Re: french pottery

by **tenpot** on Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:09 pm

they are cigales or cicadas? in english among other things I'm a beekeeper

by **big ed** on Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:16 pm

What,...just the one Laughter

by **dantheman** on Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:32 pm

are cigales like grasshoppers?

by **tenpot** on Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:22 am

cigales are like crickets they sit in trees and make a lot of noise when its hot :: not at the moment it was -7c. here yesterday not even the one bee in sight

by **tenpot** on Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:35 pm

another jean de l'espinasse confirming the signature yesterdays find

by **tenpot** on Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:17 pm

CAB ceramique d'art bordeaux one signed Gete 20s 30s

by **Pip** on Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:20 pm

tenpot wrote:another jean de l'espinasse confirming the signature yesterdays find

gorgeous... what era? 1950s ish?

by **tenpot** on Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:29 pm

this vase grows on me its another one that I bought for the signature but I wouldnt like to resell .I think 50s or 60s the workshop ran on untill his death in 1979

by **vizibell** on Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:00 pm

I think you'll find they are cicadas - noisy blighters. Are they
mis-B-having at a B junction?
B-ware! V

by **Pip** on Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:36 am

This is a bit of a weird thread - I'm going to move it to the Pottery Discussion area since it seems to be a jumble of different makers.

by **R.Ferrao** on Sat May 28, 2011 4:02 pm

Answer to the post: "Bees from the Cote d'azure"

These are cicadas and they're the mascots of Provence on the south of France. They're used as the region symbol.