French maker of tile GF rooster?

All the little print is too hard to read

 

Looks like a semi copy of a French coin but that would say 'R F' not GF.

It does appear quirkily naive, possibly in the Japanese fashion of the late 19th C but I'm no expert, could also be 18th C Chinoiserie.

 

Desvres.

 

I found several GF from Desvres but no chicken

Would 'MADE IN FRANCE' necessarily make it 20th century?

 

Yes.

 

I think your mark or a version of it is here (I think).

http://perso.infonie.be/vieux.rouen/Virtual museum/html/salle7/index_salle7.htm

or actually more easily here.

http://perso.infonie.be/vieux.rouen...salle7/pieces/carreaux/7_carreaux_cachets.htm

 

So C rather than G

Thank you

 

I think so, Charles. Here is a little of the history in English (don't know if it's good info or not) but it lists Charles as 1868-1943.

http://translate.google.com/transla...arch?q=charles+fourmaintraux&biw=1366&bih=673

 

Hey! I've been plunking around all winter trying to ID a mulberry-purple tile with a badly impressed rooster mark. When I finally figured out the word Desvres, Google brought me here. Good grief, I should have posted here in the first place, LOL!
After much Googling, all the words around the rooster read: Marque de Fabrique, Desvres, C F .

Terry, does yours actually say 'Made in France' on the back? Mine has the word France handwritten in black, but I didn't believe it. I was sure someone had done it with a Sharpie marker at a later date. I was stuck on the idea it was a Delft Holland tile. I guess I can be confident it was marked 'France' at the time of manufacture now.

Charles Fourmaintraux took charge of the pottery factory in 1900, so that would be the date the rooster mark was first used...?

And what the heck is the scene on this tile all about? The guy on the ground looks like his backside is on fire and he's being caned by the man with the switch.


He doesn't look too distressed about it though. Just a little ho-hum.

 

Hi,
Looks like a take off on the "Good Samaritian". The "flames" are plants. It is a wonderful tile.
greg

 

I never would have guessed that! Thanks Greg.

 

How about liar liar pants on fire

 

When I was searching Delft tiles, some how I ended up looking at pages with the 1559 painting of the Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel.

One of the proverbs depicted is "If you eat fire you will crap sparks."
So that's how I got the idea of butt on fire.

 

I wonder if that's one of those strange literal translations that doesn't quite work or if that's what they really mean. It's pretty hysterical.