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Earthenware Dish: The Twelve Signs Of The Zodiac, Henriot Quimper Brand, Signed By G. Alaux

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"Earthenware Dish: The Twelve Signs Of The Zodiac, Henriot Quimper Brand, Signed By G. Alaux"

This dish with its original decoration of the twelve signs of the zodiac with in its center the motif of a boat sailing away at sea is from the Henriot Quimper factory (mark on the back of the dish) and signed Alaux. Gustave Alaux (1887-1965) born in Bordeaux is a painter, illustrator, engraver, specialized in marine subjects from 1926, he joined the Marine Academy in 1946.