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	Pottery is the art of producing items in earthenware which is then glazed.&nbsp; During the Renaissance period Palissy revolutionized pottery by using it&nbsp; not only for crockery but also as decoration, thus leaving the rustic for the refined.&nbsp; At the end of the 19th C Ernest Chaplet transformed the pottery industry and is considered the father of modern pottery. He also invented barbotineware.&nbsp; The <a href="http://www.antiques-in-france.com/antiquites/-/art-deco">Art Deco</a> movement produced many jugs and vases with geometric shapes and decoration. After the Second World War the town of Vallauris known for its traditional crockery, became a center of art pottery under the influence of Picasso.&nbsp; Many towns in the south of France have pottery studios as for example Anduze and its famous vases.</p>