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A rare Saintonge, La Chapelle des Pots, green-glazed earthenware two-spouted vessel, first half 17th century image 1
A rare Saintonge, La Chapelle des Pots, green-glazed earthenware two-spouted vessel, first half 17th century image 2
A rare Saintonge, La Chapelle des Pots, green-glazed earthenware two-spouted vessel, first half 17th century image 3
A rare Saintonge, La Chapelle des Pots, green-glazed earthenware two-spouted vessel, first half 17th century image 4
A rare Saintonge, La Chapelle des Pots, green-glazed earthenware two-spouted vessel, first half 17th century image 5
Lot 10

A rare Saintonge, La Chapelle des Pots, green-glazed earthenware two-spouted vessel, first half 17th century

A Life in Ceramics: The Peter and Mary White Collection
1 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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A rare Saintonge, La Chapelle des Pots, green-glazed earthenware two-spouted vessel, first half 17th century

Applied with a panel of moulded ornament, a crowned fleur-de-lys on one side, the reverse with the letters 'A.LE.F.I.B', animal spouts with masks at the base, 26.5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance
Anon. sale, sold in these Rooms, 23 May 2012, lot 52

Literature
White, Mary, Drinking at the Whites' House, Vol.2, 2021, p.154

Very similar vessels are in the Musée National de la Renaissance, Écouen (Pot trompeur), and in the Louvre Museum, Paris (inv. nos.MR 2351 and OA 3989).

Saintonge, one of France's earliest pottery regions that is known to have exported pieces to England and other countries, was largely supported by wine trade and access to key ports like La Rochelle and Rochefort. Following the turmoil of the Wars of Religion in the late 16th century, which deeply affected the largely Huguenot population, the Saintonge potters, which included Huguenot potter and inventor Bernard Palissy, revitalised the local ceramic industry, creating intricate and unusual forms and using moulds before and after firing. These imaginative pieces were finished in colourful lead glazes in green, yellow, and brown, which sometimes produced striking marbled effects. See Elisa Sani, Italian Maiolica and Other Early Modern Ceramics in the Courtauld Gallery, 2023, pp.275-278, no.60, for further details.

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