THE ISLETTES : Set of three earthenware plates with contoured edges, including: - A plate with polychrome decoration of small fire of a balloon in flight, insects on the wing and net violin on the edge. Period XVIIIth century. (Cracks). Diameter : 22.5 cm A comparable plate is illustrated in Faïences au ballon contemporaines de premiers vols aéronautiques, Auxerre - du 11 avril au 15 juin 1987, by Nelly FOUCHET (Fig. III (75)), page 34 (Collection L.H.). - A plate with polychrome decoration of a balloon in flight with the inscription " bon voy âge ". Insects on the wing and purplish net on the edge. Eighteenth century. Diameter : 23.5 cm - A plate with polychrome decoration of a balloon in flight, insects on the wing and purplish net on the edge. Early 19th century. (Broken and reattached). Diameter : 24 cm