5 Italian Motthedeh Chinoiserie Criel Ware Canary Yellow Dinner Plates Dish 10"

Description

Set of four dinner plates and one oval dish in the early 19th century Criel style – mustard yellow grounds with black transferware scenes. The dinner plates show Regency era figures watching a cherub perform a puppet show in a garden. The oval dish shows a South Asian landscape with a noblewoman selecting fruit from a servant’s dish. Made in Italy

“Creil-Montereau faience is a faïence fine, a lead-glazed earthenware on a white body originating in the French communes of Creil, Oise and of Montereau, Seine-et-Marne, but carried forward under a unified direction since 1819. Emulating the creamware perfected by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s, and under the artistic and technical direction of native English potter entrepreneurs, the faience of Creil-Montereau introduced the industrial technique of transfer printing on pottery in France and raised it to a high state of perfection during its peak years in the 19th century.”

Condition

Very Good - Some firing flaws to bases

Dimensions

Oval Plate - 8.25” x 6.5” x 0.75” / 4 Dinner Plates – 10” (Width x Depth x Height/Diameter)