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13 antique ceramic French faience Dessert Plates & Compotes, marked K & G, Saint Clement for Keller & Guerin
Collection of 11 earthenware French majolica faience fruit dessert or plates, and 2 raised compotes of differing heights. Each piece shows a fruit tree - its branches bowed down by oranges, apples, apricots, peaches, pears and wild berries. Hand painted in a joyful manner with warm colours, each plate is full of individual character. The design is based around a raised motif offset against a detailed pattern in the moulding, with a panelled and indented rim.
History ~
The Saint-Clément factory was founded in 1758 by Jacques Chambrette, who already owned a factory in near by Lunéville. The new factory was opened with the intention of producing higher quality earthenware, and it soon became a prestigious producer, supplying Marie-Antoinette, amongst others. Following his death in 1758, until 1763, the factories were run by Chambrette's son Gabriel and other shareholders. Eventually the Lunéville factory went bankrupt and in 1786 it was bought by Sebastien Keller. In 1832 the son of Sebastien Keller and his brother in law, Guérin, became the owners of the Lunéville pottery and in 1892 they also took over Saint-Clément, initiating the famous pottery mark - K & G St-Clément. During this later period production processes were considerably industrialised and expanded. In 1922 Edouard Fenal, who already owned an earthenware factory in Badonviller, took over both factories.
A set of eight dessert plates and the two compotes were therefore produced between 1892 and 1922, the remaining three dessert plates were produced later, between 1922 and 1950.
Condition ~
Good antique condition, no chips or cracks. They are not a matching set, rather a collection and as such there are some variations in colours. Five dessert plates and the two compotes are marked K & G St-Clément, the remaining three plates are marked 'peint a la main St-Clément,' (hand painted).
Dimensions ~
Dessert plates - H 2 | Diameter of rim 21 cm
Shorter compote - H 4.5 | Diameter of rim 24 cm
Taller compote - H 6.5 | Diameter of rim 24 cm
Reference ~
Flow Blue - article by Barbara Kamerance & Betty Reed
