2https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/15625/fullCharger with Grotesqueslate 18th Century[Fabrique de Ferrat, Olérys-Laugier Factory]Tin-glazed earthenware (grand feu faience)Grotesques and chinoiseries allowed free range to the artists’ imagination, resulting in the creation of whimsical imagery. The charger exemplifies a later style of grotesque ornament practiced in Moustiers. Characterised by a stylised crane and a fantasy figure framed by loosely scattered vegetation and flying insects, the composition contrasts with the earlier décor Bérain, which is more airy in spirit and symmetrical.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/5730/rdfhttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/28117/fullChargerca.1750[Olérys-Laugier Factory]Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)This large scalloped dish exemplifies a type of decoration commonly found on Moustiers faience and possibly invented by Joseph Olérys. It shows human figures and fantastical animals amid insects and floral garlands. The spontaneous, yet precisely executed decoration is rendered in monochrome ocre. The engravings of Jacques Callot (1592-1635) may have inspired some of the figures.European Ceramicshttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/9492/rdf