{"title":"Picardy on Florentine","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCrown Ducal introduced the Florentine shape around 1930, part of a run of new tableware lines from the A.G. Richardson pottery in Tunstall, Staffordshire. That deeply moulded, heavily scalloped rim, the raised relief border that makes the plate feel almost architectural before you even look at the centre, is the Florentine shape's most recognisable feature. The Picardy pattern sits inside it: a soft, loose bouquet of small pink, white, and lavender flowers on a white ground, finished with gold trim at the rim. Not a loud pattern. One that understood the shape was already doing enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe pottery traded as Crown Ducal from 1916 and continued making earthenware until 1974, when it was sold and closed. These pieces have been waiting in sideboard drawers and thrift store shelves ever since. Each pendant carries the floral centre, that quiet gathering of small blooms, set in an aluminum frame with a hand-formed wire bale and an 18\" chain. Every piece is one of a kind. Same pattern, different story.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"florentine-2","title":"Picardy on Florentine Oval, The Full Spray, Silver","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMore of the bouquet made it into the frame this time. Pink blooms in deep and pale shades, white flowers scattered through, a thread of lavender at the upper edge, green stems running the length of the oval. The whole spray, caught in a tall silver frame. Where another pendant took a quiet breath at the top of the bouquet, this one stayed for the whole conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSet in a hypoallergenic aluminum frame finished in silver, with a hand-formed wire bale at the top. Comes with an 18\" silver chain. $44 CAD.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art By Studio L","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52842813129072,"sku":"F 3 S","price":44.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/4956\/9648\/files\/FullSizeRender_04e900a4-940f-4189-a78b-f1c859895b12.jpg?v=1777318568"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/4956\/9648\/collections\/183cf400-8f38f8_78114bf928164c5780e6e23d856904bc_mv2.jpg?v=1767814193","url":"https:\/\/artbystudiol.ca\/collections\/florentine-crown-ducal-florentine-picardy.oembed","provider":"Art By Studio L","version":"1.0","type":"link"}