Faïence de Premières, Jules LAVALLE (1860-1880). Large circular presentation dish in glazed earthenware with blue monochrome decoration of a thatched cottage in front of a mountain landscape (small firing defect in the basin). Stencilled mark on the back "JL" with caduceus. Diameter: 89 cm In a blackened wood frame. Provenance: Domaine du Bois d'Aucourt (near Pierrefonds) owned by Adolphe Clement-Bayard, a French industrialist and manufacturer of bicycles and automobiles. Note: Côte d'Or earthenware factory founded in 1795 by François Pignant. The superior quality of its earthenware was highly commended at the 1806 Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie Française. In 1857, Jules Lavalle, the founder's grandson, physician, botanist and politician, took over management of the factory.