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Circa: late 19th to early 20th c.
Condition: see description
Size: 10 x 9.5 ins.
Country of Origin: France
Made for the tourist trade, this French faience (pottery) tin glazed shaped dish is in the Rouen-style with stylized leaf and flower motif border and central Normandie coat of arms design. Rather thickly potted in buff colored clay and covered with thick glaze. Handpainted design in overglaze enamels of cobalt, bright yellows, grass greens and iron oxide red; hand piereced holes on back for hanging. Signed on back: Thoulgate (town of) & initials: GM (maker or factory mark; unidentified);mould/style number 1862. Measures 10 ins x 9.5 ins.
Condition: some minor rubbing and flakes to tin glaze, no chips or cracks; reverse does show some glaze pin holes due to the thick nature of the tin glaze.
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