Two early 20thc French potters: Jean Pointu and Léon Pointu
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
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…
Louis and Gilbert Metenier – stoneware studio pottery of the Art Deco years
Metenier – or Métenier – is an important name in pre-war French stoneware. Once popular with well-to-do homemakers of the 1920s and 1930s, pottery by Louis and his son, Gilbert Metenier is prized by collectors.
Charles Greber – Nuts about Art Nouveau
Charles Greber and Art Nouveau I had to wrest this Charles Greber Art Nouveau jardinière from the “homme de ma vie” He thought it would make a good receptacle for storing his hazelnuts. Well, it has been a bumper year for hazelnuts this year, but even so… It’s a stupendous piece of French Art Nouveau stoneware…