. A history and description of the old French faïence, with an account of the revival of faïence painting in France. sculptor Clodion executed many of his charming terra-cottafigures.—Montigny (Meurthe), which had two factories belongingto Monsuy Pierrot and F. Cartier.—Yaucouleurs, started as acompetitor to the foregoing, by Girault de Brinqueville, in 1738,—Thionville, mentioned as being at work in 175G.—Les Islettes,in 1737.—Sarreguemines, by P. Utzschneider, in 1770, etc. MARSEILLES. Marseilles should belong to the Moustiers group, not onlyby its geographical situation, but also by the cha
. A history and description of the old French faïence, with an account of the revival of faïence painting in France. sculptor Clodion executed many of his charming terra-cottafigures.—Montigny (Meurthe), which had two factories belongingto Monsuy Pierrot and F. Cartier.—Yaucouleurs, started as acompetitor to the foregoing, by Girault de Brinqueville, in 1738,—Thionville, mentioned as being at work in 175G.—Les Islettes,in 1737.—Sarreguemines, by P. Utzschneider, in 1770, etc. MARSEILLES. Marseilles should belong to the Moustiers group, not onlyby its geographical situation, but also by the character of itsearlier productions. However, as the Marseilles faience did notemerge from the common run of southern domestic ware beforeit affected the late method of over-glaze decoration which wasappropriated with suitable modifications, it is classed, in thecollections, among: the works of the Strasburg school. A large dish in the Davilliers collection, inscribed A. Clerissya St. Jean du dczert, 1697, a Marseilles, evidences the closecorrelation existing, from the outset, between the Marseilles and. s ;Hi a — o 3 5 » MARSEILLES. 117 the Moustiers potters. By the choice of the subject, repre-senting a lion hunt, after A. Tempesta; by its treatment in blueoutlined with manganese, and by the quality of the glaze, itmight be included in the series of fine hunting dishespainted by G. Viry, and other artists in the employment ofPierre Clerissy. Such dishes were long attributed to Nevers, soclosely do they resemble the ware of the Conrades. The con-siderable quantity of majolica from Savona, regularly importedinto Marseilles, could not fail to influence the work of the localpainters; the style had a common origin in both cases, and onthat account the likeness of the productions is easily accountedfor. No documents have as yet been found that relate to thefactory of A. Clerissy, but his faience, says Mr. Davillier, is byno means rare. Many specimens were, in his time a
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