Philippe WOLFERS (1858-1929) & KERAMIS - BELGIUM Part of a dinner service, Gioconda model, in cream-glazed earthenware with geometric decoration in light relief on the marli, consisting of twelve large plates, twelve dessert plates and twelve soup plates. Includes eight saucers and nine coffee cups of the same model. Signed on each piece, titled and marked and Made in Belgium. Diam. 25.5 cm - 23 cm - 25 cm History: this service model was first presented at the at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1925 in Paris in the Belgium section. Bibliography: Les belles salles à manger aux " Arts décoratifs " - La salle à manger Gioconda au Pavillon Belge, Les Echos des Industries d'Art, July 1925, model of the large plates reproduced on p. 24.

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