Accolay Pottery Furniture

Accolay Decorative blue ceramic table lamp Original perfect condition Signed under the base, sold without lampshade Ceramic dimension: Height 30cm, large 16cm with elect...

A truly stunning French Accolay gauloise blue ceramic vase dating from around 1960. Elegant and simplistic shape. The vase is decorated in con...

A truly stunning French Accolay gauloise blue ceramic vase dating from around 1960. Elegant and simplistic shape. The vase is decorated in contrasting matt blue colors with a spi...

A truly stunning French Accolay gauloise blue ceramic vase dating from around 1960. Elegant and simplistic shape. The vase is decorated in contrasting matt blue colors with a spi...

A truly stunning French Accolay gauloise blue ceramic vase dating from around 1960. Elegant and simplistic shape. The vase is decorated in con...

ACCOLAY planter Pottery from Accolay (Yonne department), ceramic. Measures: H: 33 cm, W: 49 cm, D: 16 cm.

A ceramic vase with blue glaze decoration by Accolay. Perfect original conditions. Signed "Accolay" under the base, Circa 1960-1970.

French midcentury vase by Accolay, France, 1950s. Turquoise blue and anthracite gray concentric circle vase. Measures: Height 25cm (9.8"), diameter 17cm (6.7"). Delivered wired for y...

A truly stunning French Accolay gauloise blue ceramic bottle shaped art vase dating from around 1960. Of tall elegant and simplistic shape the vase has a tear drop shaped base standi...

Beautiful handcrafted midcentury pitcher from Accolay with a very eye-catching design. The stunning colors fit perfectly with almost any color scheme. This beautiful piece is in perfect condition, no cracks or chips. Signed Accolay. Under the term Poterie d'Accolay, we group together the production of a community of potters settled in the village of Accolay, in the department of Yonne. This production center was created by four former students of Alexander Kostanda. Active from 1945-1983, their pottery is distinguished by a great technical inventiveness and an extremely abundant production. The pottery community exploited the proximity of the National 6 (can be compared to Route 66 in the USA) by investing in the service stations to make permanent exhibition places on the circuit of migration of Parisian tourists. Their exhibition buildings, inspired by the construction of the 24h circuit of Le Mans, became the obligatory stage for holiday makers in transit. The National 6 joins the 7 known as the sun route. This form of marketing continued at the entrance to Vermenton until the closure of factories in 1983. The creation of the Lyon motorway had however for several years derived the flow of tourists. The forefather Alexandre Kostanda (Dec 1921 - Nov 2007) was born in Poland of Russian parents. The family emigrated to Lorraine in France, where his mother Irene worked as a decorator in a porcelain factory. They then moved to Vallauris, where his mother worked at Louis Giraud's workshop. Alexandre joined the company as an apprentice from 1936-1938. After the war he taught pottery at the Longchamps...

A ceramic vase with blue glaze decoration by Accolay. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base "Accolay", circa 1960-1970.

Gauloise blue ceramic vase by Accolay, France, circa 1960.