Green pitcher signed Accolay

Accolay - pitcher in cracked green enamelled stoneware. Marked on the reverse. H. 27cm. Around 1960. — The term poterie d'accolay is the production of a community of potters settled in the village of accolay, in the department of yonne. This production center was created by four former students of alexander kostanda. Active from 1945 to 1989, their pottery is distinguished by a great technical inventiveness and an extremely abundant production. The potters' community exploited the proximity of the national road 6 by investing in service stations to make them permanent exhibition sites on the migration circuit of parisian tourists. Their exhibition buildings, inspired by the constructions of the 24 hours of le mans circuit, became the obligatory stop for holidaymakers in transit. This form of marketing continued at the entrance of vermenton until the closure of the factories in 1983. The creation of the lyon motorway had, however, for several years derived the flow of tourists.