At the time designer Doug Funk created Canadian Pioneers Prints around 1972, he gave Ceramique de Beauce one of the finest lines the company was to produce: the Ptarmigan line (Perdrix des neiges). Reminiscent of our white grouse, the pieces in the Ptarmigan line have no place settings, the line being designed to complement plain white dishes that would not distract from the imposing Ptarmigan accessories. Source: Daniel Cogne, Richard Dube and Paul Trepanier, Beauce Pottery, Les Editions GID, 2004