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Alexandre Bigot

Potter - Mer ( Loir-et-cher) 5 –11-1862 - 11-4-1927 Paris

Won six grand prices on the great exhibition in Paris 1900 for his pottery.

Experimented with types of glazer and made around 1897 numeral architectural designs

He also worked with Siegfried Bing (Paris) “L ‘Art Nouveau” and Maurice Dufrene Edouard Colonna – G Keller and other Paris designers who made several designs for pewter and silver tops that fit on the vases and jugs of Bigot

Bigot has two ateliers one in Mer and in Paris

Around 1910 he take part in the” Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux Arts" and in the “Salon d’Automme“.

The firm ateliers Bigot & Cie closed in 1914

The marks of Alexandre Bigot

Items in our collection

Bigot fountain

Date : 1900

Alexandre Bigot fountain, made in two parts

Designer : Delastre

Marked : A Bigot and Delastre

Height : 32 inch / 83.0 cm

Bigot Inkwell

Bigot inkwell
Date : 1914

marked : Grès de la Beauce Loire et Cher

length : 8.0. inch / 20.0 cm

Bigot vase with silver

Date : 1899

Designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

Marked : A Bigot and T 448 written

Height : 2.5 inch / 6.5 cm
Ø: 4.0 inch / 10 cm

Bigot Cats

Date : 1908

marked : Gres de Bigot

height : 2.8. inch / 7.0 cm

Bigot Jug with silver lid

Date : 1900

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : Jar - Gres de Bigot

lid - Gebrüder Friedlander, designer mark of Emil Harnisch + German Silver marks

height : 12.0 inch / 30.0 cm

Bigot wall plaque

Date : 1903

marked A Bigot

Ø: 11.0 inch / 27.0 cm

Bigot vase

Date : 1899

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : A Bigot

height : 4.2. inch / 11.0 cm

Bigot tea cup

Date : 1899

Designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

Marked : A Bigot

Height : 2.0 inch / 5.0 cm
Ø: 3.5 inch / 9.0 cm

Bigot vase

Date : 1905

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : A Bigot

height : 5.5. inch / 14.0 cm

Bigot Jug

Date : 1900

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : A Bigot

height : 4.0. inch / 10.0 cm