Pair Antique French Creil Faience 8 1/4" Cabinet Plates, Paris Grand Tour Scenes gilt Or enjoy them in display

Or enjoy them in display case

the set is duplicated in the kitchen of my other house

The cast neo-Renaissance formed tazza features Chimera (horses with serpent bodies or mermaid tail

and rests one front foot above the squared off old log that comprises the 11" wide front piece

Pair Antique French Creil Faience 8 1/4" Cabinet Plates, Paris Grand Tour Scenes gilt Or enjoy them in displayWonderful pair of antique French Creil faience 8 1 4" cabinet plates, decorative pieces with Romanesque borders and center Grand Tour scenes of Paris including "Vue Des Tuileries" and "Vue De L'Hotel Impedes Invalides"! Marks on the bases, including impressed mark of "Creil", are for Stone, Coquerel et LeGros, works can be seen at the Met and the V&A, or in their online galleries. Faience, or tin glazed and enameled earthenware, first emerged in