Pair Antique French Creil Faience 8 1/4" Cabinet Plates, Paris Grand Tour Scenes gilt who commission or painted the

who commission or painted the scene surely knew and knew it would be accurately read by the person who was to receive it

The outer case has a silver top and framework that is beautifully contrasted by the leather casing on the wooden bottom of the case

A beautiful stein

The cast neo-Renaissance formed tazza features Chimera (horses with serpent bodies or mermaid tail

Pair Antique French Creil Faience 8 1/4" Cabinet Plates, Paris Grand Tour Scenes gilt who commission or painted theWonderful pair of antique French Creil faience 8 1 4" cabinet plates, decorative pieces with Romanesque borders and center Grand Tour scenes of Paris including "Vue Des Tuileries" and "Vue De L'Hotel Impedes Invalides"! Marks on the bases, including impressed mark of "Creil", are for Stone, Coquerel et LeGros, works can be seen at the Met and the V&A, or in their online galleries. Faience, or tin glazed and enameled earthenware, first emerged in