French 1890's Clément Massier huge iridescent turquoise wall charger
Wonderful Clément Massier huge iridescent turquoise wall charger. Rococo inspired scene of three putti riding dolphins / sea monsters and waving drapery. Deep relief decoration with great attention paid to the waves, fish scales and the cherubs' locks.
Beautiful green/blue lustre glaze enamelling to the plaque gives it a rainbow shimmer and the appearance of different colours depending on which way the light falls.. Simply magnificent example of Massier craftsmanship!.
Made in France, c. 1890’s.
3562 g
42.5 cm diameter
2 cm deep to rim
3.5 cm deep overall
The centre of the roundel is in very good antique condition – there is crazing appropriate to age and few tiny chips to glazing; there are chips and nibbles to glazing along the upper edge of the roundel; the lower edge has a large chip at the base, some smaller chips and firing defect to glazing; there is a smaller chip to the rim that is almost all on the interior of the rim
Wonderful Clément Massier huge iridescent turquoise wall charger. Rococo inspired scene of three putti riding dolphins / sea monsters and waving drapery. Deep relief decoration with great attention paid to the waves, fish scales and the cherubs' locks.
Beautiful green/blue lustre glaze enamelling to the plaque gives it a rainbow shimmer and the appearance of different colours depending on which way the light falls.. Simply magnificent example of Massier craftsmanship!.
Made in France, c. 1890’s.
3562 g
42.5 cm diameter
2 cm deep to rim
3.5 cm deep overall
The centre of the roundel is in very good antique condition – there is crazing appropriate to age and few tiny chips to glazing; there are chips and nibbles to glazing along the upper edge of the roundel; the lower edge has a large chip at the base, some smaller chips and firing defect to glazing; there is a smaller chip to the rim that is almost all on the interior of the rim
Wonderful Clément Massier huge iridescent turquoise wall charger. Rococo inspired scene of three putti riding dolphins / sea monsters and waving drapery. Deep relief decoration with great attention paid to the waves, fish scales and the cherubs' locks.
Beautiful green/blue lustre glaze enamelling to the plaque gives it a rainbow shimmer and the appearance of different colours depending on which way the light falls.. Simply magnificent example of Massier craftsmanship!.
Made in France, c. 1890’s.
3562 g
42.5 cm diameter
2 cm deep to rim
3.5 cm deep overall
The centre of the roundel is in very good antique condition – there is crazing appropriate to age and few tiny chips to glazing; there are chips and nibbles to glazing along the upper edge of the roundel; the lower edge has a large chip at the base, some smaller chips and firing defect to glazing; there is a smaller chip to the rim that is almost all on the interior of the rim
Born into a family of ceramists, Clément Massier took an interest in the business from an early age. In 1883, Massier moved his operations to Golfe-Juan where he began developing his own luster glaze. His factory-gallery complex became a destination for the elite who summered in Monaco, Nice, and Cannes.
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer was hired on as Massier’s primary artistic director in 1887, the same year Massier produced his iridescent, metallic glaze for which he was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900. That same year Massier also became an of official supplier to the British crown.
