Earthenware in Lunéville

By checking the list of articles I have written about Lunéville I have discovered I haven't mentioned the factory which used to make earthenware from 1730. The faïence de Lunéville is well known in France and famous in Lorrraine.

A lot of people living in Lunéville and its surroundings have had one or several members of their families working at the factory. Young boys used to have their first job there. They had to be careful if carrying pieces of earthenware, the rule was "one thing broken, one thing paid".

Nowadays the factory has closed and the dishes, plates, cups, vases, ... which were made in Lunéville are made in Saint-Clément, a big village nearby. But there is still a magasin d'usine (factory shop) in the town where you can find the traditional patterns but also the new ones, sometimes things you can't find easily in shops with a better price.

I bought the dish on the picture above last time I visited the shop. Earthenware made in Lorraine showing specialities of Alsace, a good opportunity to have both regions together. I regret not to have bought pieces with Christmas patterns, they were really beautiful and unusual, they looked more British than French in fact. It could have been a nice present.