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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 plate

Date : 1909

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : A Bigot , 1909

width : 5.3. inch / 13.5 cm

Bigot plate

Date : 1905

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : A Bigot

width : 6.0. inch / 15.0 cm

Bigot vase

Date : 1900

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : A Bigot and Initials FCF

height : 4.2. inch / 11.0 cm

Bigot vase

Date : 1899

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : A Bigot

height : 2.8 inch / 7.0 cm

Bigot plate

Date : 1909

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : A Bigot , 1909

width : 5.3. inch / 13.5 cm

Bigot mustard jar

silver lid by Gustave Keller

Date : 1900

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : Jar - Gres de Bigot
lid - G. Keller + GK + French Silver mark

height : 3.2. inch / 8.0 cm

Bigot inkwell

Date : 1899

designer : Henri Nocq

marked : A Bigot + original label

length : 15.0. inch / 38.0 cm

Bigot lion

Date : 1908

designer : Paul Jouve

marked : Grès de Bigot

width : 6.3. inch / 15.6 cm

Bigot wall plaque

Date :1912

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : Gres de Bigot

Ø: 10.5 inch / 26..0 cm

Bigot vase

Date : 1899

designer : Alexandre Bigot (1862 – 1927)

marked : A Bigot

width : 7.0. inch / 17.0 cm