Choisy-le-Roi, slush milkmaid, circa 1880.

Figure of a young milkmaid with a cat, in slip.
Manufacture Choisy-le-Roi, circa 1880.

This piece comes from the prestigious factory of Choisy-le-Roi which under the Second Empire became an essential center in the distribution of majolica, competing with the famous factories of Minton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) and Sarreguemines (at l 'east of France).