Re: Vallauris (South of France)

by **big ed** on Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:57 pm

Come to think of it , I think the name was Giraud , any Ideas ?

by **dantheman** on Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:22 pm

there were several Girauds,I think we would need to see it

by **big ed** on Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:35 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JOLI-PIED-DE-LAMPE-SIGNE-GIRAUD-VALLAURIS_W0QQitemZ220063873342QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_YO_MaisonJardin_EclairageLumiere_EclairageLampe?hash=item333cd4393e&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

It looks very like this one , but with a better glaze

by **big ed** on Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:49 pm

ok ,ta .

by tenpot on Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:38 am

big ed wrote:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JOLI-PIED-DE-LAMPE-SIGNE-GIRAUD-VALLAURIS_W0QQitemZ220063873342QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_YO_MaisonJardin_EclairageLumiere_EclairageLampe?hash=item333cd4393e&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

It looks very like this one , but with a better glaze

typical 60s Giraud I know someone with a garage full they are quality pieces and lots of potters including Kostanda worked for him but not highly sought after

by **big ed** on Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:40 pm

I never bought it after all , wanted too much , I bought a nice Alexandra Copeland Vase signed dartington instead .

by **dantheman** on Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:03 pm

Nice,I'd love to see it...

by **big ed** on Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:10 pm

I will post it when I get back Dan , it's quite big with a childlike style of a man and Kangaroo N' stuff ,they asked £68 , paid £45 so I think a good deal as her pieces are supposed to be quite collectable it's dated and signed A Copelaqnd Dartington 98', anywho, I just liked it and that's the main thing.

by **dantheman** on Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:00 pm

sounds like a good deal Ed

by tenpot on Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:37 pm

WOW PICAULT

by **dantheman** on Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:39 pm

very nice,is it a recent find?

by tenpot on Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:56 pm

I first saw it some years ago in a house nearby the owners mother bought it in portugal I explained that it was Vallauris yesterday she phoned to say they were moving house and had some 'brocante' to sell so there it was I'll probably only get 20euros for it on a flea market at the present time so may hold on to it for a while (it still has traces of gratin in it )

by **dantheman** on Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:02 pm

I love to see studio pottery used for cooking,we are far too precious about it

by tenpot on Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:14 pm

thats what the whole Bernard Leach thing was about I have a friend who worked in harry davis's pottery who rekoned that harry would be horrified that his pieces were being treated as collectables

by **dantheman** on Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:17 pm

Jane Hamlyn is the same,she makes pottery that just looks wrong in a cabinet