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Flower Pot Stand

ca. 1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rubelles Pottery Factory (maker)
Place of origin
Rubelles (made)

Flower pot stand of moulded earthenware with a green glaze, decorated 'à émail ombrant'. With a female figure holding a basket of eggs.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Flower pot stand
Materials and techniques
Moulded earthenware with a green glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Moulded
Brief description
Flower pot stand of moulded earthenware with a green glaze, Alexis du Tremblé Rubelles pottery factory, Rubelles, ca. 1851.
Physical description
Flower pot stand of moulded earthenware with a green glaze, decorated 'à émail ombrant'. With a female figure holding a basket of eggs.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 12.7cm
Gallery label
FLOWER POT

STAND

Alexis du Tremble

Manufacturer

France (Rubelles):

about 1851
Moulded earthenware

with green glaze

5453-1858

Decoration à émail ombrant was patented by Baron Bourgoing in 1836, when the Rubelles factory was founded at the chateau of his associate, Le Baron du Tremble. Bourgoing (died 1866) combined life as an ambassador with research into the industrial arts, maintaining a laboratory next to his bedroom in case of sleeplessness. Until its closure in 1858, the factory produced a wide range of household pottery and tiles decorated in this technique. At the 1851 exhibition it earned a silver medal and a commendation for "cheapness, novel and agreeable effect".
Credit line
Given by the Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition
Subjects depicted
Female
Basket
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
5453-1858

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Record createdApril 23, 2009
Record URL
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