Vase
ca. 1900 (made)
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Victor Saglier and his successors Saglier Frères (Eugène and André Saglier) were metalworkers in Paris who commissioned vases from ceramicists such as Alexandre Bigot and from artists working at the Sèvres factory. The Sèvres chemists' achievements in developing new porcelain and colours in the 1880s were closely followed by the development of crystalline glazes as used to decorate this vase. The first successful experiments were made by Royal Copenhagen but Sèvres, which had made the initial discovery, quickly caught up and exhibited crystal glazes at Paris in 1900 on some of the largest stoneware vases ever made in one piece by the factory.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with crystalline glaze, mounted with silver |
| Brief description | Vase, porcelain with crystalline galzes designed by Victor Saglier, made by Sèvres; mount made by Saglier Frères; sold by Siegfried Bing, Paris, ca. 1900 |
| Physical description | Porcelain vase with crystalline glazes and a silver mount. |
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| Gallery label | 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'
The Sèvres chemists' achievements in developing new porcelain and colours in the 1880s were closely followed by the development of crystalline glazes. The first successful experiments were made by Royal Copenhagen but Sèvres, which had made the initial discovery, quickly caught up and exhibited crystal glazes at Paris in 1900 on some of the largest stoneware vases ever made in one piece by the factory. Like all special glaze effects, the crystalline type was prized and, in this case, set off by an elegant mount in art nouveau style.(1987-2006) |
| Object history | Art dealer, critic and patron Siegfried Bing (1838 – 1905) is best known for the shop that he opened in 1895 in Paris, called 'L'Art Nouveau'. It was this shop that gave the name to the whole movement. |
| Summary | Victor Saglier and his successors Saglier Frères (Eugène and André Saglier) were metalworkers in Paris who commissioned vases from ceramicists such as Alexandre Bigot and from artists working at the Sèvres factory. The Sèvres chemists' achievements in developing new porcelain and colours in the 1880s were closely followed by the development of crystalline glazes as used to decorate this vase. The first successful experiments were made by Royal Copenhagen but Sèvres, which had made the initial discovery, quickly caught up and exhibited crystal glazes at Paris in 1900 on some of the largest stoneware vases ever made in one piece by the factory. |
| Bibliographic reference | Dam, Peter van. "Siegfried Bing 1838-1905." Andon, Summer 1983, pp. 10–14.
Troy, Nancy J. Modernism and the Decorative Arts in France: Art Nouveau to Le Corbusier New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.
Weisberg, Gabriel P., Edwin Becker, and Évelyne Possémé, eds. The Origins of L'Art Nouveau: The Bing Empire. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, distributed by Cornell University Press 2004. ISBN 0-8014-4387-3
Weisberg, Gabriel P., Art Nouveau Bing:Paris Style ,1900 Harry N Abrams Inc New York 1986 ISBN 978-0-8109-1486-5 |
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| Accession number | 1699-1900 |
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| Record created | April 4, 2006 |
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