Delaherche, Auguste (1857 - 1940)

French ceramist. Between 1879 and 1883 he studied at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. After 1883 he was employed by Ludovic Pilleux’s company in Goincourt, where he completed his first designs. In 1886 he headed Christofle’s galvanic plastics workshop in Paris. In 1886-1887 he took over the management of Ernest Chaplet’s workshop in Paris. He participated at the Paris International Exhibition of 1889, where he achieved great success. After 1894 he also designed objects for the ceramics factory Sables Rouges of Armentieres. He began to produce porcelain tableware with underglaze painting. At the Paris International Exhibition of 1900 he was awarded a Grand Prix.