FRANCE LIBRE - MILITARY AIRSHIP 1943 - SHIP "LE RICHELIEU". (*) The 2 Senegal stamps of 1938, woman carrying basket, 1 F brown-red & 1 F 75 blue with the framed overprint affixed in New - York in 1943 by the ship's postal agency: "PAR AVION Bâtiment de Ligne RICHELIEU" - Very rare Dallay / Maury stamps numbers 10 & 11 -. mint luxury ** signed Calvès - ( * ) - this huge 35,000-ton ship set sail from Brest in June 1940. She reached French West Africa and Dakar, and, loyal to the Mal Pétain government, fought against British forces. Following the arrival of the Allies in North Africa in 1942, the Richelieu changed sides and joined the Free French Forces, becoming part of the Royal Navy. In 1943, she left Africa for the United States. In 1945, she took part in the Liberation of Singapore. Back in France, moored in Brest, then Toulon, she was withdrawn from service in 1967.

CONSTANTINO Eduardo (born 1948) - Large free-form four-sided bowl in stoneware glazed in celadon, oxblood and gold. Signed with the artist's stamp under the base. Circa 2000. W. 42.5 cm, D. 37.5 cm, H. 17.5 cm. Initially trained as a painter, he was introduced to ceramics by Guilherme Barroso ("maître Barroso" as he calls him in an article in Ouest France, April 11, 2021), before moving to France and settling in Quimperlé (29) with his wife Nadine. Eduardo Constantino describes himself as a "painter on earth" in the press review of his exhibition for the Galerie de L'Ancienne Poste in 2011. Presence in institutional collections (Frac de Bretagne) and an article in "La Revue de la céramique et du verre" in 2008.