Two French polychrome faience plates with birds near their nest, Jules Gabry, Cannes, 19th C.

Dia.: 33,7 cm 

Jules Gabry (1829-1897) was active in Cannes. In 1880 he was advertising in 'Les Echos de Cannes' ('M. J. GABRY, frabricant de faïences artistiques, à La Croisette, pres le Tir aux pigeons. — Leçons de peintures céramiques sur crû en barbottine, sur biscuit sous glaçure et sur glaçure. Seules peintures réellement inaltérables. Vente de couleur.', link). In December 1892 he arrived as 'painter and potter' in New Orleans (link). For a short period of time, he was active in Newcombe. The great potter George Ohr was shocked by his death and he recorded the sad event several times on different pots: 'Jules Gabry, born in France, 1829, suicide in Biloxi’s water, August 18, 1897, 68 years, poverty cause' (link).