Art Deco era French ceramic vase by Paul Jean Milet, son of Felix Optat Milet. Large size baluster vase in a beautiful beautiful celadon willow green glaze. Stands 11 7/8" height x 5 1/8" widest, 3 1/8" diameter rim. Condition in overall good to fair condition, there are scattered nicks to the glaze, a chip to the base. Marked for Paul Milet and Sevres, this mark was in use circa 1930. Paul Milet, son of Optat Milet, came from a well-defined lineage of potters. Optat Milet began his career as a modeler for Sèvres in 1862, and opened his own ceramics factory in 1866. Paul Milet entered his father's pottery workshop in the town of Sèvres in 1894 and for the next 36 years produced high-quality ceramics sold through Parisian shops and interior decorators. Because his aesthetic preferences kept pace with the fashions of the era, his early works favoured the floral and whiplash ornamentation associated with the Art Nouveau movement. By comparison, his later work is serene yet streamlined, with simple forms flambe glazed in high-contrast bold jazz-age colors indicative of the Art Deco era.