Emile Lombart - Faiencerie de Saint Ghislain - large art deco vase - signed

Faience de Saint Ghislain, Belgium. Designed and executed by the master himself, Emile Lombart. Beautiful exclusive large art deco vase with a décor of flying swans and trees. Very fine work. . . the swans are finished with gold. As is the edge at the top and bottom. Emile Landry worked in the style of Charles Catteau Implementation by Saint Ghislain and designed by Emile Lombart The factories of Saint Ghislain stood near those of Boch Frères and Keramis This is a unique piece and 1 of the largest. Top vase. The vase is in top condition. . . no comments. About S. A. Faïence factory of #Saint-Ghislain. A faience factory that delivered particularly artistic work but also produced beautiful household service parts and toiletries (late nineteenth, early twentieth century) is this one by Saint-Ghislain. It was founded (in 1892) by François Dubois together with his son Antoine and the pottery painter Emile Lombart (former employees of the faience factory in Wasmuël) . Her statutes included goals such as: the purchase, sale, manufacture and decoration of ceramic objects and the education of ordinary men to beauty. Business went so well in the early years that they soon proceeded to form a public limited company with a million Belgian francs as starting capital. The artists and craftsmen who worked there were highly motivated and creative. Copying was not in their dictionary . . . but always looking for innovation: contemporary decors and shapes that fit their zeitgeist . . . from Art Nouveau to Art Deco to Modernism François and Antoine Dubois left the factory in 1909 to settle in Anderlecht . . . where they founded a new company 'Mons Pottery'. In 1918, burning disaster struck and Antoine was forced to return to his native region to found 'la Céramique Montoise' in Condé. After the death of his father, his son René Dubois founded a new faience factory in Cuesmes. This is how Emile Lombart became the head of this flourishing company. A self-made man from a painter to a commercial director Under his direction, more artistic objects were also made, such as: vases, fantasy pieces, masks, sculptures, ornamental dishes and others. The products were sold in department stores such as: Innovation, Bon Marché and Sarma. But also abroad people appreciated the numerous objects. As a source of innovation and modernisation, the factory worked together with the 'Arts and Crafts School' and the 'Atelier d'Art' in Saint-Ghislain. Emile Lombart was ceramic design teacher at the school and member of the art circle. In 1963, this company closed its doors . . . the competition with cheaper foreign faience companies became fatal.