french-antique-aumale-faience-floral-plate-2.jpg?v=1764696237"},{"product_id":"nevers-faience-deep-bowl-blue-floral-cul-noir-french-antique","title":"Antique French Cul Noir Faience Bowl | Hand-Painted Blue Floral | 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French cul noir faience bowl is special because of the shape. Most cul noir (black bottom) pieces you see are platters, chargers, or shallow serving pieces. This one is a deep bowl, which immediately puts it in a different category. The contrast between the telltale light tinned glaze interior, the simple blue decoration, and the near-black manganese exterior gives it a beautiful presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decoration is restrained and completely hand made. Blue bands run around the interior rim with a single blue flower painted in the center. The brushwork has that iconic country feeling: simple but confident. It's the kind of decoration that was done hundreds of times by the same hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antique French cul noir bowl likely dates from the 19th century, consistent with the glaze loss, form, and decoration. Cul noir means black bottom in French, referring to the dark manganese glaze on the exterior. That treatment is part of what makes these pieces so collectible, and the deep bowl shape makes this example especially interesting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe age is visible around the rim, where glaze loss reveals the terracotta clay underneath. The surface shows the kind of wear that develops naturally over a long working life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bowl comes with hardware for wall display, making it easy to hang with other cul noir, Rouen, Nevers, or French country faience pieces. It could also be removed from the hardware and enjoyed on a counter filled with fruit. Either way, it has that balance of beauty and usefulness that makes old French pottery so easy to live with.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52286939955543,"sku":"FAI-006","price":405.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/nevers-faience-deep-bowl-blue-floral-cul-noir-french-antique-2.jpg?v=1764938081"},{"product_id":"18th-century-french-faience-plate-moustiers-petits-feu-floral-antique","title":"Antique French Faience Plate | 18th Century Moustiers | Polychrome Floral","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French faience plate has the kind of soft, pale color that immediately makes the decoration feel delicate. The tin-glazed surface has a light celadon blue tone, with hand-painted polychrome enamel decoration in iron red, cobalt blue, yellow and green. The whole piece feels old, graceful and very much connected to the decorative faience traditions of southern France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plate was likely produced in Moustiers or by a Moustiers-style workshop in the second half of the 18th century. No maker’s mark is visible. The scalloped, contoured rim is decorated with stylized rosettes, foliage and small floral details. There is a larger central bouquet design that is simple and elegant. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat gives this antique French wall plate so much character is the life it has lived. There is a visible crack on the face of the plate, with two historic agrafe (staple) repairs on the back. These old staple repairs were made long ago to hold the dish together, a sign that someone valued the plate enough to repair it rather than let it go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cross straps on the back are an old plate hanger, likely made so the plate could be displayed securely on the wall. The hanger has also aged with the piece, which adds another layer to the story. This was not just stored away in a cupboard. It was hung, seen, repaired and kept as something important to generations of family members.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful on a wall near a fireplace, displayed on an open dresser shelf, or grouped with other French faience pieces. It carries the softness of something created in the 18th century and was clearly loved by whomever made the repairs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52298392731991,"sku":"FAI-007","price":335.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/18th-century-french-faience-plate-moustiers-petits-feu-floral-antique-2.jpg?v=1765041765"},{"product_id":"faience-serving-dish","title":"Antique French Faience Plate | Cul Noir | 19th Century Forges-les-Eaux","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French faience plate is a lovely example of the classic cul noir (black bottom) style from the Normandy region. This plate has a cream tin glazed front with a hand painted flower at the center. It looks like a deep cobalt tulip with green leaves, ringed by a fine triple band of blue and dark manganese on the marli.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe back of the plate is fully glazed in deep brown manganese, the cul noir treatment that gave these utility plates their name and their durability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cul noir tradition belongs to Forges-les-Eaux in Normandy and the broader Rouen region, where workshops applied a manganese glaze to the back of everyday faience to strengthen the body against heat and handling. This antique cul noir plate fits squarely in that tradition, likely first half to mid 19th century, consistent with mature Forges utility production. No makers marks are visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cream glaze carries the iconic craquelure, and has two stable cracks running through the well. It is living history. The character brought from over a hundred years in service is the reason a plate like this still feels alive on a dresser shelf or under a bowl of pears. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52307226919255,"sku":"FAI-001","price":285.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-nevers-faience-plate-polychrome-floral-cul-noir-2.jpg?v=1765192968"},{"product_id":"faience-serving-dish-1","title":"Antique French Faience Plate | Cul Noir | 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French faience plate has the contrast that makes cul noir (black bottom) pieces so interesting. The front is soft and pale with camaïeu blue decoration, while the entire back is glazed in deep manganese brown... this is where the name comes from. