now here is something different! - a miniature bidet in the shape of a horse's head!...but really an ashtray - designed by Jean EFFEL for DUPONT...
"DUPONT"
mid-20th C.; ceramic
10 x 6 cm x 7 cm in height [base 5.5 x 4 cm]
CAD/US$100/Euros80
mid-20th C.; ceramic
10 x 6 cm x 7 cm in height [base 5.5 x 4 cm]
CAD/US$100/Euros80
signed "JEAN EFFEL" - a french painter, illustrator, caricaturist and journalist who was also known by his nom de plume François Lejeune [1908-1982]
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"DEGUSTATION BARONE
Mid-20th C.; ceramic
10 x 9 cm x 1.5 cm in height
[no mark on base]
[two tiny chips off glaze on rim]
CAD/US$50/Euros40
43, Rue Vacon
COQUILLAGES"Mid-20th C.; ceramic
10 x 9 cm x 1.5 cm in height
[no mark on base]
[two tiny chips off glaze on rim]
CAD/US$50/Euros40
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"AUX GALERIES LAFAYETTE
PARIS" around rim
"LW" in center
1980's [?]; ceramic
11.5 cm in diameter x 1.5 cm in height
CAD/US$50/Euros40
PARIS" around rim
"LW" in center
1980's [?]; ceramic
11.5 cm in diameter x 1.5 cm in height
CAD/US$50/Euros40
mark on base: "PORCELAINES GOUMOT-LABESSE
LIMOGES FRANCE"
LIMOGES FRANCE"