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Basin
Veuve Arnoux pottery factory - Enlarge image
Basin
- Place of origin:
Apt, France (made)
Le Camp du Castellet, France (possibly, made) - Date:
ca. 1790-1810 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Veuve Arnoux pottery factory (possibly, manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Buff earthenware with moulded decoration and yellowish lead glaze (faïence fine)
- Credit Line:
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
- Museum number:
C.566A-1909
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 51, shelf 4
Physical description
The oval basin, which stands on three scroll feet, has a waved rim and is moulded front and back with infant sea gods.
Place of Origin
Apt, France (made)
Le Camp du Castellet, France (possibly, made)
Date
ca. 1790-1810 (made)
Artist/maker
Veuve Arnoux pottery factory (possibly, manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Buff earthenware with moulded decoration and yellowish lead glaze (faïence fine)
Descriptive line
Buff earthenware basin with moulded decoration made by Veuve Arnoux pottery factory, about 1790-1810
Production Note
Acquired as Apt, late 18th century; relabelled c. 1770. For two similar ewers and basins see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, La Faïence fine francaise, 1750-1867, Paris, 1995, p. 97, top left (where attributed to Apt or Castellet, end of 18th century) and Bernard Bumpus, 'Le fabrique de la veuve Arnoux à Apt et ses liens avec la societé Fouque-Arnoux' , Sèvres: Revue de la Sociéte des Amis du Musée Nationale de Céramique, No. 6, 1997, p. 26 (where described as 'about 1805, Apt, fabrique de la veuve Arnoux?').
Subjects depicted
Infants
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware
Collection code
CER
