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THE WIFE OF NOTED SCULPTOR, PAINTER AND CERAMIST MAX CLAUDET (1840-90), JULIE CLAUDET IS KNOWN FOR HER FLOWERED CERAMIC VESSELS, LIKE THE PRESENT EXAMPLE. THEIR SON GEORGES-MAX CLAUDET LATER FOLLOWED IN HIS PARENTS' FOOTSTEPS AS WELL, USING HIS FATHER'S MOULDS. EXAMPLES OF ALL THREE ARTISTS' WORK CAN BE FOUND IN THE MUSéE MAX-CLAUDET, SALINS-LES-BAINS.