Vase ca. 1891 Ernest Chaplet French Creating a marbled glaze required an extensive knowledge of chemical reactions and firing temperatures. Chaplet’s exhaustive experiments in the kiln would cost him dearly—a firing accident led to his eventual blindness, ending his career as a potter. In despair, he destroyed all his notebooks containing his secret Vase. French, Choisy-le-Roi. ca. 1891. Porcelain, brass. Ceramics-Porcelain

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