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Vase

1896 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat (1844-1910) specialised in copper red glazes combined with rich greens and purples, which he exhibited first in 1892-3. He established his workshop in Bourg-la-Reine with his wife and their three sons in 1889. After the death in 1893 of his chief collaborator, Alphonse Voisin Delacroix, he worked with with Mlle. Adèle Lesbros & cie. in aiming to produce high quality but reasonably priced stoneware. Also in 1893 he won a gold medal at the International Exhibition held in Chicago.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Vase of stoneware, made by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat at the factory of Adèle Lesbros & Cie, Bourg-la-Reine, France, 1896
Physical description
Vase of stoneware with purple, blue and red-streaked flammée glaze
Dimensions
  • Height: 22cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A flaming grenade (Impressed)
  • '480 4 of[sic]' (Handwritten on paper label)
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Vase
Made by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat, made at the factory of Adèle Lesbros & Cie, Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine, France 1896
Marks: a flaming grenade, impressed '480 ?4?of' (?40 francs??) handwritten and museum number, paper label.
Stoneware

495-1896
Summary
Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat (1844-1910) specialised in copper red glazes combined with rich greens and purples, which he exhibited first in 1892-3. He established his workshop in Bourg-la-Reine with his wife and their three sons in 1889. After the death in 1893 of his chief collaborator, Alphonse Voisin Delacroix, he worked with with Mlle. Adèle Lesbros & cie. in aiming to produce high quality but reasonably priced stoneware. Also in 1893 he won a gold medal at the International Exhibition held in Chicago.
Collection
Accession number
495-1896

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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