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THE MARTIAN

Hommes - 36-40

Chevaux - 8

Vol. 1 - No. 25   SUNDAY, February 9, 1919   Price: 30 centimes

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LA FAÏENCE DE NEVERS

 Image of a potter using a kick-wheel, and another image of a fancy pitcher. The resident of this Center who has not visited the ancient and renowned works of rare decorative pottery known as "faience" and with a celebrated factory in Nevers has missed one of the industries which conferred much glory upon the Nivernais duchy during the past five centuries. Its products today are famous all over France and western Europe and may be found in many collections of artistic pottery in America.

  The character of the faience of Nevers is as distinctive and individualistic as the more generally known Sèvres or Dresden. Its enamels, on a groundwork of glaze, its brilliant color contrasts, its peculiar, often extremely ornate shaping, and its fanciful decorations distinguish it from the other ceramics of France. The enamels, representing in the main, the recovery processes lost during periods of revolution or industrial lethargy, are equally distinctive, and among these, the rich blue of almost purple hue is famous in the history of ceramics as "Nevers blue." They are brilliant in color: there is depth and beauty in relief and contrast, and they possess a luminosity that alone entitles them to renown as a definite achievement in one of the national arts of France.

  Both the display rooms and the atelier of one of the oldest of the faienceries of Nevers may be found on the Rue de la Porte du Croux at No. 10. Monsier [sic] Gabriel Montagnon is the director and proprietor. The contrasts of blue and yellow; of green and rosebrown are quite violent and require a slight readjustment of previously conceived estimates of beautiful ceramic decorative effects. This is quickly accomplished, however, and an examination of the display rooms reveals many treasures. There are huge urns and vases, aiguieres of fantastic molding and remarkable color : decorative plaques, and thousands of articles of use and beauty. A huge plate almost 49 inches in diameter and said to be one of the largest objects of its kind in existence in the style of the early Renaissance, is one of the chief treasures. Some of the pieces are remarkable for their size and others for the quality of artistic workmanship, but there are also numerous articles intended for ordinary use. It is perfectly possible to obtain such common articles as dinner dishes, tiles and water pitchers, but every piece is executed with the same careful striving for beauty in shape and effect as is the largest.

  A visit to the atelier is also of the utmost interest. It is possible to see the clays as they come from the pits, the kneading and preparation, and the careful blending for the strength that will withstand the furnace. Then in another room is the potter, an utterly unprepossessing individual, but who may very well be one of

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THE MARTIAN

Hommes - 36-40

Chevaux - 8

Vol. 1 - No. 25   SUNDAY, February 9, 1919   Price: 30 centimes

----

LA FAÏENCE DE NEVERS

 Image of a potter using a kick-wheel, and another image of a fancy pitcher. The resident of this Center who has not visited the ancient and renowned works of rare decorative pottery known as "faience" and with a celebrated factory in Nevers has missed one of the industries which conferred much glory upon the Nivernais duchy during the past five centuries. Its products today are famous all over France and western Europe and may be found in many collections of artistic pottery in America.

  The character of the faience of Nevers is as distinctive and individualistic as the more generally known Sèvres or Dresden. Its enamels, on a groundwork of glaze, its brilliant color contrasts, its peculiar, often extremely ornate shaping, and its fanciful decorations distinguish it from the other ceramics of France. The enamels, representing in the main, the recovery processes lost during periods of revolution or industrial lethargy, are equally distinctive, and among these, the rich blue of almost purple hue is famous in the history of ceramics as "Nevers blue." They are brilliant in color: there is depth and beauty in relief and contrast, and they possess a luminosity that alone entitles them to renown as a definite achievement in one of the national arts of France.

  Both the display rooms and the atelier of one of the oldest of the faienceries of Nevers may be found on the Rue de la Porte du Croux at No. 10. Monsier [sic] Gabriel Montagnon is the director and proprietor. The contrasts of blue and yellow; of green and rosebrown are quite violent and require a slight readjustment of previously conceived estimates of beautiful ceramic decorative effects. This is quickly accomplished, however, and an examination of the display rooms reveals many treasures. There are huge urns and vases, aiguieres of fantastic molding and remarkable color : decorative plaques, and thousands of articles of use and beauty. A huge plate almost 49 inches in diameter and said to be one of the largest objects of its kind in existence in the style of the early Renaissance, is one of the chief treasures. Some of the pieces are remarkable for their size and others for the quality of artistic workmanship, but there are also numerous articles intended for ordinary use. It is perfectly possible to obtain such common articles as dinner dishes, tiles and water pitchers, but every piece is executed with the same careful striving for beauty in shape and effect as is the largest.

