In the 19th century various Western potters, especially in the emerging art pottery movement, tried to copy the Chinese glaze, which had acquired a great reputation, but found replicating it very difficult, whether in porcelain or stoneware. In France Sèvres porcelain began experimenting in 1882. Ernest Chaplet succeeded in making it in 1885, with financial backing from Haviland &amp; Co., and Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat also succeeded in making a version. Chaplet won a gold medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris for his glaze.