Mallet was born in 1836 in at
Jussey in
Haute-Saône,
France. He was trained in
etching. He married and had two daughters, but was a widower by 1891. By 1873 he had moved to
London, describing himself as a 'Painter on Porcelain' and working at Borgen and Co. in collaboration with Léonce Goutard. Both artists also produced work for
Wedgwood and
Mintons. From at least 1879 to 1877 he was a regular exhibitor at an annual exhibition and competition 'Painting on China' where reviews praised his imagination. In about 1885 he moved to
Leeds to work on
Burmantofts Pottery, then in 1887 he moved to
Brighton (though his designs continued to be produced in Leeds) and exhibited an etching at the
Royal Academy, the first of many. He died in 1898, at
Boulogne-sur-Seine. ==References==