  A visit to the atelier is also of the utmost interest. It is possible to see the clays as they come from the pits, the kneading and preparation, and the careful blending for the strength that will withstand the furnace. Then in another room is the potter, an utterly unprepossessing individual, but who may very well be one of

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  • November 16, 2017 13:53:57 Thomas A. Lingner

    THE MARTIAN

    Hommes - 36-40

    Chevaux - 8

    Vol. 1 - No. 25   SUNDAY, February 9, 1919   Price: 30 centimes

    ----

    LA FAÏENCE DE NEVERS

     Image of a potter using a kick-wheel, and another image of a fancy pitcher. The resident of this Center who has not visited the ancient and renowned works of rare decorative pottery known as "faience" and with a celebrated factory in Nevers has missed one of the industries which conferred much glory upon the Nivernais duchy during the past five centuries. Its products today are famous all over France and western Europe and may be found in many collections of artistic pottery in America.

      The character of the faience of Nevers is as distinctive and individualistic as the more generally known Sèvres or Dresden. Its enamels, on a groundwork of glaze, its brilliant color contrasts, its peculiar, often extremely ornate shaping, and its fanciful decorations distinguish it from the other ceramics of France. The enamels, representing in the main, the recovery processes lost during periods of revolution or industrial lethargy, are equally distinctive, and among these, the rich blue of almost purple hue is famous in the history of ceramics as "Nevers blue." They are brilliant in color: there is depth and beauty in relief and contrast, and they possess a luminosity that alone entitles them to renown as a definite achievement in one of the national arts of France.

      Both the display rooms and the atelier of one of the oldest of the faienceries of Nevers may be found on the Rue de la Porte du Croux at No. 10. Monsier [sic] Gabriel Montagnon is the director and proprietor. The contrasts of blue and yellow; of green and rosebrown are quite violent and require a slight readjustment of previously conceived estimates of beautiful ceramic decorative effects. This is quickly accomplished, however, and an examination of the display rooms reveals many treasures. There are huge urns and vases, aiguieres of fantastic molding and remarkable color : decorative plaques, and thousands of articles of use and beauty. A huge plate almost 49 inches in diameter and said to be one of the largest objects of its kind in existence in the style of the early Renaissance, is one of the chief treasures. Some of the pieces are remarkable for their size and others for the quality of artistic workmanship, but there are also numerous articles intended for ordinary use. It is perfectly possible to obtain such common articles as dinner dishes, tiles and water pitchers, but every piece is executed with the same careful striving for beauty in shape and effect as is the largest.

      A visit to the atelier is also of the utmost interest. It is possible to see the clays as they come from the pits, the kneading and preparation, and the careful blending for the strength that will withstand the furnace. Then in another room is the potter, an utterly unprepossessing individual, but who may very well be one of

    (Continued on page 2)


  • November 16, 2017 13:48:10 Thomas A. Lingner

    THE MARTIAN

    Hommes - 36-40

    Chevaux - 8

    Vol. 1 - No. 25   SUNDAY, February 9, 1919   Price: 30 centimes

    ----

    LA FAÏENCE DE NEVERS

     Image of a potter using a kick-wheel, and another image of a fancy pitcher. The resident of this Center who has not visited the ancient and renowned works of rare decorative pottery known as "faience" and with a celebrated factory in Nevers has missed one of the industries which conferred much glory upon the Nivernais duchy during the past five centuries. Its products today are famous all over France and western Europe and may be found in many collections of artistic pottery in America.

      The character of the faience of Nevers is as distinctive and individualistic as the more generally known Sèvres or Dresden. Its enamels, on a groundwork of glaze, its brilliant color contrasts, its peculiar, often extremely ornate shaping, and its fanciful decorations distinguish it from the other ceramics of France. The enamels, representing in the main, the recovery processes lost during periods of revolution or industrial lethargy, are equally distinctive, and among these, the rich blue of almost purple hue is famous in the history of ceramics as "Nevers blue." They are brilliant in color: there is depth and beauty in relief and contrast, and they possess a luminosity that alone entitles them to renown as a definite achievement in one of the national arts of France.

     


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