Vieillard & Cie "Nella" Faience Service, 72 pieces

Vieillard & Cie "Nella" Service in the spirit of Japonism, made of hand-painted faience on a white background enhanced with a cobalt blue rim on earth pieces. Pieces are off-center decorated with lovely birds such as parrot or kingfishers, flowering branches of prunus, and several colorful flowers such as peonies, roses, iris. Small insects such as ladybugs or butterflies decorate the background of the pieces.
This service was created by the French Manufacture Vieillard & Cie in the 1870s and its style is halfway between 18th-century naturalist porcelains and Japonism.

The Manufacture established Bordeaux was worldwide renowned thanks to its inventiveness and its deep comprehension of Persian and Japanese graphic arts: its production is characterized by an oriental fantasy, exotic landscapes, flowers and wonderful birds. All pieces are marked "JVB" beneath and large pieces have the "Nella" inscription.

Composition of the set with dimensions:
- 24 dinner plates 25 cm in diameter
- 12 soup plates 25.5 cm in diameter
- 24 dessert plates 22.5 cm in diameter
- 1 large soup tureen 13 cm height x 26 cm of diameter
- 1 vegetable tureen
- 1 square under dish
- 2 round dishes: 1 flat (39 cm of diameter) and 1 deep (34 cm of diameter)
- 1 flat oval dish 43 cm W x 35 cm D x 3.5 cm
- 1 roast or turkey dish with gravy tree 43 cm W x 35 cm D x 3.5 cm
- 2 serving dishes 24.5 cm W x 13.5 cm
- 1 sauce boat for gravy
- 1 sauce boat with cover for deserts
- 1 mustard pot with cover

Documentation about the Manufacture and service reproduced : v. Jacqueline du Pasquier, J. Vieillard & Cie, histoire de la faïence fine à Bordeaux : de l'anglomanie au rêve orientaliste, Bordeaux, Le Festin, 2002 p.74