Service of 8 dessert plates & Cake Centerpiece by Grandjean Jourdan Vallauris, 1960s.

Set of 8 dessert plates (17.5 cm in diameter) and a presentation dish (30.5 cm in diameter / 4cm in height). “Faux Bois” model from Grandjean-Jourdan to Vallauris. Magnificent general condition. 2 minor dents on a plate.

Typical of the 1960s. Rare model: in general, there are black silhouettes on a background of veined wood, but very few with only slices of wood trunk! To use without moderation for its offbeat style for serving mushroom pies, blueberry pies, or a christmas log!

About the Designer

The famous "faux bois" of the Grandjean-Jourdan dynasty (Sébastien and then his son Eugène Grandjean): The idea of imitating olive tree wood was born by chance when a decorator sought to blur the brushstrokes of the wood-colored backgrounds of one of the ceramics with a cotton pad.

Born in 1920 in Golfe-Juan, Eugène Grandjean completed his secondary studies in Cannes. From 1940, he learned the potter's trade from his father, Sébastien Grandjean. The corporate name of this factory was already Grandjean-Jourdan, but it produced culinary pottery at the time. From this date, Eugène Grandjean will no longer leave the factory and in 1957, the date of his father's death, he definitively takes over its management. In 1981 the factory closed its doors.

Period

Circa 1960-1969

Place of Origin

Vallauris, France

Condition

2 minor dents on a plate otherwise Good Vintage Condition.

Dimensions

30cm x 30cm x 4cm