Sugar bowl, Ferney Voltaire, France | Probably early 1930s
Sugar bowl, faience: earthenware, yellowish body with white, opaque pewter glaze and green, transparent overglaze (Bonifas: surémail), moulded
As one of the most important representatives of Swiss ceramics in the modern era, Bonifas is known for his purist designs. His work is characterised by the spirit of Esprit Nouveau and its founders Ch. E. Jeanneret (Le Corbusier) and Amédée Ozenfant.