{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O341767"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O341767/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2007BM6440/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2007BM6440/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2007BM6440","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2007BM6439","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O341767/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O341767","accessionNumber":"7739-1862","objectType":"Conch shell","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"Jules-Joseph-Henri Brianchon (d. 1880) worked in partnership with his brother-in-law, a M. Gillet, from several Paris addresses between 1855 and 1880.  In 1857 he patented <i>couleurs nacrées</i> ('pearly colours') based on bismuth-gold, uranium and palladium salts.  This lustrous glaze became the firm's speciality, applied to many wares in a variety of style.  Indeed, a critic at the international exhibition, London, 1862, in which this Conch Shell was shown, felt their use of the technique was neither discriminating nor novel.  However, the jury's Report thought the wares of 'extreme brilliancy and the delicacy of the tints'..would counter any 'objection that might arise on the charge of meretricious glitter'.  Perhaps this shell is one of the more appropriate and popular applications of Brianchon's patent.","physicalDescription":"Ornament in the form of a conch shell resting on a group of shells and marine plants","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Gillet et Brianchon","id":"A32226"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"porcelain","id":"AAT10662"}],"techniques":[{"text":"glaze","id":"AAT53914"},{"text":"lustre","id":"x29344"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Porcelain, coloured with lustre glaze","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2007BM6440","2007BM6439"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"139","id":"THES49874"},"free":"","case":"28","shelf":"6","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"conch shell","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"france","id":"x28849"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca 1862","earliest":"1862-01-01","latest":"1862-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Mr Clark","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Depth","value":"21","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"18","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"15","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Shown in the international exhibition, London, 1862, Class XXXV, no. 3354","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"French porcelain conch shell ornament, made in Paris by Gillet et Brianchon, ca. 1862","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<I>Jury Reports, international exhibition, London, 1862</i> p.6"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Label for 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900', Gallery 101, de-canted March 2017:\r\n\r\n'17\r\nConch Shell\r\nAbout 1862\r\nShown at the International Exhibtion,\r\nLondon 1862\r\n\r\nIn 1857 Brianchon registered a patent for <i>couleurs nacrées </i>or 'pearly colours'. The technique used busmuth, gold, uranuim and palladium salts to creat an iridescent effect. This became the firm's speciality and was applied to a variety of wares, many less suited to it than this shell. One critic dais that their use of it was 'neither discriminating nor novel'. \n\nFrance, Paris; manufactured by Gilles &amp; Brianchon\nHard-paste porcelain, painted in colours and iridecent glazes\n\nMuseum no. 7739-1862\nGiven by Mr Clark'","date":{"text":"22/04/2017","earliest":"2017-04-22","latest":"2017-04-22"}},{"text":"Gallery 101, Nineteenth Century Europe\n\n19\r\nConch Shell\r\nAbout 1862\r\nShown at the International Exhibition, London, 1862\r\nIn 1857 Brianchon registered a patent for couleurs nacrées or ‘pearly colours’. The technique used bismuth, gold, uranium and palladium salts to create an iridescent effect. This became the firm’s speciality and was applied to a variety of wares, many less suited to it than this shell. One critic said that their use of it was ‘neither discriminating nor novel’.\r\nFrance, Paris; manufactured by Gilles &amp; Brianchon\r\nHard-paste porcelain, painted in colours and iridescent glazes\r\nMuseum no. 7739-1862\r\nGiven by Mr Clark","date":{"text":"2006-2017","earliest":"2006-01-01","latest":"2017-12-31"}},{"text":"CONCH SHELL\r\n  Gillet et Brianchon\r\n     Manufacturer\r\n  Paris: about 1862\r\n Porcelain with colours\r\n  and an iridescent glaze\r\n\r\n         7739-1862\r\n\r\nJules-Joseph-Henri Brianchon worked in partnership with his brother-in-law Gillet from several Paris adresses between 1855 and 1880. In 1857 he patented  <I>couleurs nacrées </I> (\"pearly colours\") based on bismuth-gold, uranium and palladium salts. This lustrous glaze became the firm's speciality, applied to many wares in a variety of styles. Indeed, a critic of the London 1862 Exhibition felt their use of the technique was neither discriminating nor novel. This shell, shown in 1862, is one of the more appropriate and popular applications of Brianchon's patent.\r\n\r\n                             Given by Mr. Clark","date":{"text":"1987-2006","earliest":"1987-01-01","latest":"2006-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["7739-1862"],"accessionNumberNum":"7739","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1862,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-12-30","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":false}}