Plate decoration with balloon earthenware Hadancourt

Faience factory of hadancourt-le-haut-clocher, plate "bon voyage" to the hot air balloon. Enamelled earthenware. Plate decorated in its center with a balloon balloon, a character in the basket, surrounded by the inscription "bon voyage". Edge twisted. Signed on the fha reverse. Copy dating from the middle of the twentieth century, copy of a model nevers eighteenth century. The balloon scenery. December 1, 1783, the date of the flight of the first balloon over the tuileries garden in paris, inspired the imagination of faience makers. The balloon, painted on many plates in polychromy of large fire and small fire, also served as a model for objects as diverse as lamps, vases, fountains and even pitchers. In very good condition. 23.5 X 2.5 cm. Clean, fast and neat shipping or hand delivery on laon / paris.