Large antique French Sevres ceramic vase by Paul Milet, son of Felix Optatus Milet. Featuring an elegant baluster form with fluted trim, in ox blood red / sang de boeuf flambe glaze. In overall good antique condition, no chips or cracks. Stands 10 3/8" height x 6 3/8" width x 3" diameter opening. Bearing an early Paul Milet mark in use from circa 1911 to 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.