Lot Essay
The first attempts to produce red glazes in Europe were made by de Salvette at Sèvres, work that was continued in ithe 1880's by Théodore Deck in France and Bünzli in his manufactory near Vienna. From 1884, regular production of porcelain with a red glaze was started at manufactories in Berlin and Sèvres. Only at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in St.Petersburg, however, were decorative glazes in various tones used to embellish not only vases, but also hundreds of porcelain eggs for which red, the traditional Easter colour, was naturally preferred.
A report from the Imperial Porcelain Manufacture noted that 'in 1888, the laboratory was engaged in experiments to develop glazes with the aid of copper compounds, and that the following year it succeeded in establishing the conditions for creating a tone (rouge flambé) and used the new colour in production.' Later, a red glaze without spots or stripes was developed in various tones, called "sang de boeuf" after the well-known Chinese glazes.
A report from the Imperial Porcelain Manufacture noted that 'in 1888, the laboratory was engaged in experiments to develop glazes with the aid of copper compounds, and that the following year it succeeded in establishing the conditions for creating a tone (rouge flambé) and used the new colour in production.' Later, a red glaze without spots or stripes was developed in various tones, called "sang de boeuf" after the well-known Chinese glazes.