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front is tin-glazed in a soft eau de Nil, or water of the Nile, color. At the center is a hand-painted panier fleuri (flower basket), painted in cobalt blue with manganese outlines. Around the rim, a banded geometric border gives the plate structure and frames everything beautifully.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antique French cul noir plate was likely created in Normandy, in the Rouen style, at some point in the 19th century. No maker’s mark is visible. Pieces like this were often produced by regional faienceries, where the decoration was done by hand and repeated often enough that the brushwork has that confident country feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scalloped rim gives the plate a pleasing shape, and at 32 cm across, it sits nicely between a charger and a serving dish. It is large enough to hold fruit on a counter, but also well proportioned for wall display as the centerpiece of a cul noir, Rouen, Nevers, or French country faience collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe age is visible along the rim, where small areas of glaze loss reveal the terracotta clay underneath. There are also use marks on the base and wear to the manganese glaze, all consistent with a long working life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful hung on a wall, displayed on a shelf, or placed on a counter filled with fruit. It can also be used to serve holiday meals for those special occasions as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52307227541847,"sku":"FAI-003","price":479.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/rouen-faience-large-serving-dish-blue-white-cul-noir-antique-2.jpg?v=1765193070"},{"product_id":"french-faience-19th-century-plates-green-manganese-border-set-of-two","title":"Antique French Faience Plates | Eastern France | Pair with Hand-Painted Turnip Motif","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis pair of antique French faience plates has a small story painted right into the center. Each plate has a hand-painted turnip with trailing green leaves, done in manganese and soft green. It is a cool little motif and that is part of the charm. These are the kinds of details that make old provincial faience feel connected to the table way of French life from a bygone era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plates likely date from around 1880 to 1910 and are consistent with Eastern French faience traditions. Perhaps they came from workshops such as Les Islettes or Saint-Clément.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVegetable and fruit motifs were part of that regions style... and there is a lovely bit of folklore around pieces like this: each guest at the table might discover a different fruit or vegetable as the meal unfolded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe borders are especially nice. A green band follows the contoured scalloped rim, with a manganese chain or ferronnerie pattern just inside. The two plates share the same decoration, but because each was painted by hand, they feel like siblings rather than twins. That slight variation is exactly what gives them their character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cream faience body shows small chips along the rim, and the glaze carries fine craquelure from age and use. No maker’s mark is visible, which is common for provincial faience of this type. The wear feels natural and right for plates that have lived on a French table for more than a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, they would be beautiful hung together on a kitchen wall, displayed on a shelf or used for cheese, fruit or something else delicious. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52307228328279,"sku":"FAI-008","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/french-faience-19th-century-plates-green-manganese-border-set-of-two-2.jpg?v=1765193161"},{"product_id":"french-rouen-faience-large-oval-platter-blue-basket-cul-noir","title":"Antique French Faience Platter | Rouen Tradition Cul Noir | 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe plat ovale (oval platter) is an antique French faience platter in the \"cul noir\" style. Itis one of the more recognizable shapes that comes out of the Normandy potteries. The hand painted basket of flowers in blue camaieu sits at the center of the plate. The rim is gently scalloped. Likely 19th century, consistent with the cul noir tradition that ran through Rouen and the surrounding potteries of Forges les Eaux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat gives this antique cul noir faience platter its name is the underside. A darker manganese glaze was applied to the back to reinforce the body and help it survive heavy use on country tables. You see the result here. A clean, light blue tin glazed front and a darkened reverse that tells you exactly what it is. No makers mark is visible, which fits the unmarked utilitarian production of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze carries a fine craquelure and there is light wear along the scalloped edge, both aging naturally over more than a century of service. A small metal hanger was added at the back so the piece can be displayed on a wall, which is where most of these blue and white faience platters end up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHung around an armoire, commode or set out on a country table, it brings that beautiful anchor of France to any room. A piece like this stands out and gets noticed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52310000697687,"sku":"FAI-010","price":465.