{"id":101560,"date":"2023-03-01T14:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pipat-antiquites.fr\/?p=101560"},"modified":"2023-03-01T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:30:25","slug":"pair-earthenware-vases-duplessis-sarreguemines-french-ceramics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pipat-antiquites.fr\/en\/pair-earthenware-vases-duplessis-sarreguemines-french-ceramics\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair of earthenware vases from Sarreguemines, \u201cDuplessis\u201d model dated 1904"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some pieces of earthenware are exceptional for their rarity, their execution or their size.<\/span><\/span> These two vases bring together these three singularities: the rarity of this complete set, pedestals included, the remarkable quality of their execution in a characteristic creamy white, and their truly monumental size.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

These two raised vases measure 220 cm in height \u2013 pedestals included \u2013 for a width and a depth of 70 cm.<\/span><\/span> Tour de force<\/em> of an envied French craftsmanship, this earthenware masterpiece comes from Sarreguemines.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=”126740″]The Sarreguemines Factory: a Major Earthenware Center<\/span><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”192534″]<\/p>\n

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Located in Moselle, this factory opened its doors in 1790 under the leadership of Nicolas and Augustin Jacoby and their partner Joseph Fabry, a producer of fine earthenware.<\/span><\/span> Their project was large-scale, but strong competition from other French manufacturers as well as from English earthenware weighed on the young company, which had no choice but to close in 1799.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph Fabry then joined forces with Paul Utzschneider and took over the factory in 1800. An excellent ceramist, Paul Utzschneider developed techniques and won numerous gold medals at various national exhibitions.<\/span><\/span> Crowning his efforts and diligent research, Napoleon I ordered a set of twelve vases from him.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

In 1836, Paul gave way to his son-in-law Alexandre de Geiger who in 1838 approached Villeroy and Boch;<\/span><\/span> thus the two companies do not compete but share the areas where their skills apply.<\/span><\/span> This favorable economic situation enabled the Sarreguemines factory to benefit from substantial investments, soon transforming it into one of the largest earthenware factories in Europe, which is still active today.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Like every factory worthy of the name, that of Sarreguemines sets up a system of earthenware marks to identify the piece, also to authenticate it and above all to know, if not its technical characteristics, at least the year of its manufacture<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> Thus, marks present on these vases allow us to learn more about them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The number “1906” corresponds to the number of the form.<\/span><\/span> Here, the Duplessis model.<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>The number \u201c227\u201d corresponds to the dough number.<\/span><\/span>
\nThe numbers \u201c11\u201d and \u201c04\u201d correspond respectively to the month and year of creation, i.e. November 1904.<\/span><\/span>
\nAs for the letters “KK”, they refer to the shaper of the piece.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

This pair of vases and their pedestals were therefore made of Sarreguemines earthenware in November 1904, conforming to the design of the Duplessis model.<\/span><\/span> A name which, of course, was not chosen at random.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=”234369″]Jean-Claude Duplessis (1699 – 1774): The Ornamentalist of Louis XV’s Reign
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Born in Turin in 1699, he was then called Giovanni Claudio Ciamberlano, known as Duplessi.<\/span><\/span> He probably trained as a goldsmith in Italy and entered the service of the Prince of Carignan – of whom he became the protected goldsmith -, the Duke of Savoy and the King of Sardinia.<\/span><\/span> Appointed Lieutenant General of the King’s Armies, the Prince of Carignan went to Paris between 1734 and 1737 with Jean-Claude Duplessis following him.<\/span><\/span> Shortly after, the prince died and Duplessis obtained the protection of Count Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson (1696 \u2013 1764) and was installed by him in the Louvre.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

From 1748, Duplessis actively collaborated in the development of the Vincennes factory.<\/span><\/span> Prolific creator and inventor of a turning machine to help his profession, his order book is always full and it is as much merchant-mercers as aristocrats who call on his talents for the design of ornaments.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

In 1758, he became goldsmith to King Louis XV although he had never obtained the French mastery certification normally required to practice his trade according to the rules of the corporations.<\/span><\/span> He was entrusted with many ornamental designs and still worked for Vincennes and added the S\u00e8vres factory to his prestigious clients.<\/span><\/span> Already a talented goldsmith, he was also a brilliant ornamentalist and sculptor.<\/span><\/span> His constant experimentation made him a real \u201cdesigner\u201d who included very current concerns in the fundamentals of royal manufactures: functionality of the object, inclusion in the aesthetics of its time and adequacy of form and decoration.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Our pair of vases is the result of this reflection mixed with a later creation which does not forget the teachings of the goldsmith of the reign of Louis XV.<\/span><\/span> This shape of vase takes its name from Duplessis because it was he who imagined the shape.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Now part of the decorative vocabulary, the Duplessis form yields to many variations although it retains the characteristic movement given by the famous ornamentalist.<\/span><\/span> Thus, the rococo style \u2013 which was the field of experimentation of this unique designer \u2013 is here reworked, as an evocation or even a tribute to the rococo style which had been forgotten for a while.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 19th and 20th centuries have in common to have experienced a wide variety of novelties in the field of decorative arts.<\/span><\/span> Fashions and curiosities have flourished there.<\/span><\/span> In the second half of the 19th century, while Japonism and then the vegetal forms of Art Nouveau sketched out a whole new modernity, a taste for traditional forms remained.<\/span><\/span> At the beginning of the 1890s, the taste for asymmetry, curves and fantasy reappeared in two forms: that of Art Nouveau and that, nostalgic, of the rock forms of the previous century.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With regard to this last aspect of the taste of our ancestors, the Sarreguemines factory bears masterly witness to this return to the classic forms of the decorative arts of the Ancien R\u00e9gime.<\/span><\/span> Certainly, this period is somewhat fantasized: one readily imagines it as an idyllic parenthesis like the paintings of Watteau and Boucher.<\/span><\/span> The productions of the rock taste are meant to be graceful and refined.<\/span><\/span> The catalog of the manufacture thus offers several objects of this style without however ever using the term \u201crocaille\u201d or \u201crococo\u201d, preferring names reminiscent of the former monarch.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Thus, we find forms \u201cLouis XV\u201d, \u201cPompadour\u201d, \u201cdu Barry\u201d and of course \u201cDuplessis\u201d.<\/span><\/span> This last form was created in 1878 and was presented by the manufacture at the Universal Exhibition of the same year in the ceramic section.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Duplessis form is magnified here by the pedestal.<\/span><\/span> Its remarkable enhancement emphasizes the pi\u00e9douche<\/em>, the very pronounced concave shoulder, the laurel torus and the flowers applied in the rudents.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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These two large covered vases are the direct heirs of the coveted historicism at the turn of the 20th century.<\/span><\/span> Like the 18th century from which this movement is inspired, these two vases are the fruit of high-end craftsmanship and know-how.<\/span><\/span> These pieces thus sign the distinction that marks the interiors of the elite and the upper middle class: refined and erudite taste, generous proportions and admirable quality.<\/span><\/span>
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Marielle Brie
\n<\/strong>Art Historian for Art Market and Cultural Media
\nAuthor of the blog Objets d\u2019Art et d\u2019Histoire<\/p>\n

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