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Pierre-Adrien DALPAYRAT French Art Nouveau Stoneware Inkwell, 1890
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About the Item
French Art Nouveau Inkwell by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat, France, circa 1890. A rare and exquisite Art Nouveau inkwell by renowned French ceramist Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat (1844–1910). This finely crafted piece showcases Dalpayrat’s signature red copper-glazed stoneware, especially rich and luminous near the base. Elegantly mounted in pewter, the design exemplifies the organic flow and refined detail of the Art Nouveau period.
Dimensions: Height: 3.54 in. (9 cm) Diameter: 5.12 in. (13 cm)
Materials: Stoneware with pewter mount
Condition: Excellent+++++, museum-quality preservation
Markings: Incised signature "Dalpayrat 1500" under the base (see photo)
This inkwell is a collectible example of French ceramic art at the turn of the century—perfect for collectors of Art Nouveau, 19th-century French ceramics, or the works of Dalpayrat.
Adrien Dalpayrat (1844–1910): A Pioneer of French Ceramic Innovation
Adrien Dalpayrat was a French ceramicist and researcher who played a key role in the revival of stoneware at the end of the 19th century. Born in 1844 in Limoges, Dalpayrat studied drawing and porcelain painting in his hometown before beginning his professional career at the Jules Vieillard faience factory in Bordeaux. There, he met his wife, Marie Tallerie, with whom he had two sons—Albert and Adolphe—who would later become his primary collaborators.
Throughout his early career, Dalpayrat worked for several major ceramic manufacturers, including Ashwin (Valentine), Fouquet (Toulouse), François Blanc (Monaco), and Léon Sazerat (Limoges). In 1889, seeking greater independence, he moved to the Paris region and established his own studio in Bourg-la-Reine.
Collaborations and Artistic Evolution
Dalpayrat’s creative vision expanded through his collaboration with sculptor Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix. Together, they explored neo-Gothic and Palissy-inspired motifs, creating a remarkable ceramic bestiary. Following Voisin-Delacroix’s death in 1893, Dalpayrat partnered with Adèle Lesbros, which marked a shift in his work toward simpler, more refined vase forms influenced by Japonism.
Japanese art had been introduced to France during the 1867 Universal Exhibition, but it wasn’t until the 1878 Exhibition, particularly through the ceremonial stoneware used in the Japanese tea ceremony, that Japonism truly captivated French artists. This influence led Dalpayrat to create vessels with organic, vegetal, and animal-inspired forms.
Technical Mastery: The Secrets of Copper Red
Among all the ceramists of his time who sought to replicate the elusive Chinese “sang de boeuf” (oxblood) glaze, Adrien Dalpayrat was arguably the most successful. He didn’t simply reproduce the legendary copper red—he transformed it. By manipulating glaze thickness, firing temperature, atmosphere, and copper oxide content, he developed a unique palette of flamed and mottled red glazes that became his signature: the renowned Dalpayrat red.
He further enriched his pieces by introducing streaks and inclusions of turquoise, blue, green, and yellow—freeing the red glaze from monochromy and turning it into an expressive, living surface. His work pushed stoneware beyond function into expressive art, merging form and glaze in bold, sculptural harmony.
Beyond Ceramics: Bronze Mounts and Architectural Works
Dalpayrat also collaborated with renowned jewelers such as Ernest Cardeilhac and Keller to produce pieces mounted in gilt bronze, blending ceramics with decorative arts at the highest level.
In an effort to make his work more accessible, he opened a second faience workshop focused on simpler, more affordable pieces inspired by Nevers and Rouen ware. However, this venture faced financial difficulties and closed by 1900. The main family studio followed in 1906 as the popularity of Art Nouveau declined.
Dalpayrat then returned to Limoges, devoting his final years to painting and drawing until his death in 1910.
Legacy and Recognition
Despite financial struggles during his lifetime, Dalpayrat’s ceramics were widely acclaimed at major international exhibitions:
Bronze medal, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893)
Silver medal, Antwerp International Exhibition (1894)
Gold medal, Exposition Universelle, Paris (1900)
Today, his work is part of prestigious museum collections. In 2020, the Petit Palais in Paris acquired a large bird motif vase created in collaboration with Voisin-Delacroix, now on view in Room 21. That same year, the Musée National Adrien Dubouché, in partnership with the Cité de la Céramique, included a striking zoomorphic pitcher vase in its Living Forms exhibition—one of the last remaining testaments to his collaboration with Voisin-Delacroix.
With contemporaries like Jean Carriès, Ernest Chaplet, and Auguste Delaherche, Adrien Dalpayrat remains one of the most important French ceramists of the Art Nouveau era—his name forever tied to the mysterious beauty of flamed stoneware and the deep, glowing rouge Dalpayrat.
- Creator:Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 3.55 in (9 cm)Diameter: 5.12 in (13 cm)
- Style:Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Pewter,Stoneware
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:ca.1890
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2312346409662
Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
After working nearly half his life as an itinerant faience painter and directing a production for commercial porcelain manufacturers, Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat’s eyes were finally opened to reveal his true calling.
Ernest Chaplet had just won the gold medal at l’Exposition Universelle for his revolutionary sang-de-boeuf glazed stoneware. That same year, sparked by Chaplet’s revelatory creations, Dalpayrat moved to the hub of ceramic activity just southwest of Paris in Bourg-la-Reine to began extensive research into glazes and to begin producing stoneware.
Featuring what has since come to be known as Dalpayrat Red, he exploded on the Parisian art scene in 1892 with the first of many shows at the prominent Galerie Georges Petit. One of the most critically acclaimed ceramists of his time, Dalpayrat was made Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in 1900.
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