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/french-rouen-faience-large-oval-platter-blue-basket-cul-noir-2.jpg?v=1765223953"},{"product_id":"faience-serving-dish-2","title":"Antique French Cul Noir Faience Charger | Hand Painted Panier Fleuri | Late 18th","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French cul noir (black bottom) faience charger has a lighter, more joyful feeling than many pieces in this category. Even with the dark manganese glaze on the back, the front feels fresh and almost youthful, with a bright blue hand-painted panier fleuri at the center. It has that old country charm that makes French faience so easy to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cream tin-glazed interior is decorated with a stylized blue flower basket, or panier fleuri, with leafy foliage rising from the center. Around the rim, a simple blue border gives the plate structure without taking attention away from the central design. The reverse is fully glazed in dark manganese in the cul noir tradition, giving the piece its telltale black-bottom character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antique French cul noir charger likely dates from the late 18th to early 19th century, consistent with the Rouen and Forges-les-Eaux faience tradition. The decoration is hand painted, with the kind of confident folk-style brushwork that feels simple at first, but only because the person doing it had likely painted this kind of motif many times before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe age is visible in all the right places. Crazing runs through the tin glaze, and small chips along the rim reveal the orange terracotta clay underneath. On the reverse edge, there are tiny spur marks from where the piece rested in the kiln during firing... a lovely detail that speaks to hand production in a small country workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vintage twisted wire mount is fixed across the manganese back, so the charger is ready to hang on the wall. It would be beautiful grouped with other cul noir, Rouen, Nevers, or French country faience pieces. It's equally beautiful placed on a kitchen shelf where the blue and white decoration can brighten the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has the balance I love in old French pottery: usefulness, handmade charm and enough age to make it invariably interesting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52310030156119,"sku":"FAI-002","price":425.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/rouen-faience-serving-dish-blue-floral-cul-noir-large-2.jpg?v=1765224080"},{"product_id":"petite-faience-platter-from-the-late-1700s","title":"Antique French Faience Platter | Cul Noir |  18th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French cul noir (meaning black bottom) faience platter is the kind of piece that has experienced so much history that it is simply amazing. The oval shape, scalloped rim and central panier fleuri (flower basket) place it firmly in the 18th century tradition of provincial Rouen production. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cobalt blue border runs around the contoured rim in a braided ribbon pattern, finely outlined in manganese. At the centre, a stylised flower basket sits on a small footed stand, painted by hand in the same cobalt and manganese palette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlip this antique blue faience platter and you find the dark manganese glaze on the back that gives this style of terracotta pottery its name. The crackled light blue tin glaze and warm terracotta exposed at the rim are exactly what you want to see in an authentic piece of this age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small oval platter like this earns its place on a wall, an antique vasselier or any shelf dedicated to amazing plates like this... It carries the marks of two hundred years of use. These are small reminders that this was made to live in a kitchen, and now display it's beauty in your home. This old French Rouen cul noir platter is a lovely example of craftsmanship designed to last. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis platter comes with wall mounting hardware attached, as it was sourced in this manner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52310059090263,"sku":"FAI-005","price":485.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-rouen-faience-cul-noir-small-platter-2.jpg?v=1765224228"},{"product_id":"french-rouen-faience-oval-platter-blue-basket-cul-noir","title":"Antique French Faience Platter | Cul Noir | Forges les Eaux","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe plat cul noir (meaning black bottom) is one of the more unique traditions in French country pottery... and this antique French faience platter is a beautiful example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe light blue tin glaze on the front is hand painted with a stylized basket of flowers, framed by a wavy blue border. The back tells the rest of the story... with a glossy manganese glaze that covers the entire underside. The manganese on this platter reduced to that signature near black tone the old workshops were known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design is called Decor Rouen au panier fleuri, made famous by the faienciers of Forges les Eaux up in Normandy. The brushwork shows it was made by an artist who was a master of their craft. Likely mid to late 19th century, consistent with regional production of that period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original wire hanger is still in place, just as strong as whomever added this generations ago. Small chips around the back rim show the terracotta underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a delightful platter that is just as happy displayed on the wall as it is to serve any of your guests at your next dinner party.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52310071476567,"sku":"FAI-011","price":345.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/french-rouen-faience-oval-platter-blue-basket-cul-noir-2.jpg?v=1765224406"},{"product_id":"grand-plat-faience-rouen-style-oversized-blue-basket","title":"Antique French Faience Platter | Cul Noir | Late 18th to Early 19th C.