Sandstone hand candle holder, signed Bastian Kemper

Sandstone candle holder signed bastian kemper (le pemp ). Very good condition. Jean-sébastien le pemp, known as "bastian the potter", ceramic potter in quimper died at the end of december in quimper, at the age of 88. Trained at keraluc pottery from the age of 14, The original quimpérois had remained there until his military service in 1954. On his return, after a stint with henriot, he had set up his own business, on the road to brest in a house he had never left. The one who signed "bastian quimper" will know an important activity until the 1980s. "there were a lot of germans and english people coming to the shop, " says his son gaël. I've even seen this pottery in canada." "this workshop, at 104 route de brest, saw the creation of the famous plaster molds, experiments with enamels, ovens which, in the boom years, did not blush and whose pottery flooded our cornouaille. We could see the white coat of the potter, this merry luron, in some tourist areas such as quiberon or camaret. The potter, shod with wooden clog, knew how to receive european guests, as well as friends, with whom they toasted around a barrel of cider in his shop. Many people remember the magic tricks of this entertainer who left no one indifferent, "says his son.

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