1950s Jean Gerbino Ceramic Vase (8in/20cm)

1950s Jean Gerbino Ceramic Vase (8in/20cm)French ceramicist Jean Gerbino was born into a Sicilian family of potters, and started learning the craft at just 10 years old. When he was old enough, he left for Vallauris where he was hired under Pierre Clment Massier. Gerbino was heavily influenced by neriage a Japanese technique where colored clay is stacked and sliced to reveal a pattern that can be used as an applied decoration. He devoted 15 years of his life to developing his own unique

supple and beautifully hand-embroidered

This 18-karat gold chain-link necklace is a stellar example of the house’s elegant yet minimalist ethos – crafted in Italy circa 1970

so no two sets are exactly the same

These serving scoops have been made by Filbert

This bowl from the 1930s is detailed with juicy grapes and vines clambering between each intricately cut lattice

These white wine glasses from the 1930s exhibit the Gondole Losanges pattern

a fortified alloy with 80% purity

In the Moustiers collection

Astier de Villatte’s Fifi candlestick is crafted from black terracotta clay – sourced from the quarries in the Paris Basin – and finished with a milky-white glaze

while his glazes were often made with copper and iron oxide

modern lines that detail the lower half of the profile are coloured in bright blue – a colour palette inspired by the Venetian Lagoon

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