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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 2250838, member: 50&quot;]I also think it appears to be French. These are from the book <i>Marques et Signatures de la Faïence Fran<i>ç</i>aise </i>by Henri Curtil. It isn&#039;t exactly the same but very close and I think probably correct and worth investigation I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>My rudimentary French can&#039;t give me the nuance of the description though. Google translation is below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256278[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256279[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>BLOIS (Loir - et - Cher) A small factory installed in Blois by Besnard and Total (1855 1875) produces earthenware beautiful enough to be cited.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the manufacturing is mixed, half large fire, half small fire, all covered with a transparent enamel to accentuate the shine and reflections.&nbsp; It is by a succession of firings that these artists arrive at the metallic reflections of a final aspect often quite successful, but these processes are all too &quot;groped&quot; to deserve to make school.</p><p><br /></p><p>The signature is generally Total in Blois, under a crown and fleur-de-lis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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