Dinner Door, Shepherdess, Shepherd's Lunch From Brissard, Abondant, Vallée De l'Eure 19th C.

Déjeuner de Berger, Poterie de Brissard (commune d'Abondant),
Vallée de l'Eure, Normandie XIXème, in partially green-glazed clay.
Called "Bergère" in Brissard (a Norman pottery village on the banks of the Eure since the 16th century).
Dinners are always glazed on the inside.
They were used to take meals to the fields, fairs or markets.
Composed of two bowls of different sizes joined by a sloping handle to allow a good grip.
The traces and drips of green glaze on the outside come from the surplus glaze of other pottery placed above/next to it in the potter's kiln, thus unintentionally causing decorative effects.
This dinner holder is very decorative with aesthetic traces of drips of surplus glaze.
Good condition. No restoration. Pinkish ochre earthenware. Grooved handle, a sign of production age.
Usage chips (see photos), small firing fele, traces of "touches" and "drips" following the firing and position of the piece in the potter's kiln, light original patina.

Brissard pottery has been the subject of several exhibitions: at the Musée Flora Gallica in Dreux, at the Château-Musée des Traditions et Arts Normands in Martainville (near Rouen), at the Musée du Terroir et du Pays de Conches en Ouche (Eure department), during Heritage Days at the Pavillon de Chasse in the Abondant forest (near Dreux) and at the church of St-Georges-Motel, as well as at the Musée du Peigne in Ezy-sur-Eure.