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<p>[QUOTE="Tanya, post: 4137298, member: 8340"]Thank you @CeBCA. </p><p><br /></p><p>I may never find an exact match, but I’m satisfied that it is likely the Rouen family seal. </p><p><br /></p><p>This plate is similar in design and the seller refers to it as the Rouen family seal. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/313531323437?hash=item48ffec542d:g:abcAAOSwYiBgbE6C" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/313531323437?hash=item48ffec542d:g:abcAAOSwYiBgbE6C" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/313531323437?hash=item48ffec542d:g:abcAAOSwYiBgbE6C</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly the plate listed above is made by Fourmaintraux - like my other plate. Both my plates were purchased at a flea market in Maine on the same day but from different sellers. It’s possible both dealers bought from the same local estate sale. </p><p><br /></p><p>From this eBay listing: </p><p><a href="https://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=124292471316&category=160908&pm=1&ds=0&t=1598052274000&ver=0&cspheader=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=124292471316&category=160908&pm=1&ds=0&t=1598052274000&ver=0&cspheader=1" rel="nofollow">https://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=124292471316&category=160908&pm=1&ds=0&t=1598052274000&ver=0&cspheader=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>“The French faience pottery of the late 19th and early 20th Century revived a long history of the potters’ art, and embodied an artistic and social statement of the times. The earlier historic decors of Nevers, <b>Rouen</b>, Moustiers, Strasbourg, and Marseilles were captured and reproduced by factories at Quimper, <b>Desvres</b>, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Malicorne, and others.....In the 1870’s the heyday of Desvres pottery began as the Fourmaintraux family of potters perfected their craft in the style and manor of old Rouen....Desvres pottery is known for a creamy white background decorated with bright “Delft” blue, brilliant lemon yellow, iron red and sage green.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the “Rouen” on my plate is more of a pattern name. The mark (still not identified) is the maker. It’s an F - so maybe a later version of the Fourmaintraux mark??? </p><p><br /></p><p>I love how these two old plates helped me learn about each other. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder (without much evidence :- ) if they were from the collection of a local Fourmaintraux collector, separated at an estate sale, and reunited when I purchased them from the two separate dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]331783[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya, post: 4137298, member: 8340"]Thank you @CeBCA. I may never find an exact match, but I’m satisfied that it is likely the Rouen family seal. This plate is similar in design and the seller refers to it as the Rouen family seal. [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/313531323437?hash=item48ffec542d:g:abcAAOSwYiBgbE6C[/URL] Interestingly the plate listed above is made by Fourmaintraux - like my other plate. Both my plates were purchased at a flea market in Maine on the same day but from different sellers. It’s possible both dealers bought from the same local estate sale. From this eBay listing: [URL]https://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=124292471316&category=160908&pm=1&ds=0&t=1598052274000&ver=0&cspheader=1[/URL] “The French faience pottery of the late 19th and early 20th Century revived a long history of the potters’ art, and embodied an artistic and social statement of the times. The earlier historic decors of Nevers, [B]Rouen[/B], Moustiers, Strasbourg, and Marseilles were captured and reproduced by factories at Quimper, [B]Desvres[/B], Boulogne-sur-Mer, Malicorne, and others.....In the 1870’s the heyday of Desvres pottery began as the Fourmaintraux family of potters perfected their craft in the style and manor of old Rouen....Desvres pottery is known for a creamy white background decorated with bright “Delft” blue, brilliant lemon yellow, iron red and sage green.” Perhaps the “Rouen” on my plate is more of a pattern name. The mark (still not identified) is the maker. It’s an F - so maybe a later version of the Fourmaintraux mark??? I love how these two old plates helped me learn about each other. I wonder (without much evidence :- ) if they were from the collection of a local Fourmaintraux collector, separated at an estate sale, and reunited when I purchased them from the two separate dealers. [ATTACH=full]331783[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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