Vase
ca. 1900 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Ceramics with mottled or lustred glazes were popular around the turn of the 1900s as part of the fashionable 'art pottery' style. Several potteries in the south of France made this type of ware
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, glazed |
| Brief description | Vase of glazed stoneware, made by Léon Castel, Cannes, ca. 1900 |
| Physical description | Vase of stoneware with an ovoid body and with mottled brown and green glazes. Short wide neck. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Mont Chevalier L.Castel Cannes' (impressed) |
| Credit line | Given by Herman Hart, Esq. in memory of his wife |
| Object history | Léon Castel (dates unknown) worked with Marcel Chevalier who founded La Faiencerie du Mont-Chevalier at Cannes in 1888, making earthenwares and stonewares, with mottled and lustred glazes in the style of the more famous Massier family pottery nearby in southern France. Production continued until about 1920. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Ceramics with mottled or lustred glazes were popular around the turn of the 1900s as part of the fashionable 'art pottery' style. Several potteries in the south of France made this type of ware |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.946-1917 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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