DAMMOUSE, Albert-Louis
(b. 1848, Paris, d. 1926, Sèvres)

Sèvres blue vase

c. 1882
Hard porcelain, height 34 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

This vase has pâte-sur-pâte decoration, flamed glaze of high fire, enamel decoration, heightened with gold.

Pâte-sur-pâte, (French: "paste on paste") is a method of porcelain decoration in which a relief design is created on an unfired, unglazed body by applying successive layers of white slip (liquid clay) with a brush. The technique was first employed by the Chinese in the 18th century. It was introduced in Europe in about 1850 at Sèvres.




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