Generale Collection

Paris, Paris all the way to New York. When you board any French Line ship you step right into Paris itself! French Line C.G.T. (Compagnie Generale Transatlantique) poster for the SS Paris ocean liner

Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Poster advertising Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, the French shipping company, illustrated by the S.S

SS Normandie - French ocean liner
circa 1910s

John Law (1671 1729). Scottish economist. Dutch satirical
John Law (16711729). Scottish economist. He was appointed Controller General of Finances of France under King Louis XV. In 1716 Law established the Banque Ge?ne?rale in France, a private bank

Zodiac with winged male, poss. Cupid / Eros
Zodiac with winged male, poss. Cupid/Eros. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy

Tea pot and warmer from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, decorated with vignettes of ships at sea and floral borders

Facial expressions. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy. Plate VIII, of Vol 2. Date: 1750

Pour que vos enfants ne connaissent plus les horreurs de la guerre, souscrivez a l Emprunt National. Societe generale. A mother cuddling her child before putting her to bed. Date 1917

Wild daffodil and snowdrops
Wild daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, and snowdrops, Galanthus nivalis

Makers marks on Roman pottery. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Spring crocus and European peacock butterfly
Spring crocus, Crocus vernus, and European peacock butterfly, Aglais io

Plate and pitchers from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century
Plate and pitchers with gold and scarlet on a black ground from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century

Gravy boat or sauciere from Marseille, France, 18th century. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Cross section through a 19th century pottery kiln. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Poster, Paris to Marseille to North Africa by rail and sea
Travel poster, Paris to Marseille by rail, Marseille to North Africa in 37 hours by steamer, CGT Compagnie Generale Transatlantique and PLM

Poster, CGT, Le Havre to New York, May sailing dates
Travel poster, French CGT Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, Transatlantic Service from Le Havre to New York on the Paris, Ile de France, Suffren, France, with May sailing dates. 31ins. 23ins

Poster, NGI, Navigazione Generale Italiana Date: 1936

Stopped at a barricade, a pass from the Paris Commune, 1871. Two fashionable women in crinoline dresses and hats show papers to a soldier with rifle. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Dog s-tooth violet and moth
Dog s-tooth-violet or dogtooth violet, Erythronium dens-canis, and moth

Crown imperial lily, Fritillaria imperialis, and tulips, Tulipa gesneriana

Black-naped monarch and hooded warbler
Black-naped monarch, Hypothymis azurea 1, and hooded warbler, Setophaga citrina 2. Gobe-mouche blue des Philippines, Gobe-mouche de la Louisiane

Sufi mystics of ancient Persia reading prayer books
Sufi mystics of ancient Persian Zoroastrianism read prayer books under a thatched hut. I sofi

Poster, Chemins de Fer de l Etat and CGT
Poster for Chemins de Fer de l Etat and Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (CGT), serving Paris, Le Havre and New York. circa 1930

Branch, leaf, fruit and flower of the coffee tree, Coffea arabica. Copperplate engraving from Abbe Antoine Francois Prevosts Histoire generale des voyages, Paris, 1746

Basin and plates from Moustiers, France, decorated with cupids, naiads, and other mythological figures

Plate from Moustiers, France, decorated with scene of sea goddess Salacia and naiads. With border of heads of Neptune and Salacia in border of foliage

Spoon and dish from Strasbourg, 18th century, decorated with botanical paintings

Plates from Strasbourg, 18th century, with botanical paintings of roses and tulips

Plate and cruet set or porte-huilier from Strasbourg, 18th century

Pot-pourri vase from Strasbourg, 18th century, decorated with botanical painting

Enamel clay tiles, 13th century
Enamel clay tiles with heraldic devices, 13th century. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Plate from Marans, France, with botanical illustration within a floral border

Surtout or centerpiece from Saintes, France, decorated with female heads and foliage in green and gold

Biberon or bottle from Oiron, Deux-Sevres, France, era of King Henri II, 16th century

Pot with Chinese musicians playing cello and pipa from Nevers, France

Platter from Nevers, France, with landscape scene of boy and dogs at river, within border of cupids, birds, and flowers

Potiche from Nevers, France
Potiche or vase with lid from Nevers, France, with oriental landscape and foliage patterns

Persian-genre plates from Nevers, France, decorated with birds, tulips and foliage

Plate from Nevers, France, decorated with a mythological scene of centaurs kidnapping a woman from a banquet

Plate and planter from Nevers, France
Plate with Chinese scene in blue and gold and jardiniere or planter with mottled foliage pattern from Nevers, France

