Highland Park Modern

Raoul Lachenal large blue crackle glaze vase with silver pewter band made circa 1930's - 1940's. It's signed on base; 'Lachenal'. Image 5: Photo of a Dynasty of French Ceramists - Edmond Lachenal (1855 - 1948) in the center, Raoul Pierre Lachenal (1885 - 1956) on the left and Jean-Jacques Lachenal (1881 - 1945). About the Artist: Raoul Lachenal was a French potter. The son of Edmond Lachenal, Raoul Lachenal worked in his father's studio until 1911, when he established a new workshop at Boulogne-sur-Seine. While some of Raoul Lachenal's Art Nouveau ceramics resemble pieces by his father, he also produced distinctive stoneware that can hold its own against works by master glaze artists like Ernest Chaplet and Albert Dammouse...