French Faience

Faber monographs on pottery and porcelain. A comprehensive study of the greatly-prized white tin-glazed pottery of France. It skilfully takes us through the various stages of its development from the earliest times, by way of the superb Nevers polychrome wares of the 17th century, the austere products of Rouen and the delightful fantasies of Moustiers of a rather later date, to the graceful late 18th century wares of Strasbourg, Niderviller, Sceaux and Marseilles painted in coloured enamels...