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FRENCH PAINTED FAIENCE CHARGER, ca. 1870, Creil-Montereau, maker
depicting a christening processional in a classical architectural setting; the verso of charger bearing stamped urn mark B & Cie Depose, Creil et Montereau; diameter: 22 1/2 in.

Other Notes: The Creil & Montereau pottery factory was created in 1840 by the merger of the two separate French factories. The two pottery factories, each established in the early 18th c., were attempting to manufacture a faience fine (which requires a very white body under a lead glass) to rival the increasingly successful Queens ware perfected by Josiah Wedgwood, that was driving the traditional tin-glazed eartherwares of France out of business. The Montereau factory was established by Jean Rognon in the village of Montereau-sur-le-Jard in 1720. The potteries at Montereau were fully incorporated with the works at Creil from 1840-1895 as the Faienceries de Creil et Montereau. The Creil ceramics manufacture was founded in 1797 by a glass merciant of Paris, Robert Bray O'Reilly, but lasted little more than a year. The factory re-opened in 1801 under the leadership of Jacques Bagnall, who was heavily influenced by the neoclassical styles of Wedgwood and other English makers. A succession of directors and proprietors of the Creil factory ultimately brought the 1840 merger of the two factories under Louis-Martin Lebeuf and Jean Baptiste Milliet. The Creil-Montereau Factory operated under two Englishmen, George Vernon, father and son until 1849 and finally Henry Barluet, the mayor of Creil, under whose leadership the factory thrived until its closing in 1895.


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