12 earthenware plates from the Orchies pottery.

These pieces are magnificent antique barbotine (or majolica) plates. This is a collection of tableware featuring raised patterns of apples and pears, typical of French barbotine production. The manufacturing details (the speckled cracked base, the pale yellow/green honeycombed border, and the small raised pink flowers) are characteristic of the famous pottery from Orchies (Moulin des Loups). The diameter of the plates is 20.5 cm. They are in very good condition, although some plates have small irregularities that likely correspond to typical original defects of this type of production.