20th Century Ceramic Swan with a Metallic Luster by Gerard Danton of Aubusson, France

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Beautiful swan-shaped cachepot made of majolica-glazed ceramic with a metallic luster finish. Beneath it is a distinctive amphora-shaped mark in … Read more Beautiful swan-shaped cachepot made of majolica-glazed ceramic with a metallic luster finish. Beneath it is a distinctive amphora-shaped mark in relief, with raised dashes all around it, resembling sunbeams. The only very similar mark I found refers to a French factory, founded in the town of Aubusson by Eugène-Marie-Pierre-Frédéric Danton, which produced metallic luster pieces, just like our swan (see last photo).

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from an online search, we find that Gerard Danton's ceramics range from a minimum of €200-300 to over €2,000 for the largest and most elaborate vases, all with dark green glazes and a luster finish like our swan. This piece has an attribution mark,
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