Rare Antique French Hot Air Balloon Faience Plate "Blanchard 1785" for Sale

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Rare Antique French Hot Air Balloon Faience Plate "Blanchard 1785" For Sale

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Rare Antique French Hot Air Balloon Faience Plate "Blanchard 1785":
$45.00

THIS ITEM IS PART OF A VERY LARGE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE HOT AIR BALLOONRELATED ITEMS WHICH I WILL BE LISTING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS COMING SOON.
FOR SALE: ORIGINAL 19TH CENTURY (EARLY 1800s) DECORATIVE FRENCH FAIENCE PLATE WITH THE HAND PAINTED IMAGE AND DESCRIPTION OF " BLANCHARD 1785". IT DEPICTS THE FAMOUS EARLY BALLOON ASCENT BY THE FRENCH GAS BALLOON INVENTOR AND PIONEER, JEAN PIERRE BLANCHARD AND, SPECIFICALLY, THE FIRST EVER CROSSING OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL BY BALLOON IN 1785. NOTE THE QUAINT IMAGE OF A NAUTICAL ANCHOR HANGING FROM THE BALLOON BASKET. (See a detailed description of Blanchard below).
THIS PLATE MEASURES APPROXIMATRELY 9" IN DIAMETER. IT IS IN GOOD REPAIRED CONDITION WITH EXTENSIVE RESTORATIONS. (SEE THE DETAILED PHOTOS TO JUDGE THE CONDITION AND CONSIDER THESE PHOTOS TO BE AN ESSENTAIL PART OF THE CONDITION REPORT.)FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR REQUEST ADDITIONAL PHOTOS.
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Condition: REPAIRED CONDITION
Approximate Dimensions: 9" IN DIAMETER
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From Wiki:

Jean-Pierre [François] Blanchard(French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ blɑ̃ʃaʁ]; 4 July 1753 – 7 March 1809) was a French inventor, best known as a pioneer ofgasballoonflight, who distinguished himself in the conquest of the air in a balloon, in particular the first aerial crossing of theEnglish Channel, on 7 January 1785.

Biography[edit]1784 - Flights in Paris[edit]

Blanchard made his first successful balloon flight inParison 2 March 1784, in a hydrogengas balloonlaunched from theChamp de Mars. The first successful manned balloon flight had taken place on 21 November 1783, whenPilâtre de Rozierand theMarquis d'Arlandestook off atPalace of Versaillesin a free-flyinghot air balloonconstructed by theMontgolfier brothers. The first manned hydrogen balloon flight had taken place on 1 December 1783, when ProfessorJacques CharlesandNicolas-Louis Robertlaunched the firstgas balloonfrom theJardin des Tuileriesin Paris. Blanchard's flight nearly ended in disaster, when one spectator (Dupont de Chambon, a contemporary ofNapoleonat the École militaire de Brienne) slashed at the balloon's mooring ropes and oars with his sword after being refused a place on board. Blanchard intended to "row" northeast toLa Villettebut the balloon was pushed by the wind across theSeinetoBillancourtand back again, landing in the rue de Sèvres. Blanchard adopted the Latin tagSic itur ad astraas hismotto.[citation needed]

The early balloon flights triggered a phase of public "balloonomania", with all manner of objects decorated with images of balloons or styledau ballon, from ceramics to fans and hats. Clothingau ballonwas produced with exaggerated puffed sleeves and rounded skirts, or with printed images of balloons. Hair was coiffedà la montgolfier,au globe volant,au demi-ballon, orà la Blanchard.[1]

1784 - Flights in London[edit]

Blanchard moved to London in August 1784, where he took part in a flight on 16 October 1784 withJohn Sheldon, just a few weeks after the first flight in Britain (and the first outside France), when ItalianVincenzo Lunardiflew fromMoorfieldstoWareon 15 September 1784. Blanchard's propulsion mechanisms – flapping wings and a windmill – again proved ineffective, but the balloon flew some 115km fromLewis Lochée’s military academy inLittle Chelsea, landing inSunburyand then taking off again to end inRomsey. Blanchard took a second flight on 30 November 1784, taking off with an American, DrJohn Jeffries, from theRhedariumbehindGreen Street[2]Mayfair, LondontoIngressinKent.

1785 - First flight over the English Channel[edit]Blanchard's Column atGuînesA column was erected atGuînesto commemorate his crossing of the English Channel by hydrogen balloon on 7 January 1785. the reign of Louis XVI
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Jean-Pierre Blanchard of Les Andelys in Normandy
accompanied byJean Jefferies English(sic)
Leaving from Dover Castle
in an Aerostat.
January 7th at a quarter past one,
was the first to cross the air
above Pas-de-Calais
and descended after three and a quarter hours
in the very place where the inhabitants of Guines
raised this column
to the glory of the two travellers.

These aeronauts were received on their descent by
P. Eliz Casin d'Honnincthun and Louis Marie Dufosse.
and taken to the castle of M.Le Vicomte Desandrouin
Chamberlain of the Emperor who laid the stone of this
column on May 25, 1785.[Note 1]

A third flight, again with Jeffries, was the first flight over theEnglish Channel, taking about 2½ hours to travel from England to France on 7 January 1785,[3][4][5]flying fromDover CastletoGuînes. Blanchard was awarded a substantial pension by LouisXVI. The King ordered the balloon and boat be hung up in the church ofÉglise Notre-Dame de Calais.[6](A subsequent Channel crossing attempt in the opposite direction byPilâtre de Rozieron 15 June 1785 ended unsuccessfully in a fatal crash.)[7]