"Set Of Three Rouen Earthenware Vases"
Set of three Rouen earthenware vasesThe set features a frieze decoration in four horizontal registers, one above the other. There are flowered vases in the main register, framed in cartouches, as well as symmetrical, completely floral ornamentation in the other registers.
Circa 1720
Condition of use
H. 42.5 x D. 14 cm (neck)
Rouen earthenware is one of the oldest common French earthenware, dating from the 17th century.
In the middle of the 18th century, Rouen was one of the largest European earthenware manufacturing centers, along with Nevers.