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Paul Milet (1870-1950)
Polychrome enameled ceramic ovoid vase, decorated with violets on a gilded leaf background.
signed with the stamp "MP SEVRES" on the bottom.
Art Nouveau - Circa 1900
Size : 14 cm
Paul Milet was the son of ceramist Félix Optat Milet (1838-1911). After training in the laboratory at the Manufacture de Sèvres, he became a chemist and worked in the factory founded by his father in 1866 at 8, rue Troyon in Sèvres, a stone's throw from the Manufacture.
From 1890, he gradually took over from his father. Like his father, he continued to benefit from the collaboration of artists at the Manufacture nationale de céramique de Sèvres.
In 1899, he married Marie-Louise Gibert (known as Céline), whose brother Paul was a manager in Paris at Haviland, the famous Limoges porcelain manufacturer.
Paul Milet worked with his father Optat Milet until the latter's death in 1911, then with his son Henri, a ceramics engineer, who was appointed plant manager in 1931, although father and son continued to work closely together.
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