"Edmond Lachenal Keller Et Guérin, Au Gui, Very Rare Earthenware Service, 1900 Art Nouveau Period"
Very rare part of a Luneville earthenware service, Keller et Guérin factory. Au Gui model designed by Edmond Lachenal (1855-1930). Readers of the magazine "Les Annales politiques et artistiques" were offered an earthenware service by the Keller et Guérin factory for the year 1900 as a thank you for their subscription. Edmond Lachenal was involved in the design. He proposed a mistletoe decoration in pale green and mauve tones obtained using a stencil. The mistletoe service was produced until 1914, when the factory's workshops were burned down by German troops. Several pieces are kept at the Musée d'Orsay. This set is in fairly good house condition. No chips or breakages, but some pieces are stained or yellowed. - 19 flat plates, diameter 26 cm, including 10 yellowed - 6 soup plates, diameter 25.5 cm - 10 dessert plates, diameter 22 cm - 1 bowl on pedestal, diameter 24.6 cm, height 13 cm - 1 high bowl on pedestal, diameter 26 cm, height 16 cm - 1 round serving dish, diameter 32 cm - 1 stained round serving dish, diameter 35 cm - 1 stained oval serving dish, length 42.5 cm, width 31 cm - 1 soup tureen or vegetable bowl, diameter 25 cm, height 19 cm, width at handles 30 cm Period 1900. Delivery by carrier, 150 euros in France, 300 euros in the EU and 1000 euros rest of the world.