[[File:Plate MET SF24 214 1.jpg|thumb|Plate, 1750-1800]] '''Aprey Faïence''' is a name used for the painted, tin-glazed [[faience]] pottery produced at a glass-works at [[Aprey]], [[France]]. This factory was established in 1744 by Jacques Lallemont de Villehaut, the Baron d'Aprey,<ref name=demmin1873/> on his estate. In 1760 he partnered with his brother Joseph, and the two hired Protaix Pidoux, a Swiss pottery painter. Jacques withdrew from business in 1769, so Joseph hired François Ollivier, a potter. Ollivier became director from 1774–1792.<ref name=campbell2006/> The factory came under the ownership of the Baron d'Anthès de Longpierre in 1789,<ref name=solon_burton1903/> then closed in 1885.<ref name=campbell2006/> [[File:M0354 98-28-040 1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Bowl, c. 1830]]
The pottery produced at this factory were styled after [[Strasbourg faience|early Strasbourg]] pieces, typically with decorations of birds or flowers.<ref name=berges1964/> The high quality of the work produced at this factory, along with the bird illustrations by the chief painter, made these pieces a preference of collectors. Early works did not have a distinct marking. Later pottery was of a lower quality, and these inferior pieces were typically marked with an A.P. symbol and the initials of the painter.<ref name=solon_burton1903/>
==References== {{commonscat|Aprey faience}} <references>
<ref name=solon_burton1903>{{cite book |author1=Solon, Louis Marc Emmanuel |author2=Burton, William | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historydescrip00solo/page/125 125]–126 | title=A history and description of the old French faïence: with an account of the revival of faïence painting in France | publisher=Cassell and company, limited | year=1903 | url=https://archive.org/details/historydescrip00solo | accessdate=2011-03-05 }}</ref>
<ref name=berges1964>{{cite book | first=Ruth | last=Berges | year=1964 | page=74 | title=From gold to porcelain: the art of porcelain and faïence | publisher=T. Yoseloff }}</ref>
<ref name=demmin1873>{{cite book | first=Auguste | last=Demmin | pages=707–708 | title=Guide de l'amateur de faiences et porcelaines | volume=2 | language=French | publisher=Librarie Renouard | year=1873 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0LYaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA707 | accessdate=2011-03-05 }}</ref>
<ref name=campbell2006>{{cite book | first=Gordon | last=Campbell | page=24 | year=2006 | title=The Grove encyclopedia of decorative arts| volume=1 | publisher=Oxford University Press US | isbn=0-19-518948-5 }}</ref>
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