The LAPIERRE
tableware selection brings together signed pieces from the great European manufactories:
Gien faience since 1821 (Italien, Pivoines, Bouquet, Filet Bleu, Rambouillet, Migration décors),
Sarreguemines faience since 1790 (Obernai, Strasbourg, Petite Rose, Digoin),
Vallauris ceramics signed Roger Capron, Jean Derval, Robert Picault, Albert Diato, Madoura workshop for Picasso pieces,
Iittala glassware since 1881 with the Aalto Savoy vase 1936, Ultima Thule by Tapio Wirkkala 1968, Finlandia by Timo Sarpaneva 1964, Teema by Kaj Franck 1952, Birds by Toikka. Sub-type selection: dinner and soup plates, serving dishes, soup tureens, teapots, cups and complete coffee services, faience or art-ceramic vases, blown-glass carafes, butter dishes, sugar bowls and creamers, candleholders, ramekins. Systematic authentication via underside marking, cross-referencing with period catalogues, stamp photograph, detailed décor and estimated year documentation. Specific fragile delivery, individual tissue-paper packing, compartmented case, dedicated insurance for pieces over 200 EUR unit value and complete services. The vintage tableware market remains accessible: low entry pricing for a plate or cup, ability to build a service progressively, signature pieces as alternative to contemporary industrial production. See also Quimper faience and Villeroy Boch subject to availability.
