Soup bowls in Puisaye pyrite stoneware by Jean-Pierre Prud'homme

Here are four magnificent soup bowls, which could also be used to serve a fruit salad, scoops of ice cream or diverted as an aperitif to present appetizers. They are made of Puisaye stoneware with a wonderful glaze mixing soft and comforting tones: beige, caramel and chocolate, material and colors typical of the 70s. A superb craftsmanship of the potter Jean-Pierre Prud'homme. They are not signed, just marked with a 1 hollowed into the material (size of the bowl), but I can affirm that they are by Jean-Pierre Prud'homme because I have had many pieces of this ceramist in my hands, including a complete service with bowls quite similar, but marked with a number 2 (because just a tad larger). Jean-Pierre Prud'homme did not sign all his pieces when they were part of a service, just the large pieces such as soup tureen, pitcher, dish... But the enameling of these bowls is even more successful than that of other bowls that I have had in my hands, so I think they are a little later, perhaps late 70s, early 80s. Jean-Pierre Prud'homme founded with his wife an artisanal pottery workshop in 1971 in Monnaie, working with clay from Nièvre (Puisaye sandstone). This workshop still exists today but is run by his son Benoît who took over in the 1990s-2000s and also creates very beautiful ceramics. These bowls are in perfect condition, no defects to report, not even a chip! They measure 13.5 cm wide including handles, 11 cm in diameter at the opening and 8 cm high.