Rare Vase pottery Choisy Le Roi H. Boulanger & Cie Flowers Butterfly Circa 1878

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Rare Vase pottery Choisy Le Roi H. Boulanger & Cie Flowers Butterfly Circa 1878:
$167.00

Beautiful French vase pottery made \"Choisy Le Roi H.Boulanger & Cie\", circa 1878.
Vase poterry bodies is white glazed with a lot colors in the decoration of flowers, foliages and butterfly.The vase is stamped \"Choisy Le Roi with a Crown\" mark used since 1878 until 1889.
Superb quality and Perfect condition, no crack, no break and no repair.
Measures: Hight 9,6 inch (24,5 cm) - Width bodies 5,9 inch (15 cm) - Diameter up 4,1 inch (10,5 cm) - Diameter low 2,9 inch (7,5 cm)
Weight:0,840 kg(29,6 Once(Oz))

CHOISY-le-ROI FAIENCE FACTORY :

1740\'S-Between 1740 and 1770, King Louis XV of France gave permission to open a faince factory in the village of CHOISY-LE-ROI. This did not happen until after the French Revolution.

1805-Three brothers, Melchior, Nicolas and Valentin PAILLART set up the first faience factory in CHOISY-LE-ROI.
They hired Jacques BAGNALL who was a specialist in English faience and bone china.1824-Melchior and Nicolas left the factory which became the property of Valentin PAILLART and Hippolyte HAUTIN.1836-Valentin PAILLART dies. Hippolyte HAUTIN brings his son-in-law, Louis BOULENGER,on board.1863-Hippolyte BOULENGER takes over for Louis BOULENGER, his uncle, and becomes the sole owner.1867-The decision is made to not imitate the faience of the past but to take inspiration from Art Nouveau. The faience factory of CHOISY-LE-ROI now produced faience and majolica of exceptional quality which they became well known for.1870-The Franco-Prussian War destroys a large part of the factory buildings. On the other hand, the war also wiped out a lot of the competition in the east of France. SARREGUEMINES, the major competitor, was annexed by Germany and was no longer able to sellin France.1873-1878-Hippolyte BOULENGER rebuilds.1878-Needing more money, Hippolyte takes his company public and sells shares. He also diversifies his products by adding decorative wall and floor tiles between 1878-1889 which expands his market greatly.1890\'s-By the 1890\'s the factory is once again a family owned enterprise.1892-Hippolyte BOULENGER dies and his son Paul takes over.1910-By 1910 the production of majolica tablewares cease. The company focuses on making tiles until 1936.

1936-The company neatprofessional packagewith inassuranceguaranteed.
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