Pique flowers

Ancient vase flowers in the shape of cap signed accolay (in the yonne ) made in france. H 14 cm X d 13 cm.in excellent condition. For the record: On october 26, 1945, four "zazous": a. Boutaud, louis dangon, slavic paley, and raude, moved into a disused former factory in accolay in the yonne in burgundy. They leave the vocational high school in mâcon where they had, among other things, the ceramicist alexandre kostanda as a teacher. They made ceramic accessories, brooches, jewelry, but it was mainly the buttons that, in 1946, brought them their first success with an order of 300 buttons for the new look collection of christian dior. The small business is growing, or more accurately the community, bringing together no less than 80 people who share work, religion and ideology. At the end of 1947, a first professional turner named barachant was hired to start a production of utilitarian ceramics: the fashion for ceramic buttons was on the decline. The first sale at the st martin's fair in auxerre in 1948 was a success, and in 1949 small monochrome series appeared as the idea of community disappeared. In 1952, the date of the arrival of the canadian painter rafael giaroussu, the production was very important, combining technical innovations and various inspirations, drawing on any political, cultural and sociological event, without neglecting humour and fantasy. The production of accolay sold on the banks of the rn6 and rn7 (national roads), among other potters, and it is phenomenal quantities of ceramic objects that are offered, including the best and the worst. However, may 68 arrives and the company changes. Accolay, like vallauris, is struggling to keep up and that's the decline. The beautiful accolay production is trying to adapt. Gradually cepamine resin and metal replaced ceramics, and then it was the death of boutaud in the 1980s.

Ref. : 82GB4CAY