VTG HB Faience Quimper 2 Dinner Plates Mistral Blue Breton Man Woman Francenc

Both plates are structurally sound with glossy glaze and intact central artwork. One plate has a small rim chip on a corner, highlighted in the photo with the red arrow. The other plate shows minor edge roughness and a few tiny glaze flecks along the rim. Light surface wear is present, and the foot rings show shelf wear and typical manufacturing glaze irregularities.

Brand: HB Quimper

Item: Set of two vintage hand painted faience dinner plates featuring traditional Breton folk figures, suitable for everyday dining or display.

Design: Octagonal plates with central scenes of a Breton man with walking stick on one plate and a Breton woman holding flowers on the other, surrounded by stylized greenery and birds.

Border: Wide rims divided into panels with orange floral sprays, navy blue geometric lines, and orange crosshatch sections, creating a colorful folk-art style frame around the central figures.

Color/Material: Multicolor decoration in cobalt blue, orange, green, yellow, and black on a creamy white ceramic faience body.

Markings: Undersides marked with HB Quimper France backstamps; one plate has a circular blue stamp reading HB Quimper France with surrounding script, the other has a hand written mark reading HB Quimper France 903.

Details: Octagonal profile with gently sloping rims and slightly recessed centers, classic Quimper Breton pattern and hand painted brushwork, ideal for collectors of French provincial and folk pottery.

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