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French cul noir faience platter is one of those pieces that makes you look twice. At first, it is the the color that catches you, somewhere between pale blue and turquoise, almost like old sea glass. Then the scalloped rim, the hand-painted design, and the deep manganese brown glaze start to tell the rest of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front is decorated in a soft \"eau de Nil\" (water of the Nile) tone, with the hallmark garden urn motif in the center. There is a geometric border of treillage and small floral panels around the rim. Turn it over and the back has the glossy dark brown finish associated with cul noir faience, meaning black bottom in French.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis example was likely made in Forges-les-Eaux in Normandy, or in a closely related Rouen-style workshop, and likely dates from the late 18th to mid 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe platter is generously proportioned and would have belonged at the center of a long table. You can imagine it carrying a roast from the kitchen, holding sliced fruit after lunch, or being brought out when the meal needed something larger and more beautiful than an everyday plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe age is visible in all the right places. There are chips and glaze losses along the rim where the terracotta shows through, fine crazing across the surface, and a soft iridescent sheen on the brown underside from long use and handling. An older but secure wall-hanging harness is already attached, so the platter can be displayed immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt would make a beautiful anchor piece for a collection of Rouen, Nevers, Normandy faience, or other cul noir pottery. It has the presence of a serving piece, the softness of hand-painted faience, and that wonderful old French balance between usefulness and decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52313901072727,"sku":"FAI-014","price":565.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/grand-plat-faience-rouen-style-oversized-blue-basket-2.jpg?v=1765274084"},{"product_id":"18thc-style-rouen-faience-oval-serving-platter-blue-provence","title":"Antique French Faience Platter | Rouen Tradition | Cul Noir Style","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe plat ovale en faïence (oval faience platter) is perfect for serving or as a stunning addition to any antique cul noir (black bottom) platter collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antique French faience platter is chock full of indications that it was created in Rouen. It has a chantourné scalloped rim, a central basket of flowers painted in cobalt blue, and the dark manganese reverse that the French call cul noir. These all tie together to date this delightful antique serving platter from the late 18th to early 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blue tin glaze carries heavy craquelure across the face, and there are glaze losses along the scalloped edge where the warm terracotta shows through. The back of the platter is a near black manganese glaze, worn naturally over two centuries of use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antique French serving platter brings the quiet presence of Old World France into any modern home. Whether hung above a sideboard or displayed on a kitchen shelf, it brings true age into the room without trying. They just do not make them like this anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA custom made wire wall hanging apparatus is already fitted on the back, maybe installed decades ago. For you, it means that it is ready to be displayed the moment it is delivered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52313910378839,"sku":"FAI-013","price":395.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/18thc-style-rouen-faience-oval-serving-platter-blue-provence-2.jpg?v=1765274329"},{"product_id":"french-nevers-faience-oval-platter-turquoise-manganese-cul-noir","title":"Antique French Cul Noir Faience Platter | Provincial | Late 18th C.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French cul noir faience platter has the kind of color and handwork that explains why people love old French pottery. The front has a soft pale celadon tone, with hand-painted decoration in turquoise, manganese and ochre yellow. The central motif is a stylized floral spray, painted in a style that feels provincial through and through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe platter likely dates from the late 18th to early 19th century, consistent with regional French faience production of the period. No maker’s mark is visible, which is normal for provincial faience. The decoration was almost certainly done in a country faïencerie rather than a larger factory, and that is where so much of its character comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurn it over and the back tells the rest of the story. The underside is covered in a glossy brown manganese glaze, the classic cul noir treatment, meaning black bottom in French. This dark glaze is one of the defining features of these pieces and gives the platter a beautiful contrast against the lighter tin-glazed front and increased strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fine craquelure across the glaze has developed slowly over time, through centuries of use, washing, serving and surviving. There is a small chip to the rim where the  terracotta shows through. There is the telltale age-related wear to the glaze on the underside. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful on a wall with other French cul noir pieces, displayed on an dresser shelf or used on a counter filled with fruit. 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An 18th century petit feu (low fired enamel) piece in the Louis XV taste, with the kind of softly shaped chantourné silhouette and hand painted floral decoration associated with Marseille and Sceaux faience from the third quarter of the 1700s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting is beautiful throughout, with delicate bouquets in soft pinks, yellows, and lavender tones framed by fine manganese purple lines, but the real surprise is underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base carries a hand painted chinoiserie scene with a small figure holding a parasol beside flowering branches and foliage. That kind of detail was done for pride as much as decoration, meant for a piece that would actually be lifted and admired in the hand. You rarely see that level of attention on later revival faïence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the kind of piece that does not need much around it. A few garden flowers on a windowsill, sitting on a bureau, or simply left empty where the painting can speak for itself. True 18th century French faïence with charm and proof that it was well looked after for centuries. Amazing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52408447402327,"sku":"FAI-020","price":1895.