WARNING: This item has a repair on the handle.
This is a beautiful end of 19th century French ironstone chamber pot from Hte Boulenger & Cie produced as part of the Oxford range in an unusual black transferware.
There is a bird on a branch at the bottom of the inside and flowers (peonies?) around the outside of the bowl. It is really a lovely piece.
The handle has been repaired in two places, obviously this will have weakened the handle structure slightly.
Manufacturer of faience and maiolica. Founded in Choisy-le-Roi by three Paillart brothers, subsequently directed by one of them, Valentin Paillart, and his partner, Hippolyte Hautin from 1824-36, when Paillart left. Hautin then took Louis Boulenger (1773-1850) as partner. Their children Adolphe Boulenger (1805-1873) and Alexandrine Hautin (1814-1900) married, and had four children, one of whom, Hippolyte Boulenger (1836-1892) took over the factory in 1863 and renamed it H. Boulenger & Cie. He transformed it into a company with an international reputation, exhibiting at the great world's fairs. In 1889, a store opened in Paris. Hyppolite was succeeded by his two sons and in 1920, the firm bought the Manufacture de Montereau, becoming Hippolyte Boulanger-Creil-Montereau. The Choisy factory closed in 1934, and Montereau closed in 1955.
NOTE: There is some marking on the inside of the bowl normal signs of previous use, please look closely at all photos for further details.
Height: 14.3cm/5.6 inches
Inner diameter at top: 16cm/6.3 inches
Maximum outer diameter at top: 22.3cm/8.8 inches
Weight unpacked is around 850g
Measurements are approximate
