Why pottery lovers can’t resist La Puisaye This summer, we went pottering in a town famous for a 500-year-old stoneware tradition – and for sparking off a French ceramics revival. Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye is one of those beguiling Burgundy towns surrounded by rolling countryside, where chateaux pop up over every hedgerow. Oh, and it also this rather…
The French pottery Verceram perfectly captured mid century style in France. With its bold contrasts and groovy shapes, it might have come from another universe. When the company closed in 1971, it left behind an amazing legacy of mid century designs… and some questions.
It’s spring, and here are the tulips to prove it, modelling a trio of pots by a duo of potters: Jean and Léon Pointu. Welcome to a world of refined shapes and gorgeous glazes.
Twinkle, twinkle, Pierrefonds pottery I do love crystalline stoneware, so I was thrilled to find this exceptional Art Deco Pierrefonds pottery vase (available to buy here). The rotund shape gives it Art Deco gravitas, and the crystalline glaze is deep and scintillating. It’s a bit of a star turn, even by Pierrefonds standards. Few people use the…