Beautiful large old Longwy dish from the Colonial era.

Beautiful large old longwy dish from the colonial era. Decor of 3 herons in medallion. Semi background of polychrome flowers, on blue background in cracked enamel. Signed with large stamp of the beginning of the century. Rare by its size and décor. These richly colored enamels or engobes are treated in slip to give them a slight relief. They are applied with a brush on the bottom of the room. The rich and lush motifs on a colored background usually blue, represent seedlings of various flowers (seedlings with barbel, blueberry, forget-me-not, etc.). The elongated petals, buds, blooming stems are of shimmering colors, turquoise, pink, green, blue, wine lees, purple, etc., sometimes with gold highlights. Magnificent large, old plate longwy of the colonial period. (1930s) Decor of 3 herons in medallion. Background of polychrome flowers, on blue background in cracked enamel. Signed with stamp emaux de longwy. Rare by its size and its decoration. These enamels richly colored are treated to give them a slight relief. They are applied with a brush on the bottom of the piece. The rich and luxuriant motifs on a colored background, usually blue, represent various flower seedlings (seedlings with barbs, cornflowers, forget-me-nots, etc). The elongated petals, the buds, the blooming stems are of shimmering colors, turquoise, pink, green, blue, wine, purple, etc., with sometimes gold highlights.

Ref. : S67WDQ3X