{"product_id":"vintage-quimper-style-breton-vase-and-handled-bowl-in-blue-and-yellow","title":"Vintage Quimper Style Breton Vase and Handled Bowl in Blue and Yellow","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vintage hand painted Breton vase and handled bowl in the Quimper style, both decorated with a woman in traditional coiffe and apron, sponged blue rims and green folk leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two pieces share the same painter's hand and palette, so together they look like a little Breton breakfast set. On each, a cheerful figure in a red jacket, yellow apron and blue skirt stands among green fronds with a spray of berries beside her, and the vase has a bright folk flower in red and blue on the back. The rims are sponged in cobalt blue, the vase stands on a foot banded in blue and yellow, and the bowl has a yellow band running around the outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bowl is a traditional Breton eared bowl, the kind used across Brittany for cider, soup or café au lait, and like many of these it is painted with a name, here Claude, in brown script on the outside. Both bases are marked as hand painted in Brittany. There is a small nibble to the glaze on the rim of the bowl; please ask if you would like a close up photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vase measures 14cm tall and 7cm in diameter at the rim. The bowl measures 12cm in diameter, 16cm across the handles and 6cm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse the vase for a small posy of sweet peas or lavender, and the bowl for wrapped sweets, keys or rings on a dressing table, or set the pair out on a kitchen dresser alongside blue and white china. They would make a lovely present for anyone called Claude or Claudie, a reminder of holidays in Brittany, or a cheerful start to a Quimper collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Blue Loft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55820822085959,"sku":null,"price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/3921\/9015\/files\/breton-quimper-style-vase-and-handled-bowl-set.jpg?v=1794407481","url":"https:\/\/www.theblueloft.co.uk\/products\/vintage-quimper-style-breton-vase-and-handled-bowl-in-blue-and-yellow","provider":"The Blue Loft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}