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.
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Definitely.. support your local potter..I'm sure that they would be making something to complement those plates.
Beautiful colour and glaze.
They are very pretty.
When 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 .....
I do go to local potters for all sorts of things; I've even had roof pinnacles specially made for me.
They're lovely to use. Everything looks so inviting on them.
It's a beautiful green; very Provencal.
My preference is for rustic pottery. You're right, they can be heavy, but peasant folk were built to carry big piles of them!
I 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.
I do appreciate the color of your plates, they are so lovely! But that video blew me away.
I'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.
What skill and invention. I would never have imagined they were made that way.
I 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.
I love them! I like a plate to look inviting.
What happened to your post about the spare heir and his celebutard wife?
That sounds equally good. I love finding potters who make things that are not only useful, but are also beautiful.
It's amazing how they affect your appetite and enjoyment!
I found it rather boring, and I think others did too.
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