Muammer OZKAN. Round enameled copper platter with colored gl - Lot 405

Muammer OZKAN. Round enameled copper platter with colored glass applications on the wing featuring Maurice Schumann (1911-1998), French statesman, journalist and writer. Turkish work from the town of Erzincan. Diameter: 35 cm. Provenance: By descent // Pair of rhyton powder flasks in horn, engraved silver-plated metal mount with striches. Biography: Maurice Schumann joined General de Gaulle in London in June 1940, and became spokesman for the Free French. He was its voice on Radio Londres throughout the conflict. A loyal Gaullist, Christian democrat and convinced European, he was one of the founders of the Mouvement républicain populaire, of which he was the first president. A member of parliament for the Nord region for thirty years, then a senator for fifteen, he was appointed Minister of State several times in Georges Pompidou's governments, ending his government career as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969-1973). He was elected to the Académie française in 1974.