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| Keywords: Pilgrim Flask.jpg Puisaye area of Burgundy France This pilgrim flask is one of the earliest surviving examples of stoneware produced in France It was used for display in an aristocratic household The royal coat of arms of France three fleurs-de-lis and of the Dauphiné region a dolphin decorate both the front and the back The brilliant cobalt-oxide glaze was a precious material probably imported from the Middle East via Spain Scholars believe that this pottery known as grès bleu de Puisaye began to be produced towards the end of the 1400s when François de Rochechouart chamberlain of the duc d'Orléans and of the future king of France Louis XII established a stoneware factory in Saint-Armand Rochechouart was married to Blanche d'Aumont a native of the Beauvais region where stoneware was produced from at least the 1450s She might have helped bring the technology of stoneware production to the Puisaye area of Burgundy H 13 3/16 x W 9 1/8 x D 5 1/16 in Flacon de pèlerin Bourgogne France http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 1481 early 1500s unknown author for the object picture by J Paul Getty Museum http //www getty edu/about/opencontent html Getty's Open Content Program Assessments 1 Getty Research Institute-no known copyright restrictions Cc-zero Featured pictures by Yann Forget Featured pictures of Bourgogne Stoneware from France Pilgrim flasks | ||||
