Vallauris (South of France)

The variety of Vallauris potters.

le 17 dec 39- written on the base and hand thrown.

8 or possibly B.34 with label. 20.5cm. Can someone translate the label for me please? Any idea of period? This is very different from other Vallauris on the thread.

Hello there

FPP = Faiences et Poteries Provencales = pottery created in 1950 by two partners Jean Rossignol and Joseph Calvas-Blanchon (Born 22/11/1914) It closed in 1967. Hope this helps. No idea what the B.34 stands for other than a model number.

fish roundel....with capron impressed

and a website collection...http://www.colceram.online.fr/vallauris.htm

well dantheman if u are talking about ugly then look at this.... todays find.....shocking to think that delicious goodies are"supposed to" be displayed on this monster. i would think that only bright colored Indian cookies would show off best.

Jerome Massier - my favourite Vallauris. I think it just creeps into the 20th century. Probably designed by Clement Massier may have been reissued after his death around 1909. 31.5cm. If any of the French specialists can tell me more I would be grateful

I bought that pot earlier this year in a flea market unfortunately it has a chip missing Jaques I nnocenti died in 1958 so he was in vallauris when Picasso was there influencing a lot of potters THe massier family are hard to sort out clement massier is generally late 19 early 20 delphin also but some pieces were produced later as for jerome we find are large production from the 50s I think it must be the same factory incidently ther are massiers at work again in vallauris.fixits piece could be shape number 821 came in 18 32 and 43 cm hieghts

'Garrigue' series, 1970s

my mother just walked in with this early christmas present I think it is french Jean de L'espinasse but it looks german any ideas?

HI, I´m almost sure it´s Jean de L`espinasse, please, try this link for the signatures:

http://www.vallauris.org/artistes/fiches-produit/l/lespinasse.html

I didn't know prior to buying the piece that Capron & Picault opened a factory in 1952 producing architectural ceramics,shortly after which they were awarded a gold medal in Milan(1954) & a gold money medal in Cannes the following year,four years later they got the hat trick by winning the gold medal in Brussels.

this is by Robert Meynard 1958 pictured in anne Lajoix's book L'age D'or de Vallauris it could be this very vase as it's a vintage photo from an exibition catalogue

another Capron table

fixit_bear wrote:I think the later pices are marked J Massier Fils. But as you say it is a tangled story. Thank you

J massier fils was born in 1850 so generally they are the earlier pieces