NORTH: Two earthenware plates with contoured edges with polychrome decoration of a balloon flying over a landscape with a barrier. Scrolls and net on the edge. Eighteenth century period. (Cracks on the largest, chips on the smallest). Diameter : 22 cm and 23 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 (55)), page 27 (Collection L.H.).