KeramosRestauration Création

Antique and contemporary earthenware

Examples from Moustiers, Quimper and Delft, shown before and after restoration, using an illusionist approach.

Before and after

BeforeA broken earthenware jug with polychrome floral decoration on a white background, surrounded by many loose fragments.
AfterAn old white earthenware jug decorated with colourful flowers and a landscape, with an animal-head spout and a twisted handle.

Moustiers earthenware

Zoomorphic jug

BeforeAn old chipped white earthenware pot decorated with a blue fleur-de-lis and blue borders on a white background.
AfterA cream ceramic pot with rounded corners, decorated with a hand-painted blue fleur-de-lis and blue borders.

Quimper earthenware

Pot with a fleur-de-lys

BeforeAn old earthenware plate with blue floral motifs on white, broken into several large fragments and small chips.
AfterAn old white porcelain plate decorated with stylised blue flowers and a brown rim, photographed on a white background.

Delft earthenware

Blue and white plate

Other restored earthenware

Plates, dishes, jugs, vases and pots, before and after restoration.

  • An old white earthenware plate with blue flower motifs and a brown and gold rim, on a white background.
  • An old white earthenware plate with blue floral motifs and a brown rim, seen from above on a white background.
  • An old white earthenware plate with hand-painted blue flowers and a gilded brown rim.
  • An old white ceramic plate decorated with blue floral motifs, alone on a plain white background.
  • An old Delft earthenware plate in blue and white, with a bouquet of peacock feathers in the centre and stylised flowers on the rim.
  • An old blue and white earthenware plate with a stylised peacock and floral motifs on the rim, on a plain background.
  • An old cobalt blue and white earthenware plate with a large fan-shaped bouquet in the centre and floral motifs on the rim.
  • A large old earthenware plate with blue and brick-red floral motifs, set on a dark leather background.
  • An old white earthenware jug with colourful flower motifs, an animal-head spout and a twisted handle.
  • An old white earthenware jug with polychrome floral decoration, an animal-head spout and a twisted handle, on a white background.
  • An old broken earthenware vase with painted floral decoration on a white background, its twisted handle detached and many fragments around it.
  • An old earthenware plate with blue floral decoration on white, broken into several large pieces and small chips, on a plain white background.
  • An old earthenware plate with blue floral decoration, broken into several large fragments and many small chips, on a white background.
  • An old white earthenware pot with a blue fleur-de-lis and blue borders, showing a few cracks and chips.
  • An old white earthenware pot with a chipped rim, decorated with a blue fleur-de-lis and braided blue borders.
  • A cream lampshade with a blue fleur-de-lis in the centre and blue borders along the edges, on a white background.
  • A white earthenware cachepot with a Chinese figure and green flowers, an openwork braided rim and a twisted foot.
  • A large earthenware dish decorated in blue monochrome with a pastoral landscape of cows and shepherds, surrounded by a wide rim of stylised foliage.
  • A fragment of an old glazed ceramic dish with a coloured relief scene of figures and a gilded border pattern, on a white background.

Cut-out views

  • A cream ceramic pot with rounded corners, decorated with a hand-painted blue fleur-de-lis and blue borders.
  • A white glazed ceramic pot with cut corners, decorated with a hand-painted blue fleur-de-lis and blue borders.
  • A cream lampshade with a blue fleur-de-lis in the centre and blue borders along the edges, on a white background.
  • A broken earthenware jug with polychrome floral decoration on a white background, surrounded by many loose fragments.
  • An old cobalt blue and white earthenware plate with a large fan-shaped bouquet in the centre and floral motifs on the rim.
  • An old white ceramic plate decorated with blue floral motifs, alone on a plain white background.

A jug before restoration

BeforeAn earthenware jug with polychrome floral decoration and a broken handle, on a white background next to many ceramic chips.

Decorated earthenware

Jug with a broken handle

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