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Aprey Faïence is a name used for the painted, tin-glazed
faience Faience or faïence (; ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip of a lead glaze, was a major ad ...
pottery produced at a glass-works at
Aprey Aprey () is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France. The commune is famous for its faience. Aprey Faience was produced at a glass-works at Aprey, set up in 1744 by Jacques Lallemont de Villehaut, Ba ...
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. This factory was established in 1744 by Jacques Lallemont de Villehaut, the Baron d'Aprey, on his estate. In 1760 he partnered with his brother Joseph, and the two hired Protaix Pidoux, a Swiss pottery painter. Jacques withdrew from business in 1769, so Joseph hired François Ollivier, a potter. Ollivier became director from 1774–1792. The factory came under the ownership of the Baron d'Anthès de Longpierre in 1789, then closed in 1885. The pottery produced at this factory were styled after early Strasbourg pieces, typically with decorations of birds or flowers. The high quality of the work produced at this factory, along with the bird illustrations by the chief painter, made these pieces a preference of collectors. Early works did not have a distinct marking. Later pottery was of a lower quality, and these inferior pieces were typically marked with an A.P. symbol and the initials of the painter.


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€“126 , title=A history and description of the old French faïence: with an account of the revival of faïence painting in France , publisher=Cassell and company, limited , year=1903 , url=https://archive.org/details/historydescrip00solo , accessdate=2011-03-05
{{cite book , first=Ruth , last=Berges , year=1964 , page=74 , title=From gold to porcelain: the art of porcelain and faïence , publisher=T. Yoseloff {{cite book , first=Auguste , last=Demmin , pages=707–708 , title=Guide de l'amateur de faiences et porcelaines , volume=2 , language=French , publisher=Librarie Renouard , year=1873 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0LYaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA707#v=onepage&q&f=false , accessdate=2011-03-05 {{cite book , first=Gordon , last=Campbell , page=24 , year=2006 , title=The Grove encyclopedia of decorative arts, volume=1 , publisher=Oxford University Press US , isbn=0-19-518948-5 Ceramics manufacturers of France Companies based in Grand Est Faience of France