Jean de LESPINASSE (1896-1979), SOCFRA workshop - Lot 199

Jean de LESPINASSE (1896-1979), SOCFRA workshop Large enameled ceramic vase with painted rosette decoration on the body in blue to brown reserves on a beige background. Marked "208" and monogrammed "JDL" under the base. Circa 1940-1950. Height Height : 53.5 cm Restoration to base. Note & background: A former member of the French Resistance, Jean de Lespinasse and his wife founded SOCFRA (the workshop's name) in Nice in the late 1940s. Their ceramics workshop in Cimiez employs a dozen craftsmen and collaborates with Capron, Madoura and Picault. Raw materials come from Golfe-Juan, and the pieces are distributed in France and abroad. SOCFRA exhibited at the Lyon Fair and the Salon des Arts du Feu in Paris.