This dramatic HR Quimper vase was made around 1915 and is 10½" tall and 6½" wide.  It makes a significant display in a relatively small space and would look splendid on a mantel or shelf.    The vase is in a fleur-de-lys form with a tulip-shaped top.  A raised, striped band of blue gathers in the petals, and the arms of Brittany decorate the front and back feet.                          SOLD

Signed HR Quimper as shown to the left.

         

   

Georges Brisson (1902-1980) created designs for the HB factory from 1923 to 1928.  In their article in Volume IV of the Encyclopédie des céramiques de Quimper,  Philippe Théallet and Bernard Jules Verlingue note that Brisson put new life into “le petit Breton,” whose image had become a bit formal in previous years.  Brisson’s  imaginative art deco style transformed the traditional Breton figures into the lively modern couples portrayed on the two plates shown below.

In 1930 Brisson wrote to a friend, “I spend too much time [on my designs] for the price.”  From then on he concentrated on paintings, which he showed at galleries and the Nantes Museum of Fine Arts. The plate shown above dates from the 1920s when Brisson was associated with the HB factory.  The couple lean to the left into the wind as the blue clouds blow by behind them. The colors are clear and vibrant against the white background.  Two tiny chips under the lower rim have been professionally restored.  The plate is 9½" wide and is in excellent condition.    SOLD		Below the HB Quimper signature on the back is the identifying mark of the painter (.o.o).

The second plate, which has a slightly creamy background, was fired after 1942 from another Brisson design. This couple also stands on green seaweed with the water behind and the clouds above. The girl is carrying a cluster of fruit. This plate is 9¼" wide and in excellent condition. The “R” that is part of the mark on the back identifies the head of one of the factory’s ateliers.

 

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