Art Nouveau, Small Triple Amphora Vase, Glazed Earthenware, Massier, Circa 1900

Triple amphora-shaped vases in turquoise glazed earthenware with brown highlights
Attributed to Clément Massier, Vallauris
Slight chips on the necks (see photo), no cracks
Period: circa 1900 Dimensions height 15 cm, width 12 cm, base 7 cm
Clément Massier (1844-1917), French ceramist. The Massiers (Jérôme, Clément, Delphin, Cédric) are a dynasty of ceramists that dates back beyond the French Revolution and who played a key role in the revival of Vallauris ceramics. Clément was introduced to pottery by Gaetano Gandolfi, an Italian master ceramist hired by his father. Gandolfi would be the initiator of several techniques, including glazed earthenware, which would make the Massier house famous. In 1887, he would become official supplier to the English crown. Clément also worked with renowned artists such as the Scottish sculptor Alexandre Munroe, the ceramist Félix Optat Milet, who trained at Sèvres, the sculptor James Vibert, the painter Jules Scalbert, and especially Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. After his death, Clément Massier's company was taken over by his daughters, who reissued their father's works.