Faience bouquet holder from Desvres in the shape of a peacock.

Bouquetière in faience from Desvres in the shape of a peacock. Made by the Jules Verlingue workshop in Desvres. Signed J.V for Jules Verlingue under the base. Late 19th/early 20th century. Dimensions: H 35 L 35 D 24 cm. Jules Verlingue established his faience factory in 1903 in Boulogne-sur-Mer with Monsieur Lagarde; hence the LV mark on some pieces. He sold it to Henri Delcourt, who operated it until 1935. The latter introduced porcelain after the First World War. In 1917, Jules Verlingue took over the Quimper factory of La Hubaudière to reclaim the HB Quimper brand, thus confirming the close ties between the faience centres of the North and Brittany. The faience of Desvres encompasses the productions of the factories in Desvres, in Pas-de-Calais. The ceramics from Boulogne-sur-Mer, located about twenty kilometres away, are often included under the Desvres label. Although the first traces of pottery date back to Roman times, it was not until the mid-18th century that a faience industry began to develop in Desvres. In 1764, the notary Jean-François Sta (1726-1803) established a faience factory in Desvres. Its production does not have a known mark and includes faiences with a dirty yellow glazed back and coarse blue or manganese decorations of horsemen or Malbroux and jugs of seated women, in a flowered dress or Jacqueline. The factory was taken over by his cousin Louis Alexandre Dupré-Poulain in 1802 and ceased operations in 1810. One of the workers from the Sta faience factory, François-Joseph Fourmaintraux, established his own factory in 1804.