Enamelled stoneware inkwell by Jean Dampt and Emile Muller

Enamelled stoneware inkwell with woman in a plant decor by Jean Dampt for Emile Muller

Jean Baptiste August Dampt was a sculptor trained at the Beaux-Arts in Dijon. A member of the Groupe des Cinq, which became l'Art dans Tout in 1898 and included Henry Nocq, Alexandre Charpentier and François Rupert Carabin. One of the group's ambitions was to decompartmentalize the so-called minor and major arts, as part of a social art perspective accessible to all.
Jean Dampt designed numerous models for the famous ceramist Emile Muller, including one sent to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1896.