Pierre-Antoine Hannong

Pierre-Antoine Hannong was a French pottery manufacturer associated with the production of Strasbourg ware and later worked at the Vincennes factory. He was the son of Charles-François Hannong, who founded the Strasbourg factory, and took over its administration alongside his father and later his own son, Joseph-Adam.1

The Hannong enterprise primarily produced faience (tin-glazed earthenware) and porcelain. Pierre-Antoine's son, Joseph-Adam, favored vessels resembling basketwork and was an early practitioner of overglaze painting in France, often using a distinctive carmine color.1

Pierre-Antoine Hannong also worked at the Vincennes factory, where both earthenware and porcelain were produced. However, he was dismissed in 1770 due to royal intervention, likely related to the porcelain monopoly held by Sèvres.2