Deco Quimper Petit Breton Plates

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1940: item #761051
MCP-502

These rare Art Deco plates are offered as a pair, with the cost attributed only to the Bretonne (woman) as the plate with the man was smashed and put back together sometime during its history. They are from the Henriot factory, circa 1930, measuring 8 inches in diameter. The Bretonne has some paint flakes but no chips, cracks, repairs or crazing. The pair makes an effective display.

Quimper Plate with Bird Decoration

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1960: item #760523
MCP-499

Highly decorative 9-inch plate made by the HB Quimper pottery for Ovington's department store, sometime in the decade following World War II. The hand-painted decoration is very skilled, although the coloration is paler (and I think more successful) than other versions of this pattern I have seen, in which the colors are very acid (even though the lighter palette could be due to an unexpected firing event). The condition is mint with no chips, cracks, stains, repairs or crazing - there is a bi... Click for details

QUIMPER ART POTTERY ASHTRAY c1970s

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1980: item #760219
5737

A signed Quimper French faience pottery 5-1/8" ashtray c1970s. In shades of blue, orange, yellow, grey, cream and black, this piece of art pottery is signed HB QUIMPER FRANCE F.20 PK (mark in use from 1968-83). This item is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface shipping to the con... Click for details

French HenRiot Quimper Plate

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1930: item #755961
OF0406107

Scalloped-edge plate 9-1/2" diameter. Border design includes country flowers and shield symbolic of Brittany. Man and woman pictured in one of many regional costumes of the area. Good colors. Ca. 1920's

French Malicorne Double Wall Pocket

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1930: item #755958
OF0907160

Petite Malicorne double wall pocket hand-painted with a design of a Breton playing a horn, courting a Bretonne with flowers. Ca. 1920; 7.5"H -5"W - 1.75"D

French Henriot Quimper Tea Pot

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1970: item #755919
50475

Colorfully hand-painted teapot illustrates woman in regional costume of Brittany. Handle and finial are sponge painted and the body and spout are decorated with stylized flowers; 4-6 cup capacity. Ca. 1960; 7.5"H -8.5"W - 4.25"D

French HenRiot Quimper Swan Jardiniere

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1940: item #755882
OF0907170

A hand-painted vase in deep rich colors with a Bretonne on the breast of the swan.

Quimper Mortar and Pestle

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1940: item #752551
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Mortar and pestle in the Ivorie Corbeille pattern from Quimper. Both pieces marked "Prades", so this is mostly like a piece meant as a token from a holiday. Great Breton in hat on the front. Excellent condition. Mortar is 6 1/2 inches across, pestle is 7 inches long.

Quimper Dish

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1960: item #747681

Quimper Dish with Brittany lady as a handle. Unique design. In all of my years shopping in France and collecting Quimper, this is the first and only piece like this that I have found.

Quimper "Mayflower" Pattern Octagonal Cup/Saucer

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery Pre 1950: item #742357
189-17

Measurements: 4.5" x 4.5 x .5" deep (saucer) 2.5 x 2.5 x 2" deep (cup) Beautiful hand painted pair with delicate coloring; unfaded and without damage. Matching plate also shown on this site. The cup shows the sailor who would have been on the Mayflower.