Coffee and Tea Service from Vallauris Ceramics, 1950s, Set of 15

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Awesome coffee or ceramic tea game of Vallauris. Formed by 6 cup and dish, coffee maker, sugar and milkmaid. It … Read more Awesome coffee or ceramic tea game of Vallauris. Formed by 6 cup and dish, coffee maker, sugar and milkmaid. It is very original and fun, thanks to its decorative forms and colors. Follow the primitivist aesthetics that captivated artists like Picasso. A unique and exclusive game, performed by hand.

Vallauris was a potter who experienced great growth in the mid -nineteenth century thanks to the arrival of the railroad. It ended up consecrating as a ceramic focus with the arrival of post -impression and modern post painters, such as Chagall or Picasso, who sought in the eastern and primitive their source of inspiration. At the moment, the big factories arises, and with them, a true industrial and commercial organization in terms of ceramic production.

Since the Gallic-Roman elder, pottery has stood out in Vallauris thanks to culinary ceramics. Cazuelas, pots and jugs have increased the international reputation of Vallauris, especially due to the resistance of this material at high temperatures. The arrival of Picasso in the 1950s gave Vallauris to the capital range of the ceramics of France, since it attracted many artists eager to learn the arts of fire.

Vallauris ceramics is top quality both in material and design.

Measures of each piece:

(6) Dishes: 13 cm diam.

(6) Cups: 6 cm diam; 6.5 cm high.

Sugar: 10 cm diam; 5.5 cm high.

Coffee: 12.5 cm Diam; 15 cm high.

Milk: 8.5 cm diam; 9.5 cm high. See less