Catalog: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: French: Pottery (22)

French Majolica knife rests from the 1950s, a pair. Handmade, unsigned but likely from Vallauris, the foremost ceramic centre in postwar France, also favoured by artists like Picasso. Length c."4/ 10 cm. Condition: a small glaze flake to the tip of the tail of one dove (cf. pic 3 and 4).

Three small dishes in a soft leaflike shape, in the white and very thinly glazed. From the Revernay pottery (founded in a village with that name around 1900 and moved to Vallauris in southern France after WWII). Many avantgarde ceramists who worked in modernist style – one of them being Picasso – gathered in Vallauris in the 50s and 60s. Width "3 / 7.5 cm. Condition: rim frits to one dish (cf. pics).

Faience pitcher by Aegitna in Vallauris, France. Aegitna or Saltamacchia was one of the first ceramic workshops established in the village of Vallauris near Cannes and the Mediterranean. Vallauris was to become the most famous center in postwar Europe for the renewal of ceramic art, and many modernist ceramists like Picasso settled there to work...

Mosaic pottery tazza and vase from the 1940s or 50s, by Gerbino, France. The handling and modelling of clays in various colors necessary for the creation of this kind of art objects was a complicated procedure, mastered only by Jean Gerbino and his family in Vallauris, the French studio pottery center of the period. Impressed marks Gerbino and Vallauris. Height of tazza "3 ½ / 9 cm and of the vase "5 ½ / 14 cm, diameter of tazza "6/ 15 cm. Condition: fine.

An impressive Art Déco period ceramic mantel clock set, marble glazed. From the 1920’s, French or Belgian, unmarked. Width of centre piece " 12 ½ / 32 cm, height of side pieces "6 ½ / 17 cm. Condition: The original clock has never been repaired (works only sporadically) and there are a few rim frits to the back (cf. last picture).

Nice pair of plates or dishes from Gien, France. The assiettes parlantes / talking plates communicate proverbs and jokes by way of rebuses, the solution given on the back. Plate A: IL FAUT SEMER POUR RECOLTER / You have to sow before you can harvest. On plate B: LES REBUS ILLUSTRES SONT FORT A LA MODE PAR LE TEMPS QUI COURT / Illustrated rebuses are very much en vogue currently. Currently, or how time flies, is shown by the winged and running figure at the end of the rebus...

Green, gray and yellow glazed ceramic pendant with a radiating sun-like motif. The back signed Vallauris, the postwar French experimental art pottery center where artists like Picasso used to work in the 1950’s and 60’s. Unusual. Height "2¾/ 7 cm. Condition: fine

A French vase by Paul Jacquet, 1ate 1920’s. Stylized flowers within panels in yellow, green and black, in late Art Nouveau style. Unsigned, impressed 1. Height "2¾/ 7 cm, diameter "3½/ 9 cm. Small glaze bubble to the neck (cf. photo).

A 1950's decorative plaque from Vallauris, France. Still life of vegetables in glossy green and red against a matted grey background. On the back an original label for Louis Giraud, renowned for his table tops and plaques. Width "9 ½ / 24 cm. Condition: fine.

A lidded box by French Longwy. Crackle glaze and enamelled relief decoration in brilliant colours, in the Oriental style typical of Longwy. Model number: 1504, pattern number 5685, c 1920-30. Printed greenrk "Longwy emaux"/enamels and signature in black: S.F. Width "5¼/ 13 cm and height "2¼/ 5,5 cm. Condition: fine.

A small double handled small pot or jar by Robert Picault in French Vallauris. Geometric decoration in blue and white, c. 1960. Width including handles "5¼/ 13 cm, height "1¾/ 4,5 cm. Condition: fine.

French Majolica plate by Cerenne, Vallauris, 1950's. Relief moulded and brightly painted decoration of sea food, the animals forming reserves for six oysters. Charles René Roger Neveux ("Cerenne" = CRN) was the leader of one of the most popular ceramic studios in Vallauris. Diameter "10/ 25,5 cm. Condition: a few minimal chips and a small restoration to the rim as seen on photo.

Sauce pot with spout and handle, decoration in green and brown on white, and with a Greek fret border in sgraffito, 1950's. Pierced handle, to allow for the pot to be exposed on the kitchen wall. Marks for Robert Picault, Vallauris. Width "6½/ 17 cm, height "2¼/ 6 cm. Condition: fine.

Pair of snail dishes by Robert Picault in French Vallauris. Decoration in green and brown, each dish intended for half a dozen snails. Pierced handles to allow for the dishes to be exposed on the kitchen wall. Marked RP. Width "8¼/ 21 and "8½/ 21,5 cm. Condition: fine.

Double-handled bowl or serving pot, c 1960, painted in green and brown over white crackle glaze, and with a Greek fret or wave sgraffitto border. Marks for Robert Picault. Width "5½/ 14 cm, height "2¼/ 5,5 cm. Condition: fine.

A pair of 1950's French egg cups. Marbled glaze in green and red on white and sweep shape to one side of the border. One cup with impressed mark "Vallauris". Height "2¼/ 6 cm. Condition: fine.

Large three-legged stoneware dish of asymmetrical shape with a carved and enameled non-figural motif in yellow, blue, red and green on white. The three legs articulated in white against a black background. 1950's, unsigned, in the style of Kostanda, Rivier, Fidler or Derval. Width "12/ 30 cm, height "2¾/ 7 cm. Condition: two of the legs restuck (cf. last photo).

A French Vallauris dish by Cerenne, with black, silky glaze. Decoration in bright enamels of a gardener with his tools and flower pots.The back with impressed Vallauris mark and painted MC (painters signature) and Cerenne Vallauris. Cerenne (=CRN) was the signature used by one of the largest ceramic workshops in Vallauris, led by Charles René Roger Neveux. Diameter "8¾/ 22,5 cm. Condition: small rubbing to the glaze just outside the right flower.