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19th Century French Faience Bowl
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19th Century French Faience Bowl

19th century
Description

An unusual 19th century polychrome French Faience or Quimper ware bowl. Floral border with concentric circles form the basic decoration.

Condition: fritting and some rim losses consistent with age and production in tin glaze.

Date of Manufacture

Timberhill Gallery has dated this French Faience Ceramic Bowl to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Guide ID 07962592
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques Date19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 135-230 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 19TH CENTURY:
Thick opaque tin glaze with pinholes: provincial pottery before modern industrial glazes.
Stilt marks on the reverse: typical of hand placement in early kilns.
Freehand brushwork in cobalt and manganese: painted directly onto unfired glaze.
Glaze flaking along the rim edge: expected wear on soft earthenware.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Physical Dimensions
Height
17cm (6.69")
Width
17cm (6.69")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA994656
Description
An unusual 19th century polychrome French Faience or Quimper ware bowl. Floral border with concentric circles form the basic decoration.

Condition: fritting and some rim losses consistent with age and production in tin glaze.

Date of Manufacture

Timberhill Gallery has dated this French Faience Ceramic Bowl to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Report ID 07962592
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques dating19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 135-230 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 19th Century:
Thick opaque tin glaze with pinholes: provincial pottery before modern industrial glazes.
Stilt marks on the reverse: typical of hand placement in early kilns.
Freehand brushwork in cobalt and manganese: painted directly onto unfired glaze.
Glaze flaking along the rim edge: expected wear on soft earthenware.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
17cm (6.69")
Width
17cm (6.69")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA994656
Timberhill Gallery
Timberhill Gallery
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A circular nineteenth-century French tin-glazed earthenware bowl featuring hand-painted floral motifs and geometric borders in blue, green, yellow, and manganese hues on a white ground.
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Archive I A circular nineteenth-century French tin-glazed earthenware bowl featuring hand-painted floral motifs and geometric borders in blue, green, yellow, and manganese hues on a white ground.

19th Century French Faience Bowl

Archive II A circular nineteenth-century French tin-glazed earthenware bowl featuring hand-painted floral motifs and geometric borders in blue, green, yellow, and manganese hues on a white ground. View II
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Bungay
Suffolk
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/bungay
Verified Since Feb 2014
Items For Sale 85
Items Sold 105
Timberhill Gallery
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A circular nineteenth-century French tin-glazed earthenware bowl featuring hand-painted floral motifs and geometric borders in blue, green, yellow, and manganese hues on a white ground.
19th Century French Faience Bowl
Ref: SA994656
A circular nineteenth-century French tin-glazed earthenware bowl featuring hand-painted floral motifs and geometric borders in blue, green, yellow, and manganese hues on a white ground.
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Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectDecorative Bowls
  • Period19th century
  • StyleFrench Provincial
  • MaterialEarthenware, Tin Glaze, Ceramic
  • ColourBlue and White
  • MotifsHand-painted floral motifs, Geometric rim border, Tin-glazed ground, Radial medallion design
  • SizeH 17 cm (7 in) x W 17 cm (7 in) x D 5 cm (2 in)

This nineteenth-century French faience bowl is an earthenware ceramic piece finished with a white tin glaze. The interior surface displays hand-painted floral motifs and geometric borders rendered in blue, green, yellow, and manganese hues. A radial medallion design occupies the centre, surrounded by concentric circles and a decorative floral border. Visible signs of age and handling include fritting around the surface and minor rim losses, which are consistent with traditional production methods for tin-glazed pottery of this period. Measuring 17 cm high, 17 cm wide, and 5 cm deep, this decorative bowl serves as a striking display item for a sideboard top within a French provincial or chateau interior setting. The vibrant polychrome palette and intricate hand-painted details allow it to function effectively as a standalone decorative object or as part of a curated collection of antique ceramics in a dining room, living area, or hallway display space.

French faience refers to tin-glazed earthenware produced in France from the late sixteenth century onwards, characterised by a white opaque glaze decorated with hand-painted metallic oxide pigments.

These pieces were shaped from coarse local earthenware clay, fired once, dipped in an opaque tin glaze to form a pale surface, painted by hand with mineral-based glazes, and subjected to a second firing.

Authentic pieces exhibit a soft clay body noticeable where edge chipping occurs, minor surface pinholes or glaze irregularities, hand-executed brushwork rather than printed patterns, and visible stilt marks on the base.

Display the dish vertically on an plate stand within a glazed cabinet, mount it securely as part of a decorative wall arrangement, or place it flat as a focal accent on a console or sideboard.

Dust gently using a dry soft-bristled brush or clean cloth, avoiding prolonged water immersion or chemical cleansers that could penetrate porous earthenware exposed along rim chips.
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