Antique French Side Plate: Creil et Montereau 'Japon' Blue Transferware Condition:Plate 1 - Very good Pieces of this period carry

Pieces of this period carry a distinct presence that later ceramics rarely replicate

Condition: wear and age patina

Plate 1 Very good antique condition -

Made in earthenware during the time of the protectorate of France c1945-55

Antique French Side Plate: Creil et Montereau 'Japon' Blue Transferware Condition:Plate 1 - Very good Pieces of this period carryBeautiful French antique side plates by Creil et Montereau, c 1875 1890. In the sought after pattern 'Japon', created for the artist Monet at his house in Giverny (in fact, the pattern is often called 'Monet'), this is a lovely Japanese inspired design from the height of the Aesthetic Movement, featuring a mix of iconography including a cherry blossoms, rondels, blossoming branches and vases in a hybrid of popular patterns of the time. Lovely Japanese