Jug from Nevers, France, with Italian-genre scene of faun and nymph under a tree beside a wheat field

Plate from Nevers, France, decorated with an Italian-genre hunting scene within a border of putti, birds and foliage

Porte-bouquet or door vase from Nevers, France, with landscape. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Soup dish or soupiere with botanical decoration from Niderviller, Lorraine, France

Oval platter from Niderviller, Lorraine, decorated with botanical illustration of roses and tulips

Vase from Saint-Clement, Meurthe, France, decorated with putti on a seashell throne

Plates from Aprey, Haute-Marne, France, decorated with botanical illustrations

Soup dish or soupiere with lid from Aprey, Haute-Marne, France, decorated with flowers and foliage

Vase from Aprey, Haute-Marne, France, decorated with exotic birds and foliage

Chinese dragon plate from Sinceny, France, with Chinese dragon surrounded by insects and flowers

Plate from Sinceny, France, with Chinese landscape of women in a riverboat surrounded by insects and flowers

Plate from Sinceny, France, 18th century, Oriental landscape with birds and flowers

Ornamental ceramic sphere from Sinceny, France, decorated with a large sun, flowers and foliage

Pot-pourri vase with lid from Sceaux, Paris
Pot-pourri vase and lid with holes from Sceaux, Paris, France, 18th century, decorated with flowers and foliage

Porte-bouquet or flower vase from Luneville, France, 18th century. Decorated with flowers and insects, handles made from coiled snakes

Soup dish or soupiere from Sceaux, Paris
Soup dish or soupiere with lid from Sceaux, Paris, France, 18th century, decorated with flowers and foliage

Planter or jardiniere from Sceaux, France
Planter or jardiniere from Sceaux, Paris, France, 18th century, decorated with foliage in blue and gold

Plate with emblem of Louis XIV, the Sun King, Paris, France, 18th century

Platter from Rouen, France, with fantasy Oriental landscape of pagoda, mountains, birds and flowers in imitation chinoiserie

Planter or jardiniere from Rouen, France, decorated with a landscape scene

Gallo-Roman glazed pottery. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient Glazed Pottery, French and International, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Vase or potiche from Rouen, with heraldic
Vase or potiche from Rouen, France, 18th century, with heraldic escutcheon amid foliage

Pitcher or ewer from Rouen, France, early 18th century. Decorated with holy figures in enamel and the names Anne-Marie Cassaigne et Nicolas Hautecoeur, 1733

Platter with handles from Rouen, France. Decorated with a fantastical Oriental scene with king, throne, parasol, birds, flowers

Plates decorated with musical scores within floral borders, Rouen, France. At top, a canon for three voices by composer Jean-Joseph de Mondonville

Planter from Rouen, France, with Pan and animals
Flower pot or planter from Rouen, France, with a landscape scene of Pan playing pipes to a goat and leopards

Plate from Rouen, France, with scene of Venus
Plate from Rouen, France, decorated with scene of Venus and nymphs riding dolphins serenaded by Pan. Border of shells, masks and foliage

Plate from Rouen, France, decorated with landscape and floral border

Plates decorated with cupids on a sea monster and foliage from Rouen, France

Egyptian and Greek pottery, decorated antefix 5, and rhyton in the shape of a cows head 6

Decorative plate from Rouen with six putti on a gold ground, bordered with foliage

Water jug from Rouen, decorated with a vignette of a horse with saddle and the motto, nous Sommes deux, borders of foliage in red and blue

Octagonal surtout or centerpiece dish from Rouen, decorated with foliage in blue and gold

Decorative bottle from Rouen painted with a scene of a Roman rite

Decorative pot from Rouen with landscape vignette surrounded by flowers, tulips, roses, lilies

Decorative plate from Rouen, France, with vignette of animals within borders of foliage and cupids

Painted pavement tiles from Rouen in the Chateau d Ecouen, France

Etruscan and Campanian pottery in soft paste without glaze. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Ceramic tiles of Rouen, France. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Decorative plates from Vron, Somme, France. Hand-finished chromolithograph by Ris Paquot from his General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Soup dish and plate from Saint Omer, France. Decorated with Chinese landscape scene, insects, birds

Fountain vase from Saint Omer
Fountain vase decorated with faces and lions, and painted birds and flowers, from Saint Omer, France

Plates decorated with floral motifs from Saint-Amand, France. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Decorative plate from Saint-Amand, Normandy, France, 18th century. A man teaching a dog to perform tricks

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