Posted 9 years ago
Alan2310
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Good Evening CW Friends----(8:00 PM)2016-4-5
Here one of my find today at the salvation Army, very quite today, and we all there(5) enemy hunter,,, waiting for a cart to show up, like vulture waiting for a dying prey,LOL this situation was so funny, anyway, we all there looking around in hope to find something somebody did't see, and I spot this little dish close to one of us(not me), i coming closer, more closer, and just grab it,, just to have a look, i see the signature, i put the dish under my arm, grab my phone and have a look online, well not bad while waiting for the cart, when the cart show up nothing interesting on it, anyway.
Small little mid century dish, with very stylish wood handle, nice gold gild decoration, depicted Doves and stylish Leafs, Signature lower right"Georges Briard" Modern mid century Designer from New-York City.
This little dish stand .50 inch high, 7.75 inch by 7.75 inch square, with wood handle.
Thanks for Viewing.
Alan
---------------------------------Georges Briard--------------------------------------
Georges Briard (May 17, 1917 – July 30, 2005 New York) was an American award-winning designer in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He is most well known for his signature dishware and glassware - everything from cups and plates to gold plated serving dishes. His signature collection was stocked at noted department stores, such as Neiman Marcus and Bonwit Teller.
Born Jakub Brojdo in Ekaterinoslav, he moved to Chicago from Poland in 1937 and adopted the name Yascha Brojdo. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago where he earned his MFA, while living in Oak Park with his physician uncle Aaron Broyde. He served in the U.S. Army throughout World War II as a Russian interpreter. As an Army interpreter fluent in several languages, he served on Gen. George S. Patton's staff. In 1947, he was discharged from the Army and started working in New York with Max Wille, whom he had met in art school. Brojdo began painting metal serving trays for sale, and evidently Wille came up with the name Georges Briard to mark commercial pieces – Brodjo was also a painter and would use his real name on his art pieces, but Georges Briard became his signature as a designer of these commercial articles, which were wildly popular and numerous. His notable designs were produced first by M. Wille Company, and later in a partnership with Philip Stetson.
In 2004, he was awarded the Frank S. Child Lifetime Achievement Award by The Society of Glass and Ceramic Decorators, in honor of his extraordinary contributions to the glass and ceramic decorating industry. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Bronya (née Marks). He died in New York City at the age of 88.
Courtesy of ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Briard
I'm laughing picturing the charity shop stand off - all giving each other the eye!
I really like this - looks like something Sean would own :)) - but you do!
I had a chuckle at that thought also.
You crack me up Race
Awesome information and Piece Alan
Love the handles, the design is so playful and great to see a pic of the designer Briard too !!!!