Vintage Hand-Painted Vallauris Ravier — French Olive Tray with Red Poppy, Signed, 10.5"

🌺 A long, narrow hand-painted tray from Vallauris, the pottery town on the Côte d'Azur — speckled oatmeal glaze flecked with brown, two broad red bands running the length of it, and a single red poppy painted straight across the middle with a black-and-gold eye.

Above the poppy sits one small purple olive, which tells you what the shape is for. In French this form is a ravier: the long shallow dish that goes on the table for olives, cornichons, radishes or almonds with an apéritif. 🫒

The painting is freehand and unhurried — the leaves are laid in with grey-green strokes, the petals shade from scarlet to deep rust, and no two of these are ever quite alike. Signed Vallauris in green script on the reverse.

A note on the mark, because it matters: the reverse is signed, and VALLAURIS is perfectly legible. The word before it does not resolve clearly enough to name a pottery, and Vallauris itself is a town rather than a maker — dozens of ateliers there marked their work with just the place name. So this is offered as signed Vallauris and nothing more.

- Circa: c. 1950s–1970s — from the style of the glaze and painting, not from a dated mark
- Origin: Vallauris, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- Material: Hand-painted glazed ceramic
- Size: 10.5" x 3" x 0.75"
- Weight: 10 oz
- Signed Vallauris on the reverse
- Small chip on left top side - see photo at 5x magnification
- Pre-Owned. Sold As-Is

📍 Available from The Salvaged Curator at Bliss Market, 390 Roseville Square, Roseville CA – Booth #99.

💬 Message me before you head over and I'll confirm the piece is still at Booth #99.

📦 Order from my shop and Bliss Marketplace professionally packs and ships it for you: https://www.vintageblissmarketplace.com/search?q=234905

Questions? Feel free to message me — happy to help!

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