Henriot Quimper Charles Maillard Breton earthenware pitcher with apron, 20th century
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Anthropomorphic polychrome earthenware pitcher by Henriot Quimper, signed Maillard Charles (1876-1973), representing a Breton woman wearing her headdress and a checked apron, from the 20th century.
This pitcher is in good condition. Signed, see photos.
Please note: slight wear and tear, see photos.
is a French sculptor and ceramist. He studied at the Regional School of Fine Arts in Angers—where he was taught by Brunelair—then moved to Paris where he attended the Académie Julian and joined the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts where he was a student in the studios of Louis-Ernest Barrias and Jules Coutan. From 1901, after his studies, Charles Maillard exhibited regularly at the Salon des artistes français. He received several medals and honorable mentions. Also known as a ceramist - among others for the national manufacture of Sèvres (contract of October 15, 1926) - the Breton theme appears in his work from 1926. He collaborated with the Henriot manufacture during the interwar period, proposing the edition of numerous groups, often with a utilitarian purpose: ceramics, The Elegant Woman with a Parasol in 1927, Woman with a Basket of Fruit, Wax Bust of Our Lady of Lourdes; Henriot Quimper utilities, pitcher with the Breton Musician Sonneur, water jug Crêpière with a Blue Apron, bookend in Quimper earthenware, Breton egg cup.