This is a Vintage 1940's Hand-Painted H.Bequet Quaregnon of Belgium Majolica Vase #302 with Gazelle handle on right!
STRIKINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!
Hubert Bequet began creating beautiful ceramics in 1926 at the Belgian ceramics manufacturer Auguste Mouzin et Cie (AMC). (This manufacturer was later renamed La Faencerie de Wasmuël, which operated from 1878 to 1951 in the southwest coal-mining region Borinage region of Belgium.) AMC was known for fine quality ceramic pieces and specifically for their 1910 introduction of mass production ceramic mantle clocks.
Bequet opened his own ceramics production factory in 1934 in Quaregnon, incorporating everything he had learned at AMC. The apex of success for the factory was in 1963 when it employed 150 workers but eventually closed its doors when the pottery and its director then began to experience various problems. The large factory closed in December 1982. Hubert Bequet did, however, continue to produce pottery in a small workshop, “The Ceramics of Borinage”, until April 1985 before closing for good.
Known not just for his colorful, high-quality ceramic pieces with gold rims and elaborate decoration, Bequet also brought mass production to the forefront of the ceramics industry. Early pieces were either unsigned or imprinted with Belgique and a model number. Pieces made later on were marked with “Made In Belgium: H. Bequet Quaregnon.”
Stands 11 inches tall.
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