This lovely old-fashioned pottery in Biot, Provence, is where I ordered my green glazed plates, that we use for 'special' occasions. I found this short video totally fascinating.
I now rather regret that I didn't order some small side plates to go with them.
I keep looking for something suitable, but as yet no luck. I may have to go to a local Pottery Fair, and get someone to make some for me.
Definitely.. support your local potter..I'm sure that they would be making something to complement those plates.
ReplyDeleteI do go to local potters for all sorts of things; I've even had roof pinnacles specially made for me.
DeleteBeautiful colour and glaze.
ReplyDeleteThey're lovely to use. Everything looks so inviting on them.
DeleteThey are very pretty.
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful green; very Provencal.
DeleteWhen I am laying the table and we have guests I am always surprised by the weight of a dinner plate. Grabbing 4 or more with one hand is a bit of a struggle with arthritis having sits little games. If I win the lottery I think I would go for porcelain .....
ReplyDeleteMy preference is for rustic pottery. You're right, they can be heavy, but peasant folk were built to carry big piles of them!
DeleteI have admired those plates before. There seems to be nothing like them in England. I looked for them at the Cley Pottery but even they didn't have them. Perhaps I should have asked them to make me one.
ReplyDeleteI'm very glad I had them made for us; we love using them. I expect it was the man in the video who made them; M Augé-Laribé.
DeleteI do appreciate the color of your plates, they are so lovely! But that video blew me away.
ReplyDeleteWhat skill and invention. I would never have imagined they were made that way.
DeleteI bought some rather similar but in a deep blue from a roadside pottery deep in the Turkish countryside many years ago. Have always regretted not buying more than I did.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds equally good. I love finding potters who make things that are not only useful, but are also beautiful.
DeleteI love them! I like a plate to look inviting.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how they affect your appetite and enjoyment!
DeleteWhat happened to your post about the spare heir and his celebutard wife?
ReplyDeleteI found it rather boring, and I think others did too.
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