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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jug

1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Joseph (Giuseppe) Devers (1823-1882) was born in Turin and trained as a painter and sculptor. After some work in Italy he moved to Paris in 1849 to further his training under Ary Scheffer and François Rude. He established his own pottery in rue Hallé, Montrouge, Paris, working there from 1853-1871, when he returned to Turin as Professor of Ceramics at the Accademia Albertina.

Devers designed both decorative wares and architectural ceramics, such as for the churches of La Trinité and St-Amboise, with panels made at the specialist tileworks of Maison Pichenot-Loebnitz. Throughout his career, his classical training underpinned his designs and he was much influenced by the faience of the 15th century Della Robbia family of Florence. He was especially attracted to the rich background colours of blue or gold and frequently used motifs associated with Italian or French Renaissance ornament. This jug matches the mid-19th century fashionable interest in historical styles.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Jug, earthenware, enamelled, with blue neck and foot, orange body with medallions, French, ca. 1867
Physical description
Jug with scrolled pouring lip, ovoid body, footed, with raised handle. Painted in blue and yellow and with a medallion enclosing 'S' and the sides with classical figures and 'Viva l'Italia'
Dimensions
  • Height: 27cm
Style
Summary
Joseph (Giuseppe) Devers (1823-1882) was born in Turin and trained as a painter and sculptor. After some work in Italy he moved to Paris in 1849 to further his training under Ary Scheffer and François Rude. He established his own pottery in rue Hallé, Montrouge, Paris, working there from 1853-1871, when he returned to Turin as Professor of Ceramics at the Accademia Albertina.

Devers designed both decorative wares and architectural ceramics, such as for the churches of La Trinité and St-Amboise, with panels made at the specialist tileworks of Maison Pichenot-Loebnitz. Throughout his career, his classical training underpinned his designs and he was much influenced by the faience of the 15th century Della Robbia family of Florence. He was especially attracted to the rich background colours of blue or gold and frequently used motifs associated with Italian or French Renaissance ornament. This jug matches the mid-19th century fashionable interest in historical styles.
Collection
Accession number
710-1869

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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