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Figure Group

1938 (made)
Artist/Maker
Beyer, Paul (maker)
Place of origin
France (made)

Figure group comprising of a hen and five chicks, salt-glazed stoneware. Signed and dated on the base.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Studio Pottery
Stoneware
Object type
Figure group
Parts
This object consists of 6 parts.

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Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware
Stoneware
Glazed
Brief description
Figure group comprising of a hen and five chicks, salt-glazed stoneware, made by Paul Beyer, France, 1938
Physical description
Figure group comprising of a hen and five chicks, salt-glazed stoneware. Signed and dated on the base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.2cm (Note: hen)
  • Width: 23.3cm (Note: hen)
  • Depth: 13.3cm (Note: hen)
Marks and inscriptions
'BEYER 38' (Maker's mark and date incised on base)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mme. Renée Collinson
Object history
This object is part of a collection of early 20th century French studio ceramics bequeathed to the Museum by Mme. Renée Collinson (1915-2001). The collection was assembled by her father, Charles Sydney Collinson between 1930 and 1940. He was an official in the Visa section of the British Embassy in Brussels from about 1910, and a friend of two of the artists who produced the ceramics, Paul Beyer (1873-1945) and Séraphin Soudbinine (1870-1944). He was English with a French wife and they retired to France although Mme. Collinson was brought up in France and Belgium.
Bibliographic reference
Cameron, Elizabeth. Encyclopedia of Pottery and Porcelain: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. London: Faber and Faber, 1986, p.46
Other number
26 - Number on label
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.144:1 to 6-2014

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Record createdApril 8, 2014
Record URL
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