Islettes Plate Enameled With The Tulip In Earthenware Period Debut XIX

The origins of the pottery of Islettes seem to date back to 1764, the year in which François Bernard (1739 – 1801) was authorized to establish a factory in the Bois d'Epense. François Bernard knew how to surround himself with good workers. he poached and attracted painters from the major pottery centers of eastern France: Epinal, Rambervillers, Lunéville, Saint-Clément The factory was in full swing, it had nearly 200 workers when he died in 1800. The estate of La Manufacture des Islettes goes to his son, Jacques-Henri Bernard and his wife Marie Bernard who took over the artistic direction of the business. she kept it until 1836, the year of her death. the business was sold on September 3, 1840 to the Godechal brothers. They had to fight against the increasingly formidable competition of "fine earthenware". The very year when the king's throne fell, the factory closed its doors.