Mithe Ceramic Boxes
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Vintage 1970s French Decorative Boxes
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Vintage 1970s French Decorative Boxes
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Vintage 1970s French Decorative Boxes
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Vintage 1970s French Decorative Boxes
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Mid-20th Century French Decorative Boxes
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Mid-20th Century French Decorative Boxes
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Mid-20th Century French Decorative Boxes
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
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Late 20th Century French Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Enamel
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Mid-20th Century French Ceramics
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s French French Provincial Decorative Boxes
Enamel
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Enamel, Gold Leaf
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century European Decorative Boxes
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Ceramic, Glass, Wood
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
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Vintage 1960s French Decorative Boxes
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage 1960s French Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Earthenware, Wood
Vintage 1960s French Decorative Boxes
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Ceramic, Wood
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Enamel
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Ceramic
Vintage 1960s French Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Enamel
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Enamel
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Marie-Thérèse Espelt, known better as Mithé Espelt, was a dominant force in mid-20th-century ceramics in France. Mithé is remembered for her modern ceramic wall mirrors, gilded and enameled ashtrays and other ornate objects and boxes, often featuring birds and lively colors. She preferred not to sign her pieces and, as a consequence, much of her work has been misattributed, including to French ceramist François Lembo.
Mithé grew up in the Camargue region of France. Her father’s extensive network included 1904 Nobel Prize winner Frédéric Mistral and Parisian painter and decorator Jean Hugo. Mithé’s early introduction to a community of artists inspired her to study sculpture and drawing at the Beaux-Arts School in Montpellier in 1939.
Mithé’s early work caught the attention of French ceramist Emilie Decanis and jewelry distributor Charles Démery. Mithé set up a ceramics workshop in the Hôtel de Bernis in Lunel, where she quickly garnered a reputation for her ceramic work and accessories, including mirrors, jewelry boxes and buttons. Démery founded the Souleiado boutique, which began distributing Mithé’s work, thus attracting a worldwide audience.
French author Antoine Candau wrote a retrospective book on Mithé’s career titled Mithé Espelt, the Discreet Luxury of the Every Day, which contributed to bringing her legacy to the forefront while shedding light on her anonymity. While Mithé was respected within her inner circle, the general public is only now beginning to understand the immense talent behind her over five-decade-long career.
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