Small Legumier by Grigny, Blue and White Transferware with Nesting Birds, France 1900 Versailles st amand This quality set remains very

This quality set remains very usable and will display well for years to come

One plate with a non-penetrating hairline on the reverse (appears to be in the glaze layer only)

Cul noir wares take their name from the dark manganese glaze applied to the reverse - a practical and regional characteristic found particularly in Normandy pottery workshops during the nineteenth century

Larger examples such as this are especially appealing because they carry stronger shelf presence while preserving the intimate domestic scale of the original object

Small Legumier by Grigny, Blue and White Transferware with Nesting Birds, France 1900 Versailles st amand This quality set remains veryA charming small covered legumier by Grigny in blue and white transferware, decorated with nesting birds. Covered vegetable dishes of this scale are highly decorative and increasingly difficult to source. Perfect as a tureen, serving dish, or centrepiece. It adds immediate refinement and a sense of collected history to a kitchen or dining room. Height 6. 5 in (16. 5 cm), width 10 in (25. 4 cm), diameter 8 in (20. 3 cm). Condition: tea staining, no