Tray and pots, in red earthenware, circa 1870

Set of five pieces for smokers. Four pots including a covered tobacco pot and a red earthenware tray with floral motif. Very nice glazed earthenware work. Each piece of this service is numbered with the number 4213 and signed. De Bruyn's signature represents a sea anchor on which De Bruyn's D and B intertwine. Dimensions: Tray: 8.6 / 8.6 inches Pots: 4.8 / 2.8 / 2.4 / 2 inches French work of Napoleon III nineteenth period De Bruyn pottery is a family business: In the eighteenth century, Jean Bernard De Bruyn already ran a pottery factory in Leuven, Belgium. After his death in 1805, his son Martin De Bruyn ran the earthenware factory, which he then passed on to his son Denis De Bruyn. Antoine Gustave De Bruyn, son of Denis, settled in Fives in 1864. Gustave De Bruyn participated in the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889 and received a silver medal for his fine earthenware and culinary pottery. De Bruyn earthenware is a famous earthenware factory in France.

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