Pair of large French Art Nouveau vases, marked ‘Herbinieré’ by Gustav Asch, Tours, multi-spouted with green glaze, c. 1900
$880.00 AUD
Pair of rare large French pottery Art Nouveau vases, with tall baluster bodies moulded with foliate meanders, four ‘D’ shaped spouts to the shoulder around a central raised flower bud rim on a square foot, glazed in deep green with gold highlights to moulding .
Marked to base ‘Herbineré / Tours’
Circa 1900
36cm high
Condition: good, with only very slight signs of age, one spout with slight overpainting, probable segment of lip re-stuck, displays great.
The battle-axe mark was that of the Sainte-Radegonde works in Tours (Indre-et-Loire), founded in 1887 by Gustave Asch (1856-1911). The mark was registered in 1890. Asch mastered glazes in the Sevres style, particularly a deep cobalt blue, now known as ‘Tours Blue’. This thick green appears to have been another of his innovations. Many of the products were historical backwards-looking pieces, in the Sèvres style, often with the arms of Tours on them in bright gold.
These beautiful full-blooded Art Nouveau designs are unusual for the firm, and indicate the brief interest in the style, from the last years of the 19th century until around 1910. The bulk of the firm’s production is either ‘historical’ – clones of 18th century ties – or aesthetic ‘belle époque’ designs that were extremely well recieved by the Victorians.
The name ‘Herbinieré’ appears on pieces marked with the Asche axe, indicating a partnership. By 1910 a larger partnership was in place, with pieces marked ‘Asch, Herbinieré & Siroteau, Tours’ into the 1930’s.
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