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French Art Deco ROBJ Paris signed Ceramic Jar Bonbonniere 1930
Item #2225 SOLD
Original condition Robj decorative ceramic Bonbonniere from the period of 1925-1930. Woman with crown and gold lines. This figure is beautifully rendered with two parts, top and bottom. Made in 1928 and marked to the base Robj Paris made in France and Hotel Continental.
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Jean Born began his work in 1908 under the name he created, ROBJ. An Industrial designer through the ‘teens, after WWI he began to add artistic and decorative items in porcelain. He died in a car accident in 1922 at the very beginning of the Art Deco Period and a shareholder in his firm, Lucien WIllmetz took over the management. It is WIllmetz who really influenced and promoted the ROBJ style. With the support of sculptors, model makers and technicians he created a range of “art trinkets in ceramics” which were produced through 1931. The characteristics of ROBJ pieces are very much in keeping with the styles of the times and they achieved immediate success. Perhaps the most popular items of their line were the liquor decanters introduced in 1928. Containers for tobacco, incense and bonbons were added to their lines of sculptural figurines. ROBJ pieces are whimsical but also elegant, modern and original. Several eminent factories were employed in the production of ROBJ designs: Manufacture de Sevres, Villeroy et Boch in Luxembourg and factories in Limoges among them.
Measurements
measures 8. 5″ inches T x 5″ W
A similar one can be seen in the Robj book on page 198
