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1930-1940 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware figure in the shape of a toad with celadon green glaze. 'BEYER' in monogram impressed on base.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed stoneware
Brief description
Figure of a toad, stoneware with celadon green glaze, made by Paul Beyer, France, 1930-1940
Physical description
Stoneware figure in the shape of a toad with celadon green glaze. 'BEYER' in monogram impressed on base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.6cm
  • Length: 12.3cm
  • Width: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'BEYER'

Transliteration
in monogram impressed 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
30 - Number on label
Collection
Accession number
C.148-2014

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Record createdApril 8, 2014
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