Vase
ca. 1900 (made)
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The Atelier de Glatigny was a ceramics studio established at Versailles, outside Paris, in the late 1890s by a group of anonymous artists, potters and glaze chemists with the aim of producing pieces comparable with the work of studio potters but at lower prices. The company specialized in flammée glazes, as on this vase, and crystalline effects.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, glazed |
| Brief description | Two-handled vase of stoneware with a mottled glaze, made at the Atelier de Glatigny, Versailles, ca. 1900 |
| Physical description | Two-handled vase of grey stoneware with a mottled green-grey high temperature flaméeglaze. Ovoid in shape with handles applied at the rim to the mid-body. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Glatigny' (paper label) |
| Credit line | Given by Herman Hart, Esq. in memory of his wife |
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| Summary | The Atelier de Glatigny was a ceramics studio established at Versailles, outside Paris, in the late 1890s by a group of anonymous artists, potters and glaze chemists with the aim of producing pieces comparable with the work of studio potters but at lower prices. The company specialized in flammée glazes, as on this vase, and crystalline effects. |
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| Accession number | C.931-1917 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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