Montigny Sur Loing - Impressionist Ceramic Signed Théodore Lefront 1860/1888 -

THEODORE LEFRONT
1860 - 1888
Impressionist ceramic known as Montigny sur Loing
Signed
Bonbonnière with bouquet of roses.
Gilded bronze base and closure.
Diameter: 23 cm
Height: 14 cm
Used condition - Some small chips on the petals of the roses.

When Euggène Schopin founded a ceramic factory in Montigny-sur-Loing in 1872, he collaborated with many painters to create a range of models inspired by impressionism. Several ceramic factories developed around this impressionist movement, such as that of Théodore Lefront in Fontainebleau. The impressionist style is directly linked to the slip technique. This technique uses a slip, a paste diluted and tinted with oxides, developed in the mid-19th century by Sèvres to decorate porcelain. It is an earthy decorative coating originally raw - clay in liquid slip form, placed on a raw but not dry form, or finely ground fired clay, agglomerated by a vitreous binder, a more advanced form allowing work on biscuit without risk of flaking - The slip is colored in the mass by metallic compounds then it is covered by a glaze generally lead or alkaline-lead. The effect produced tends to evoke the raised touch of oil painting. (Wikipedia)