ERNEST CHAPLET (1835-1909) AND FREDERIC HEXAMER (1847-1924), 1882-1885 An important and rare brown stoneware scroll vase, decorated on the body with a musketeer in relief holding a flag carried by the wind, on a green ground engraved with foliage and bunches enhanced with yellow and blue engobes and gold; the neck and foot left earth-toned, the neck decorated with a frieze of passementerie Signed in the decoration "Hexamer" and underneath with the workshop mark "H & Cie" known as the rosary, accompanied by the number "109", the incised letters and numbers "RB / 31", the letters "sm" in ink and "4K" (?) in relief. H. 44 cm Related works: Vase of a similar shape with Japanese decoration by Ernest Chaplet and Edouard Dammouse, Musée d'Orsay, inv. RF MOOAO 2022 2 1; Vase "La sieste dans les hydrangeas", by Ernest Chaplet and Frédéric Hexamer, Musée du Petit Palais, inv. PPO03702. History: The rosary mark on our "H & Cie" vase is that of the workshop opened by the Haviland factory in 1882 and directed by Ernest Chaplet, who marked an important stage in the rediscovery of stoneware, one of the most popular materials for artists and architects at the end of the 19th century. Our vase belongs to the "brown stoneware" period, produced by Ernest Chaplet in his rue Blomet workshop between 1882 and 1885. The originality of this technique was to leave the clay visible by engraving the decorations and leaving certain parts of the vase in reserve, without slip.