Émile Bourgeois - Two Armorial Plates In Earthenware Model Rouen XVIIIth - XIXth Century

Two earthenware plates, "Rouen XVIIIe" model, typical decor of 18th century rouen earthenware, center of the plate decorated with coats of arms under the crown and the motto "QUILIBET FORTUNAE SUAE FABER" - Emile BOURGEOIS (1832-1926) - XIXth century
While he had just spent several years in England (from 1856 to 1860) where he had been able to study closely the resources offered by the branch of commerce, Emile Bourgeois returned to France, after the signing of trade treaties (Gladstone, 1860), as a representative of the main English factories. He founded in 1863, at 21 rue Drouot, at the corner of rue de Provence in Paris, a store, modest at first, which was to serve as an outlet for English ceramic products: the "Grand Dépôt". "Le Grand Dépôt" was a store of the same type as "l'Escalier de Cristal". He did not manufacture, but resold models corresponding to the taste of his clientele which he found in large French crystal factories and other porcelain factories. Catalogs made it possible to create a “Le Grand Dépôt” style and encourage customers to come and choose.