View all examples of FAIENCE, ROUEN POLYCHROME
Type Name: | FAIENCE, ROUEN POLYCHROME |
Type Index: | FAIENCE |
Production Origin: | FRANCE |
Date Range: | 1740-1790 |
Defining Attributes: |
Paste is hard, buff to salmon or red Tin enameled off-white to light blue interior Interior rims borders with geometric or floral designs in blue outlines in blue, black, or purple Central medallions can have floral or geometric design in blue outlined in blue, black, or purple Exterior covered in a medium to dark manganese brown lead glaze |
Vessel Forms: |
BOWL PLATE |
Comments: | Rouen Polychrome has also been called Rouen Plain. |
Published Definitions: | Walthall 1991a; Waslekov and Walthall 2002 |