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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

1896 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dalpayrat is perhaps best known for his work in stoneware although he also worked in earthenware and porcelain. The elevation of stoneware to an art medium in France followed the exhibition of traditional Japanese wares in Paris in 1878. The Japanese style also prompted an altogether looser aesthetic, with an interest in organic forms, rich surface patination, and abstracted decoration.

Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat (1840-1910) was born in Limoges. He was a very experienced maker by 1889 when he set up in Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris. There he collaborated with other makers but also, with his wife and three sons, he ran what was effectively a small family workshop. Like several of his contemporaries, Dalpayrat aimed to make reasonably priced artistic stoneware with coloured glazes. A highly commercial maker, working at this date with (Mlle) Adèle Lesbros & cie, he perfected a rich red glaze known as Rouge Dalpayrat. He won a gold medal at the international exhibition held in Chicago, 1893


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with a high-temperature glaze
Brief description
Vase, stoneware with a high-temperature glaze, made by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat at the factory of Adèle Lesbros & Cie, Bourg-la-Reine, France, 1896
Physical description
Vase of stoneware with a high-temperature glaze, with thick, rippled green glaze streaked with purple.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
A flaming grenade (Impressed)
Gallery label
Vase Made by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat, Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine, France 1896 Marks: a flaming grenade, impressed Stoneware, with a high-temperature glaze 499-1896(16/07/2008)
Summary
Dalpayrat is perhaps best known for his work in stoneware although he also worked in earthenware and porcelain. The elevation of stoneware to an art medium in France followed the exhibition of traditional Japanese wares in Paris in 1878. The Japanese style also prompted an altogether looser aesthetic, with an interest in organic forms, rich surface patination, and abstracted decoration.

Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat (1840-1910) was born in Limoges. He was a very experienced maker by 1889 when he set up in Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris. There he collaborated with other makers but also, with his wife and three sons, he ran what was effectively a small family workshop. Like several of his contemporaries, Dalpayrat aimed to make reasonably priced artistic stoneware with coloured glazes. A highly commercial maker, working at this date with (Mlle) Adèle Lesbros & cie, he perfected a rich red glaze known as Rouge Dalpayrat. He won a gold medal at the international exhibition held in Chicago, 1893
Collection
Accession number
499-1896

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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