BORDEAUX. MANUFACTURE JULES VIEILLARD & Cie Fine earthenware dinner service model "Nella" composed of 95 pieces, with polychrome Japanese decoration of flowering stems, birds, insects and butterflies including : 24 dinner plates D: 25.5 cm (3 yellowed) 14 soup plates D :25.5 cm 15 dessert plates D :22,5 cm 1 large oblong dish. L. 56 cm x 26.5 cm 1 large dish with drainer L: 48.5 cm x 40 cm 1 covered terrine H: 21.5 cm L: 31cm (chips under the heel) 2 covered vegetable dishes L: 26 cm (one cracked, one yellowed) 2 round deep dishes D: 28 cm & 31 cm (one cracked and yellowed) 1 round display D: 27 cm 1 oblong dish 39.2 cm x 32.5 cm 2 round display stands on low legs. H: 4.5 cm D: 25 cm 2 covered sauce boats with adjoining trays L: 24.5 cm (stains on one) 1 covered mustard pot H: 9.5 cm 1 footed bowl H: 12.3 cm D: 24.8 cm (cracks) 1 bowl on low foot H: 10.2 cm D: 25 cm (yellowed, one chip), 11 cups H: 5.8 cm (4 with cracks, 1 handle glued back) 11 saucers D: 13.5 cm (1 stained, 1 damaged, 1 restored) 1 covered coffee pot H: 22 cm 1 milk jug H: 9 cm 1 covered sugar bowl H: 15.5 cm 1 saucer D: 16.3 cm AJ Marked: JVB and Nella. Late 19th century. One plate with a different mark on the reverse. Note a plate with very raised enamels and vivid polychromy. This "Nella" service was made by Vieillard between 1870 and 1880. Bibliography: J du Pasquier. J. Vieillard & Cie. Histoire de la faïence fine de Bordeaux. From Anglomania to the Orientalist dream. Éd. Sté Amis du Musée national de céramique de Sèvres. 2015 Page 74.