Antique Louis XVI Style French Ravier Dish, Green Transferware

These French serving dishes wears a garland border in dark green, husk swags tied with ribbon bows and hung from small rosettes, the Louis XVI decorative language the Salins pottery printed under the pattern name Guirlandes. The long boat shape was made for pickles, olives, or small condiments, set out alongside the larger pieces of a table service. Two of the three carry the printed factory mark. All three came from the same pattern.

[d]Dimensions | 9.5 in. W x 5.5 in. D x 1.5 in. H

[d]Surface | Original glaze, with age spotting under the glaze and light surface scratching from use

[d]Primary Material | Terre de fer, a fine French earthenware

[d]Period | Vintage

[d]Date | Late 19th or early 20th century

[d]Origin | France

[d]Style or Movement | Louis XVI Style

[d]Also Known As | ravier

[d]Maker, Mark, or Attribution | Faïencerie de Salins, France, R&A period

[d]Marks | Printed in green on two of the three dishes: a ribbon-and-garland cartouche reading R&A, TERRE DE FER, SALINS, GUIRLANDES LXVI. The third dish carries only the impressed SALINS to the underside

[d]Construction or Technique | Transfer printed decoration under a clear glaze on a cream ground

[d]Pattern | Guirlandes Louis XVI

[condition]

The three dishes are in good condition with no chips, cracks, or hairlines that I can find. Each shows age spotting in the glaze, small scattered specks that sit under the glaze surface rather than on top of it. This is a normal sign of age in French earthenware of this period and is not damage. There are some very light surface scratches in the wells, consistent with gentle use over the years. The green transfer decoration is crisp and well preserved on all three.

The mark is not identical across the set. Two dishes carry the full printed R&A Salins Guirlandes cartouche on the underside. The third carries only the impressed SALINS factory mark, with no printed cartouche. All three are the same pattern, the same form, and the same size, and read as a set. Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.