{"product_id":"french-barbotine-asparagus-platter-art-nouveau","title":"French Barbotine Asparagus Platter, Art Nouveau","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCirca 1900, French\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA large barbotine platter in French faience, the master serving piece from an asparagus service, with molded decoration in the Art Nouveau taste. Barbotine is the colored-glaze relief technique English-speaking dealers know as majolica.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe well is deep, set within a scalloped and fluted rim edged in a thin ochre line and finishing at each end in a shell-form terminal, rococo revival in origin. Thistles run around the border on curving stems, lilac heads and turquoise leaves against a cream ground, the naturalism folded into Art Nouveau angles. Crazing runs throughout, and the gray speckling and staining to the center come from age and use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsparagus was expensive and briefly in season, so in France it was served as its own course, on services made for nothing else. The thistle was one of the recurring motifs of French Art Nouveau, taken up for its spined, architectural form. Art Nouveau drew its sinuous line partly from the rococo, which is why the scrolled ends sit so easily with it. Barbotine services of this kind came from faience factories across northern and eastern France from the 1860s through the turn of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyling Ideas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHang it, or stand it on a vaisselier or plate rail with the matching plates or something complementary. The well is deep enough for fruit, bread, or a low arrangement of cut greens, and it still serves as a platter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"foundresse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56879349268646,"sku":"FD-012","price":428.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/7645\/6870\/files\/253F6D37-9C59-4DF4-A341-83C8DB883BAF.jpg?v=1785357572","url":"https:\/\/foundresse.com\/products\/french-barbotine-asparagus-platter-art-nouveau","provider":"foundresse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}