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Mithé Espelt, "coptic" Mirror
MITHÉ ESPELT (1923-2020), "Copte" Mirror
Lunel Workshop, France, circa 1965.
Stamped, glazed earthenware enhanced with crackled gold, radiating upper decoration composed of turquoise blue fused glass cabochons, rectangular mirror.
This mirror belongs to the production of the workshop founded in Lunel by the French ceramist Mithé ESPELT, whose creations have experienced a significant resurgence of interest among collectors of post-war French design since the beginning of the 21st century.
Created around the mid-1960s, the so-called "Copte" model is distinguished by its semi-circular pediment composed of radiating compartments filled with textured blue glass cabochons. This architectural composition, combining crackled gilt ceramic and glass inclusions, is one of the most recognizable formal signatures of the workshop.
Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier, Mithé Espelt developed, from the late 1940s onwards, a production of decorative objects (jewelry, caskets, boxes, and mirrors) handcrafted in small series. The mirrors, often intended for a clientele of interior designers and decorators in the 1950s and 1960s, are now among the most sought-after pieces in her oeuvre. Like the majority of the workshop's productions from this period, the pieces are generally unsigned, the artist favoring a collaborative workshop approach.
Dimensions: H 32 × W 25 cm
Bibliography:
-Antoine Candau, Mithé Espelt: Le luxe discret du quotidien, Éditions Odyssée, 2020, model reproduced p. 164.
Lunel Workshop, France, circa 1965.
Stamped, glazed earthenware enhanced with crackled gold, radiating upper decoration composed of turquoise blue fused glass cabochons, rectangular mirror.
This mirror belongs to the production of the workshop founded in Lunel by the French ceramist Mithé ESPELT, whose creations have experienced a significant resurgence of interest among collectors of post-war French design since the beginning of the 21st century.
Created around the mid-1960s, the so-called "Copte" model is distinguished by its semi-circular pediment composed of radiating compartments filled with textured blue glass cabochons. This architectural composition, combining crackled gilt ceramic and glass inclusions, is one of the most recognizable formal signatures of the workshop.
Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier, Mithé Espelt developed, from the late 1940s onwards, a production of decorative objects (jewelry, caskets, boxes, and mirrors) handcrafted in small series. The mirrors, often intended for a clientele of interior designers and decorators in the 1950s and 1960s, are now among the most sought-after pieces in her oeuvre. Like the majority of the workshop's productions from this period, the pieces are generally unsigned, the artist favoring a collaborative workshop approach.
Dimensions: H 32 × W 25 cm
Bibliography:
-Antoine Candau, Mithé Espelt: Le luxe discret du quotidien, Éditions Odyssée, 2020, model reproduced p. 164.
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