Vase - Rouen earthenware fountain, flower pot - blue white - 18th century France

Pretty earthenware wall fountain in the shape of a baluster with polychrome decoration in blue, yellow, red and white, surmounted by a shell flanked by dolphins. The decoration of the fountain, the flower pot or the vase represents a shell and two dolphins at the top of it. A decoration of daisy flower is present on the body of the fountain. Finally, a lion is presented on the bottom of the fountain at the level of the spout. Can serve as a beautiful and imposing vase for beautiful bouquets of large flowers. France, rouen - xviiith century. From the sixteenth century, the earthenware of rouen acquires an international reputation and becomes the favorite decoration of a nobility sensitive to the new italian art of living. Rouen, which was at the time the second city of france, was indeed one of the first french industrialists. It spread its forms and patterns throughout europe for nearly three centuries, before beginning a period of decline. As with other french manufactures, the aesthetics of rouen earthenware are subject to european and asian stylistic influences.

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