Pair Antique French Creil Faience 8 1/4" Cabinet Plates, Paris Grand Tour Scenes gilt each resting in the original

each resting in the original red velvet lined fittings

it has a general feeling of serenity

who later became Britain's longest reigning Queen

The outer case has a silver top and framework that is beautifully contrasted by the leather casing on the wooden bottom of the case

Pair Antique French Creil Faience 8 1/4" Cabinet Plates, Paris Grand Tour Scenes gilt each resting in the originalWonderful pair of antique French Creil faience 8 1 4" cabinet plates, decorative pieces with Romanesque borders and center Grand Tour scenes of Paris including "Vue Des Tuileries" and "Vue De L'Hotel Impedes Invalides"! Marks on the bases, including impressed mark of "Creil", are for Stone, Coquerel et LeGros, works can be seen at the Met and the V&A, or in their online galleries. Faience, or tin glazed and enameled earthenware, first emerged in