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

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

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brown stoneware with a lustre glaze
Brief description
Vase of brown stoneware, made by Léon Castel, Cannes, ca. 1900
Physical description
Vase of brown stoneware. Ovoid body with an out-turned rim, mottled green and crimson lustred glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Diameter: 6.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'M.Chevalier Castel Cannes' (impressed)
Credit line
Given by Herman Hart, Esq. in memory of his wife
Historical context
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.
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.902-1917

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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