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/18th-century-style-french-faience-brush-pot-hand-painted-ceramic-2.jpg?v=1766573398"},{"product_id":"provincial-french-faience-scalloped-floral-decorative-plate-1890","title":"Antique French Faience Plate | Hand-Painted Floral | 19th Century Wall Plate","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French faience plate has a colorful playfulness that just feels amazing. The cream glaze has aged into a gentle crackle and the hand-painted flowers bring just enough color without making the plate feel busy. It has that quiet country charm of a piece that moved naturally from the table to the wall over generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis assiette en faïence (faience plate) likely dates from the mid to late 19th century and is consistent with regional French pottery from the period. The decoration is painted by hand, with the bouquet of small garden flowers and buds surrounded by a scalloped rim edged in cobalt blue. It's a lovely example of this style of plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround the border, you can see small flowers and orange scrolls. The painting has a simple, provincial feeling that gives the plate wonderful character. Originally, it was made to be used and eventually kept because it had become part of the home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glaze shows even craquelure across the surface, consistent with age and long use. An old iron wire hanger remains fixed to the back, which tells you this plate has likely been displayed in a French home for many years. The hanger is part of the story now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful on a plate rack in a country kitchen, hung above a dresser, or grouped with other antique French faience in the kitchen, sitting room or hallway. It brings a soft touch of color to a room with a pop of Provincial style.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52498554323287,"sku":"FAI-039","price":275.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/provincial-french-faience-scalloped-floral-decorative-plate-1890-2.jpg?v=1767895576"},{"product_id":"delft-style-french-faience-oval-cachepot-hand-painted","title":"Antique French Faience Jardinière | Malicorne | Pouplard Béatrix PBx Late 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot every antique French faïence jardinière tells you exactly where it came from, but this one does. The blue PBx monogram underneath identifies the piece as Pouplard Beatrix from Malicorne sur Sarthe. That means it was produced somewhere around 1898.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost pieces you find from this specific workshop are smaller plates or everyday wares. A double tier ajouré jardinière (openwork planter) this elaborate is a different thing entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is so much detail packed into this piece. Two rows of arched openwork (the little holes around the upper rim) wrap the body above hand painted decorative bands in fish scale, plume, and lattice motifs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece is finished in deep cobalt blue on white tin glaze. Inside, a single painted blue rose sits at the center floor, a little detail that somehow makes the whole thing feel even more special. Fine craquelure runs throughout the glaze, with light wear and iron speckling from more than a century of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with trailing geraniums, lemons, or simply left empty on a sideboard, this old Malicorne jardinière has real presence from every angle. The shape, the pierced work, and the blue decoration all pull you in closer the longer you look at it. A really beautiful piece of French faïence with all the age and character you hope to find still intact.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52498628903255,"sku":"DEL-003","price":980.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/delft-style-french-faience-oval-cachepot-hand-painted-2.jpg?v=1767896257"},{"product_id":"rustic-french-coq-plate-country-kitchen-ceramic-faience","title":"Antique French Faience Plate | Hand-Painted Rooster | Late 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French faience plate has a rooster with real personality at the center. Painted by hand in turquoise, yellow, green and some warm red... le coq stands proudly in his yard. He's framed by simple bands of yellow and light blue edge detail. It has that wonderful French country feeling: colorful, useful, a little playful. It is certainly full of charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antique French faience plate likely dates from the late 19th century, around 1870 to 1900. It is tin-glazed earthenware, likely produced somewhere in provincial France. No maker’s mark is visible, which is common for country pottery of this kind. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rooster feels expressive and that is part of what makes the plate so appealing. It looks like something made for a real French table that everyone would enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface shows a heavy network of craquelure, along with light pitting and small glaze losses along the rim. These are the marks of a plate that has been used for well over a hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful on a kitchen wall, leaned on a plate rail, or placed on a sideboard with linen napkins and a stoneware pitcher. The rooster gives it enough character to hold its own and the rest of the plate brings that wonderful Provencal touch.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52498635456855,"sku":"FAI-027","price":585.