The tin-glazed handpainted French faience known as Quimper Pottery, pronounced “cam-pair” has been manufactured in Quimper, a town in Brittany, France for over 300 years.
The pottery adopted its name from the town of Quimper where potter Jean Baptiste Bousquet built his kilns in the area of Locmaria in 1685 and was given a royal manufacturing license by King Louis XIV.
Although the area of Locmaria in Quimper has been associated with pottery as far back as the Gallo-Roman era, Bousquet is credited with being the founder of "Quimper Pottery". His firm was known as HB Quimper.
You can read more about the history of HB Quimper, here:
https://www.quimperbrittanyfrance.com/index.htm
THIS LISTING:
A wonderful selection of gorgeous 9.5" oyster plates, in a fabulous black and yellow majolica. These plates are in great to excellent vintage condition, with very little surface wear.
We have multiple available, each sold separately. They measure approx 24cm diameter (9.5").
Note we have an additional two plates available with a small chip each on the reverse side, which are offered at a lower cost (flaws as per the last picture)
