https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/7900/fullCharger with Scholars in Conversationearly 18th CenturyOverall: 5.3 × 49.5 cm (2 1/16 × 19 1/2 in.)Tin-glazed earthenware (grand feu faience)The Pierre Karch and Mariel O'Neill-Karch Collection.Manufactured: Nevers, FranceG12.14.50Decorated with a group of scholars in conversation in a garden, the charger shows the impact of the porcelain produced during the reign of the emperor Kangxi from the Qing Dynasty as exemplified by the jar. Monochrome blue decoration enriched with manganese pigments is one of Nevers’ stylistic innovations of the 17th century.French Faïence14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and Stoneware[]European CeramicsFrench Earthenware - Faïence1832905086FrenchThe letters "F.L.I." in blue, on the reverse (probably the signature of the painter)