Large Leaf Ceramic Plate by Valentine Schlegel, 2001

French Green and Gold Ceramic Mirror by Alice Colonieu, Mid-20th Century The mirrored part is not original and not signed but you can see on the last picture of Alice colonieu with the mirror in her hands. Alice Colonieu was a French ceramist, painter and sculptor born on 5 November 1924 in Marseille. After completing her studies at the École supérieure des beaux-arts de Marseille, Colonieu attended the École de Formation Artistique de Fontcarrade in Montpellier and later established a studio near Orange. From the 1940s to the 1980s, Colonieu worked in clay, creating heavy, colourful ceramics...

This oak shelve from 1949 is an emblematic piece of Marcel Gascoin's work and of the housing Reconstruction period. Marcel Gascoin, born August 24, 1907 in Le Havre and died October ...

Valentine Schlegel rare biomorphic glazed ceramic vase beautifully contoured, sensual and organic in form, France, 1955. Incised 'V. Schlegel' to underside. Valentine Schlegel (French, b. 1926) was one of the most important modernist ceramicists of the 1950s whose abstract, unique style was evident in her varied oeuvre consisting of sculpture and ceramics to leatherworking and interior architecture. She was born in the coastal town of Séte and studied at l’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier where she began developing her interest in the medium of drawing. Schlegel worked for the first Avignon festivals as an assistant costume designer, prop specialist, and eventually chief stage manager. In 1945 Schlegel moved to Paris and discovered ceramics with Frédérique Bourguet and later with her sister Andrée Vilar...

Large ceramic round plate with colourful design. France, circa 1970.