Small French Denbac Gres Flammes Art Pottery Vase in Shades of Brown

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A vintage stoneware vase from La Société Denert et Balichon, known as Denbac Pottery of Vierzon, France, dating circa 1930s. … more A vintage stoneware vase from La Société Denert et Balichon, known as Denbac Pottery of Vierzon, France, dating circa 1930s. Denbac's grès flammés (flamed sandstone) art pottery glazes are unique to every piece; this vessel is decorated in neutral shades with a textured drip glaze of golden ochre-brown highlighted with beige and tan over the speckled brown body.

The small art pottery vase is in very good condition and would make an ideal accessory for a desk, bookshelf, window sill, end table or night stand. Fully marked, bearing a printed "Denbac" mark in script under form number 18 underfoot. The vase measures 5.5 in. height x 3.13 in. diameter (at widest) x 1.63 in diameter (at rim).

Denbac is the brand name for the Denert and Balichon Company of Vierzon in central France. The Denbac name is a contraction of the partners surnames, ceramist René Denert and manager René-Louis Balichon. less