Bishop and choirboys
Painter & ceramic artist
Manufacture
Henriot
Dimensions
Height
3.35 in
Details
Polychrome earthenware. Circa 1930. Subject from the pardon. Minor glazing defects.
Jim Sévellec created three series of small subjects for the Henriot factory illustrating a wedding, a pardon and a village festival called "la gavotte". To complete the set, he created houses, a refreshment stall and a church, all in earthenware, to set these characters in a small village. This idea no doubt came to him as a result of his work on the lively dioramas produced for the Tanguy Tower, showing the bustle of his home town of Brest before the war.
