Vallauris Ceramic Cheese or Dessert Platter

Mid-Century Vallauris Majolica Ceramic Platter Unique and colorful leaf shaped glazed ceramic platter, serving tray or centerpiece manufactured by Vallauris France, pottery makers, ...

Impressive and colorful leaf shaped glazed ceramic platter, serving tray or centerpiece manufactured by Vallauris France, pottery makers, circa 1950s. Useful as centerpiece, fruit or dessert...

A beautiful handcrafted, hand painted decorative plate from Ceramics of Monaco. Fabricated in one of the many small ceramic factories in the Pri...

A handsome midcentury French decorative plate or large vide poche. The apparent very talented ceramist used textures that resemble that of a painting of flowers. The wonderful form and colors on the beige background reflect the artist's painterly attention to detail. A beautiful addition to a collection of Mid-Century Modern French pottery...

Large Mid-Century Jerome Massier Vallauris platter , circa 1950. Decorated with green leaves and flowers on a white background. 15 by 10.7 inches.

Ceramic plate decorated with a rooster. Signed under the plate. French work, circa 1950.

A circa 1970's Italian col0r-glazed plate. Measurements: Diameter: 13" Depth: 2"

Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) French ceramist in Vallauris Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs. His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors. A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop. In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon...