Dish
1867 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Joseph-Théodore Deck (1823-1891), born in Guebwiller, Alsace, was apprenticed to a traditional stove-making firm in Strasbourg, learning his trade there and then in other centres in Germany and Austria. He moved to Paris in about 1851 as overseer for the Dumas stove and tile firm, and in 1855 opened his own studio and, later his own retail shop, with his brother Xavier. He invited many well-known painters of the day to design decorations and also to paint some wares directly. This dish, by Marie-Caroline-Eléonore Escallier-Légérot (1827-1888) is such an example. Deck specialised in researching glazes and colours, inspired by the ceramics of the Middle and Far East. In 1887, only three years before his death, he became Director of the National Manufactory at Sèvres.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with painted decoration in coloured enamels |
| Brief description | Dish, made by Joseph-Théodore Deck, with painted decoration by Eléonore Escallier-Légérot, Paris, 1867 |
| Physical description | Earthenware dish with painted decoration in coloured enamels on white ground, showing a long-tailed, crested bird sitting on a branch of prunus blossom , above white and green vegetation. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'TH Deck 1867' on rverse; 'EEscallier' painted in black on obverse |
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| Object history | Bought from Joseph-Théodore Deck after being shown in the Paris 1867 Exhibition. |
| Historical context | With his brother F. Xavier, Deck had a workshop in Paris for making decorative earthenware from the 1850s. He involved artists such as Felix Bracquemond, Albert Anker and Eléonore Escallier in decorating his products. Marie-Caroline-Eléonore Escallier-Légérot, (1827-1888) born in Jura, was a painter of flower and fruit still-lifes. She also worked under J.-C. Ziegler at the Dijon Ecole des Beaux-Arts and with Ernest Chaplet at the Laurin factory, Bourg-la-Reine, using the "barbotine" technique of 'painting in thick, coloured clays (slip) which he developed in imitation of 'impasto'easel painting. |
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| Summary | Joseph-Théodore Deck (1823-1891), born in Guebwiller, Alsace, was apprenticed to a traditional stove-making firm in Strasbourg, learning his trade there and then in other centres in Germany and Austria. He moved to Paris in about 1851 as overseer for the Dumas stove and tile firm, and in 1855 opened his own studio and, later his own retail shop, with his brother Xavier. He invited many well-known painters of the day to design decorations and also to paint some wares directly. This dish, by Marie-Caroline-Eléonore Escallier-Légérot (1827-1888) is such an example. Deck specialised in researching glazes and colours, inspired by the ceramics of the Middle and Far East. In 1887, only three years before his death, he became Director of the National Manufactory at Sèvres. |
| Bibliographic reference | Coutts, Howard, Emile Gallé and the Origins of Art Nouveau(County Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2007). ISBN 0-9548182-6-7. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 703-1869 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2006 |
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