DAMMOUSE, Albert-Louis

(b. 1848 Paris, d. 1926 Sèvres)

French sculptor and ceramicist, son of sculptor Pierre-Adolphe Dammouse (1817-1880). From 1863 to 1868, he studied at the École supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris. From 1868 to 1870, he collaborated with Marc-Louis-Emmanuel Solon (1835-1913), known as “Milès”.

In 1871, he created a workshop in Sèvres, which he kept until he died in 1926. There he made porcelain which he decorated with a large fire as well as stoneware and earthenware. He followed the different artistic currents of his time without letting himself be locked into one of them.

His ceramics are kept in numerous museums in France (Palais Galliera, Musée des Arts décoratifs and Musée d’Orsay in Paris, Musée national de Céramique in Sèvres, Musée national Adrien-Dubouché in Limoges), in the United States and in Germany.

Albert Dammouse was promoted to the rank of Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1926.

Flared neck vase

This vase has pâte-sur-pâte decoration, and enamel decoration heightened with gold.

Pâte-sur-pâte (French: “paste on paste”) is a method of porcelain decoration in which a relief design is created on an unfired, unglazed body by applying successive layers of white slip (liquid clay) with a brush. The technique was first employed by the Chinese in the 18th century. It was introduced in Europe in about 1850 at S�vres.

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Sèvres blue vase

This vase has pâte-sur-pâte decoration, flamed glaze of high fire, enamel decoration, heightened with gold.

Pâte-sur-pâte, (French: “paste on paste”) is a method of porcelain decoration in which a relief design is created on an unfired, unglazed body by applying successive layers of white slip (liquid clay) with a brush. The technique was first employed by the Chinese in the 18th century. It was introduced in Europe in about 1850 at S�vres.

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