12 dessert plates (diameter 20 cm, height 1.5 cm) with wading bird decoration, Martres-Tolosane earthenware factory, 20th century. The plates are like new.
At the beginning of the 18th century, several earthenware factories set up in Martres-Tolosane. The first craftsmen came from major French earthenware centers; the earthenware activity developed considerably and around ten earthenware factories were listed in the city. The revolution and competition from industrial fine earthenware put a brake on this development. In 1790, there were only two earthenware factories left in Martres-Tolosane, which allowed the know-how to be preserved.
Today, the same ancestral manufacturing techniques are preserved by the four earthenware factories: The pieces and the painted decorations are made by hand. The main motifs are made up of flowers and birds. At the same time as these dessert plates I am putting online 8 soup plates and 12 dinner plates of the same model.