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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lauragarnet, post: 52652, member: 105&quot;]Hey! I&#039;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! </p><p>After much Googling, all the words around the rooster read: <b>Marque de Fabrique, Desvres, C F</b> . </p><p><br /></p><p>Terry, does yours actually say &#039;Made in France&#039; on the back? Mine has the word France handwritten in black, but I didn&#039;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 &#039;France&#039; at the time of manufacture now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Charles Fourmaintraux took charge of the pottery factory in 1900, so that would be the date the rooster mark was first used...?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]13340[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]13341[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]13342[/ATTACH] 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&#039;s being caned by the man with the switch.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]13343[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]13344[/ATTACH] </p><p>He doesn&#039;t look too distressed about it though. Just a little ho-hum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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