Faience Porcelain Broc. Flight into Egypt biblical scene. antique print c1870

$80.00

Faience de Rouen, Pieces a Personnages porcelain lithograph c1870. Broc. La Fuite en Egypte (Flight into Egypt biblical decoration).

This beautiful original lithograph of a pitcher decorated in blue and white, depicting a biblical scene of the flight into Egypt. The lithograph is from a series illustrating the finest of Faience porcelain, were printed in colour by Ris-Paquot in Amiens, for "Histoire des Faiences de Rouen", published in Paris circa 1870 by Eugene Delaroque.

Faience porcelain was the first "soft" porcelain, created in Europe early in the 18th century by Louis Poterat, sieur de Saint-Etienne, a potter of Rouen in France. This beautiful soft coloured, warm milky white translucent earthenware, is traditionally decorated by foliated patterns and floral designs of typical French style, or ornamented by coloured designs in imitation of the old Chinese and Japanese porcelain.

Image size: 270 x 195mm (11 x 7.75 inches)

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