Tea or coffee service in Puisaye stoneware, signed Jean-Pierre Prud’homme

Charming stoneware tea set from Puisaye with a beautiful, slightly pyrite glaze in soft ecru, caramel, and chocolate colors—a material and color scheme typical of the 1970s. It can be used for serving coffee, but it was originally designed as a tea set, as a ceramic filter fits onto the teapot (and another piece, presumably for pressing the tea). The set comprises six adorable, rounded cups, each with its own saucer, a covered sugar bowl, a small milk jug, a teapot with its lid, a tea filter, and its press. A beautiful example of handcrafted work in throwing and glazing by the ceramist Jean-Pierre Prud'homme. The teapot is signed JP underneath. This set is part of a larger dinner service (plates, dishes, etc., some of which are already for sale here). Jean-Pierre Prud’homme and his wife founded a pottery workshop in Monnaie in 1971, working with clay from the Nièvre region (Puisaye stoneware). This workshop still exists today (Atelier Au Grès du Vent), and is run by his son Benoît, who took over in the 1990s and 2000s and also creates beautiful ceramics. This set dates from the 1970s or 80s and is in perfect condition, with no cracks, chips, or even a nick; it has probably never been used. The cups are 7.5 cm in diameter, 10 cm wide including the handle, and 5 cm high; the saucers are 13 cm in diameter; the milk jug is 9 cm high; the sugar bowl is 11.5 cm in diameter; and the teapot is 24 cm wide from the handle to the spout, approximately 18 cm in diameter, and approximately 9.5 cm high.