A late 18th century French faience plate with hand-painted decoration entitled Les Sans Culottes 1790. This is a faience patriotique plate, a type of tin-glazed earthenware produced in France, often featuring imagery from the French Revolution. The "sans-culottes" (without knee breeches) were the common working-class activists of the French Revolution who served as the primary driving force behind its most radical phases. The figure on the left wears aristocratic culottes, a tailored blue coat, and carries an umbrella, symbols of wealth and soft living. The figure on the right wears loose green pantaloons and an unbuttoned short jacket while raising a heavy wooden club to threaten or strike the wealthy man. These plates were typically produced in faiencerie workshops in Nevers and Quimper. The back is unmarked but has three distinct small kiln support marks. In good condition for the age with craquelure and glaze losses on the edges of scalloped rim. Shipping: $40
Dimensions: 9" Diameter x 1.5"

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