Antique 1917 Hr Quimper Assiettes Du Cercle Du Soldat/Circle of the Soldier of the 6th Arrt Faience Plate, Taisez-Vous, Mefiez-Vous/Be Quiet, Beware

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HR Quimper Assiettes du cercle du soldat or Circle of the soldier of the 6th Arrondissement
Faience or Polychrome Earthenware … Read more HR Quimper Assiettes du cercle du soldat or Circle of the soldier of the 6th Arrondissement
Faience or Polychrome Earthenware Plates
War Plates

Taisez-vous, Mefiez-vous or Be quiet, Beware signed Cerrina at the back

Dimensions: 9.25" diameter and about 1" height

Condition: has imperfections, crazing, scratches. Chips on the plates are present too.

History:
This series is the initiative of Mr Bulloz, deputy mayor of the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The municipality wishes to make art earthenware for a charity sale to benefit war works.
The capital's art schools were called upon.
More than 220 models were collected. Only 12 designs were selected. The Henriot house was chosen to produce the plates. The order was placed in December 1916 for delivery on March 1, 1917. At the end of the first exhibition-sale on March 8, one hundred and ninety-seven pieces were sold.
Given the success of the event, the town hall decided to hold another exhibition-sale on May 30. This second edition will be honored by the visit of the President of the Republic and the Minister of Fine Arts. This will be followed by purchases from the Carnavalet Museum, the Town Hall, the War Museum, etc.
This time, five hundred pieces will be dispersed.
A new edition was published in July 1917, this
one with pitchers, vases, fountains, candy boxes for a total of 18 designs.
On October 27, 1917, a final order was placed with Henriot. America's entry into the conflict offered a new subject for the decorations of the plates and it was planned to exhibit them in Paris, Washington and New York. A set of thirty-one models on the theme of America was presented at this exhibition.
In total, eighty-four drawings will be produced for more than a thousand pieces sold. See less