les petites assiettes

[speaking of plates, mine has been rather full this summer, therefore have been a little distracted from posting regularly...but I will make more of an effort to continue on!]

"CHEZ ANTOINE

75, RUE SAINTE-ANNE

PARIS 2e. - RIC 78-67"

[this restaurant is no longer at this address - if anyone remembers it from long ago, please do let me know...]
Limoges faience; mid-20th C.;
14 x 9.5 cm x 2 cm high

CAD/US$150/ Euros 120

detail of the mark on the base

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12 franc saucer; early 20th C.;
11.5 cm in diameter x 2 cm high

CAD/US$100/Euros 80

not completely legible mark on base::
"CHARL[?]NAIS

[?]PANASSIER

.TOULOUSE."

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2 franc saucer;  early 20th C.;
12.5 cm in diameter x 2 cm high

CAD/US$100/Euros 80

detail of mark on base::

"E LE NOUBLANCHE

52, RUE DE PARADIS

PARIS"

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advertising saucer for sugar-coated almonds "DRAGEES PECOU" from "MONTAUBAN" in southwestern France
ceramic; mid-20th C.;
12 cm in diameter x 2 cm high
[mark on base:: "ARDUS"]

CAD/US$50/Euros 40

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]

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"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

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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

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