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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Plate

ca. 1878 (made)
Artist/Maker
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. Deck specialised in researching glazes and colours, inspired by Middle-Eastern and Far-Eastern ceramics and this dish is a close copy of Japanese Kutani wares of the 1600s and 1800s. Such wares catered to the growing taste in Europe for 'exotic' interiors. In 1887, only three years before his death, he became Director of the National Manufactory at Sèvres.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Plate depicting spray of flowers on yellow ground, made by Joseph Théodore Deck, Paris, 1878, painted earthenware
Physical description
Plate depicting various flowers, as a spray, on a yellow ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 29.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Th Deck' (Impressed)
Gallery label
Plate depicting various flowers, as a spray, on a yellow ground Made by Joseph Théodore Deck, Paris, France 1878 Marks: 'Th Deck', impressed Earthenware, painted 698-1878(16/07/2008)
Object history
Exhibited at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878
Subject depicted
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. Deck specialised in researching glazes and colours, inspired by Middle-Eastern and Far-Eastern ceramics and this dish is a close copy of Japanese Kutani wares of the 1600s and 1800s. Such wares catered to the growing taste in Europe for 'exotic' interiors. In 1887, only three years before his death, he became Director of the National Manufactory at Sèvres.
Bibliographic reference
Aslin, E.A.: French Exhibition Pieces 1844-78; VAM, 1973, pl.30
Collection
Accession number
698-1878

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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