ABAQUESNE, Masséot
(b. ca 1500, Cherbourg, d. 1564, Sotteville-lès-Rouen)

Biography

French ceramist, who was the first grand-master of the glazed pottery at Sotteville-lès-Rouen (20 years before Bernard Palissy). He took part in the development of the ceramic factory of Rouen. He was the author - among others - of the ceramic triptych representing the Flood (1550, Écouen, Musée de la Renaissance).