Tuesday, May 18, 2010

les petits cendriers

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

signed "JEAN EFFEL" - a french painter, illustrator, caricaturist and journalist who was also known by his nom de plume François Lejeune [1908-1982]


*****

"DEGUSTATION BARONE
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

*****

"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

mark on base: "PORCELAINES GOUMOT-LABESSE
LIMOGES FRANCE"

No comments: