Pair Of French Quimper Ceramic Vases, Mid 20th Century
A decorative pair of French Quimper lidded vases, hand painted and profusely decorated in bright colours.
Each piece of Quimper faience is completely handmade and unique with one artist hand painting each piece from start to finish. Each piece is initialled by the artist
Tin-glazed hand painted French faience Quimper Pottery has been manufactured in Quimper, a town in Brittany, France for over 300 years. The pottery adopted its name from the town of Quimper where potter Jean Baptiste Bousquet built his kilns in the Quimper area of Locmaria in 1685 and was given a royal manufacturing license by King Louis XIV. Bousquet is credited with being the founder of "Quimper Pottery". His firm was known as HB Quimper.
In 2011 Jean Pierre Le Goff purchased the company and changed the name to Henriot.
Dimensions
Height 37cm, Width 15cm, Depth 11.5cm
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