Creil-Montereau faience is a fine faience, a lead-glazed earthenware on a white body that originated in the French communes of Creil, Oise and Montereau, Seine-et-Marne, but has been continued under one management since 1819. Creil-Montereau faience imitated the creamware perfected by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s, and under the artistic and technical guidance of native English pottery entrepreneurs introduced the industrial technique of transfer printing onto earthenware to France, bringing it to a high degree of perfection during its heyday in the 19th century.
