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

Vase

ca 1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jules-Joseph-Henri Brianchon (d. 1880) worked in partnership with his brother-in-law, a M. Gillet, from several Paris addresses between 1855 and 1880. In 1857 he patented couleurs nacrées ('pearly colours') based on bismuth-gold, uranium and palladium salts. This lustrous glaze became the firm's speciality, applied to many wares in a variety of style. Indeed, a critic at the international exhibition, London, 1862 felt their use of the technique was neither discriminating nor novel. However, the jury's Report thought the wares of 'extreme brilliancy and the delicacy of the tints'..would counter any 'objection that might arise on the charge of meretricious glitter'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with iridescene glaze and gilt
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with pink iridescene glaze and gilt, Gillet et Brianchon, Paris, ca 1860
Physical description
Vase of porcelain. Ovoid (egg-shaped) with pale pink lustred glaze and gilt rim
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'GB Breveté Paris' printed
Credit line
Given by the manufacturer
Summary
Jules-Joseph-Henri Brianchon (d. 1880) worked in partnership with his brother-in-law, a M. Gillet, from several Paris addresses between 1855 and 1880. In 1857 he patented couleurs nacrées ('pearly colours') based on bismuth-gold, uranium and palladium salts. This lustrous glaze became the firm's speciality, applied to many wares in a variety of style. Indeed, a critic at the international exhibition, London, 1862 felt their use of the technique was neither discriminating nor novel. However, the jury's Report thought the wares of 'extreme brilliancy and the delicacy of the tints'..would counter any 'objection that might arise on the charge of meretricious glitter'.
Bibliographic reference
See 7739-1862
Collection
Accession number
644-1864

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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