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/rustic-french-coq-plate-country-kitchen-ceramic-faience-2.jpg?v=1767896484"},{"product_id":"antique-french-faience-floral-vase-plate-circa-1850","title":"Antique French Faience Plate | Hand Painted Vase Bouquet | Circa 1850","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French faience plate has lived a long life. The tin glaze is covered in deep craquelure... giving the plate that softened, aged look. At the center, a tall blue vase holds a colorful bouquet painted in cobalt, green, orange and manganese, bringing just enough brightness to the aged glaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antique French tin-glazed plate likely dates from around the mid 19th century, with decoration consistent with regional southern French faïenceries of the period. No maker’s mark is visible, which is common for provincial faience. The scalloped rim and hand-painted polychrome border give the piece substance without taking attention away from the flower filled vase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting has that country feeling I really like. The brushwork is clear, colorful and full of character. This is the kind of decoration that feels like it was done by someone who had painted variations of this motif many times before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn old French wire hanger has been fitted to the back, so the plate is ready for wall display. The hanger has aged with the piece and feels very much a part of its story. This was a plate meant to be seen... not hidden away in a cupboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful above a sideboard or grouped with other provincial faience pieces in a hallway or dining room. The blue vase, orange flower and softened glaze bring a lovely touch of southern French color to any room.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52502529409367,"sku":"FAI-040","price":275.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/antique-french-faience-floral-vase-plate-circa-1850-2_7a6599f5-12a0-464b-954a-b8ebaddcde6e.jpg?v=1767963490"},{"product_id":"rare-burgundy-cul-noir-platter-circa-1800","title":"Antique French Cul Noir Faience Platter | Manganese Only | Late 18th.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French cul noir platter is special because it is painted entirely in manganese. Most cul noir (black bottom) pieces have blue cobalt decoration on the pale tin-glazed front, with the dark manganese glaze reserved for the back. This one is different and rare. The front and back both carry that warm brown manganese tone, known in French as camaïeu manganèse, and that makes this piece much harder to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe platter likely dates from the late 18th century, around 1770 to 1800, consistent with Norman provincial faience from the period. The lobed shape, called \"à contours\" in French, was popular with regional workshops in Normandy. The front has a hand-painted basket of flowers at the center, with a simple foliate band tracing the shaped edge. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurn it over and the deep manganese back gives the platter its cul noir identity. It contrasts beautifully with the lighter front but the all-manganese decoration is what makes this example so interesting. It is the kind of detail collectors notice because it sits outside the more common blue-and-white cul noir style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe age is visible along the rim, where the glaze has thinned and the warm orange terracotta shows through. There is also wear to the back and surface from more than two centuries of handling, use and display. These are the details that give old French faience its depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful hung on a wall, displayed on a sideboard, or set flat with a few pears or walnuts. It has the presence of a serving piece, the history of Norman country pottery, and the rarity of a color treatment that is genuinely difficult to source. It brings something absolutely distinctive to a cul noir collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52580798595415,"sku":"FAI-031","price":615.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/burgundy-cul-noir-style-oval-earthenware-platter-1.jpg?v=1768815539"},{"product_id":"antique-dutch-delft-style-ceramic-vase-pair-with-hand-painted-cobalt-decoration","title":"Antique Dutch Delft Vase Pair | Blue and White | c. 1700","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome pieces ask you to slow down and look a little closer. This pair does exactly that. These antique Delft vases carry the painted Kam mark of Pieter Kam, linking them to De Drie Posteleyne Astonne, one of the important Delft workshops of the early 18th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced during the brief Astonne period, roughly between 1700 and 1722, they have already lived through more than three centuries and still retain the elegance that made Delftware one of Europe's most sought-after ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vases are beautifully balanced. Each vase rises from an octagonal foot into a classic baluster body, accented by sculpted floral rosettes and flowing lambrequin drapery at the shoulder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hand-painted decoration is exactly what you hope to find on early Delft. A basket overflowing with flowers, the blue sitting vividly against the soft light blue tin-glazed background. There is an ease to the painting that only comes from a workshop working at a very high level. Time has left its marks as well: losses around the rims, chips at the feet, areas of glaze wear, and the absence of the original lids. None of it diminishes the presence of the pair. If anything, it reinforces their authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat I find remarkable is that they have remained together. Pieces of this age were separated, broken, restored, and dispersed countless times over the centuries. Yet here they are, still standing together as a true pair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether placed on a console, flanking a mantel or being used to hold flowers, they are simply stunning. The cobalt still provides depth on the surface when the light reaches it, just as it did three hundred years ago. Exceptional Delftware has a way of doing that.