FRENCH HENRIOT QUIMPER MAJOLICA OYSTER PLATE

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Up for auction today is a beautiful French Henriot Quimper majolica oyster plate from the 1970'sThis plate is hand-painted with wonderfully detailed in rosy flower decor Marked and numbered 'HB QUIMPER F.406 D.288 RF' it measures 9.3" (23.5cm) across Overall condition is excellent with a very small chip at base LOW, LOW OPENING no RESERVE A bit of QUIMPER history: The production of Quimper began in the late 1600s at the Bosquet factory named for its owner, Jean-Baptiste Bosquet. Two other families joined in the production of Quimper in the early 1700s, Eloury and Dumaine. While these three factories continued to produce Quimper into the 20th century, they did go through some changes. In the late 18th century, the Bosquet and Eloury factories received name changes due to marriages. Bosquet became de la Hubaudière and later HB for Hubaudière-Bosquet, while Eloury survived as Eloury-Porquier and then Porquier-Beau. During the 19th century, Jules Henriot bought the Dumaine factory and changed its name to Henriot, also known as HR Henriot. At the beginning of the 20th century, HB, Porquier-Beau, and Henriot were the three factories producing Quimper.T his was short lived, as well. In the early 1900s, Henriot bought Porquier-Beau. Then in 1964, HB and Henriot merged to form HB-Henriot. HB-Henriot was originally run by Pierre Henriot, relative read more

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