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904299364695,"sku":"DEL-002","price":1650.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/pair-of-delft-revival-blue-and-white-floral-vases-2.jpg?v=1772436632"},{"product_id":"charming-small-delft-blue-and-white-vase-floral-decor","title":"Antique Dutch Delft Vase | Blue and White Faience | 18th Century Chinoiserie","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique Dutch Delft vase carries the quiet charm and delicacy that makes early tin glazed pottery so appealing. Petite in scale yet richly detailed, the softly rounded body is painted in deep cobalt blue over a warm cream glaze, creating the unmistakable palette associated with 18th century Delftware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLikely dating from the 1700s, the piece reflects the chinoiserie influences that shaped much of Dutch Delft production during that period. No maker’s mark is visible to assist with a more precise attribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decoration is especially engaging and beautiful. Around the shoulder runs a band of painted lambrequins (ornamental pendant motifs commonly found in 17th and 18th century Delftware), framing a dense arrangement of stylized peony blooms below. Small painted insects move through the composition, reinforcing the chinoiserie aesthetic Dutch potters adapted from imported Chinese porcelain of the era. The hand painted surface retains a softness that machine decorated ceramics never quite capture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe condition reflects exactly what one hopes to find in an authentic piece of antique Delft faience. Gentle glaze losses around the rim, scattered fritting along the foot, and fine craquelure across the surface all speak to centuries of age and handling. Whether displayed alone on a shelf, filled with dried flowers, or used on a desk to hold brushes or pencils, this small blue and white Delft vase brings an unmistakable sense of history and distinction into a space.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52929941307735,"sku":"DEL-001","price":1265.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/vintage-delft-style-miniature-vase-2.jpg?v=1772639407"},{"product_id":"antique-french-faience-platter-rouen-style-polychrome-floral-bouquet","title":"Antique French Orléans Faience Platter | 18th Century Polychrome Cul Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003eEverything with this platter feels right because it has everything we look for in aged French faience: color, history, repair, and a mark that ties it to a real place. This Antique Orleans Cul Noir platter has the kind of presence that can enhance a wall, brighten a dining room, or become the piece that everything else in a faience collection gathers around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antique French faience platter was made in Orléans in the Loire Valley, likely between 1750 and the 1780s. It is marked on the back with an impressed M.B. above a cursive Orléans, which gives the piece a wonderful documented connection to its origin. The shaped oval form is decorated in the Rouen polychrome style, with a hand-painted floral bouquet at the center, small butterflies and insects flitting about and a lively border around the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decoration is fantastic. Cobalt blue throughout, green cartouches, iron red flowerheads and yellow scrollwork all work together in harmony. It has that 18th century French confidence where the painting feels decorative, joyful and completely handmade. There is a lot happening here, but it still comes together beautifully.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurn it over and the deep manganese cul noir (black bottom) underside gives the platter even more character. The surface has heavy craquelure from age, along with visible aged repairs along the rim in a hard cream-colored filler. Someone cared enough to repair this piece long ago rather than let it disappear, and that matters. The repairs are part of the history now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful hung in a dining room, kitchen, or sunlit corner where the color can be appreciated. 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When you set this out on the counter with some fruit and a pitcher of flowers nearby, the whole mood shifts toward Provence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis shaped oval plat is made from tin-glazed earthenware and was likely produced in the South of France around 1880 to 1900. Most surviving provincial faience in this family tends to be softer, paler or more buttery in tone. This example is different. The yellow glaze is vivid across the surface, making it much more striking in person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the center is a hand-painted bouquet anchored by a deep cobalt flower. The cusped, festooned rim gives the whole platter a lively shape, with enough movement to feel handmade and elegant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is glaze loss along the rim and some visible surface wear. These details are consistent with a piece that has been used, handled and kept for more than a century. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful hung on a wall with other cul noir platters in light blue... the contrast would be amazing. It's equally well suited for daily use, serving delicious appetizers or serving cold leeks with a delicious vinaigrette. 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It is crisp, even, and runs all the way around the perimeter without feeling over decorated. The cream glaze has softened over time into a warm ivory tone, crossed by fine crazing from decades of use. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the sort of plate that just works effortlessly in any kitchen. A wedge of Comté, a few figs, a slice of tart, or stacked with other old creamware on an open shelf. Nothing flashy about it. 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