Not on display

Vase

ca. 1847 (made)
Artist/Maker
Boch Frères Keramis (makers)
Place of origin
Belgium (made)

Stoneware vase, marbled, with applied and lustred decoration

Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, differently coloured clays rolled together (' marbled'), with applied and lustred decoration
Brief description
Stoneware vase, marbled, with applied and lustred decoration, Boch Frères Keramis, Belgium, ca. 1847
Physical description
Stoneware vase, marbled, with applied and lustred decoration
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Applied plaque showing two female classical figures each attended by an infant (indistinct) and 'Boch Keramis 195.2' impressed. (The applied mark celebrates the award of a gold medal in 1847 at an as yet unidentified exhibition. the stamp continued in use for about 15 years)
Gallery label
(1987-2006)
VASE
Boch frères Keramis
Manufacturers
Belgium (La Louvière):
about 1847
Stoneware, marbelled
with applied and lustred
decoration

Circ.16-1969

The Boch Frères' Keramis factory was founded in 1841 in La Louivière, Hainault (St.Vaast), in Belgium, after its separation from Luxembourg, by two brothers, Eugen (1809-1898) and Frédéric Victor Boch (1817-1920) with their brother-in-law Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1805-1881), the company won varoius honours in international exhibitions form the mid 1840s for their imitations of Delft, Rouen and even Sèvres wares. This exuberant example of naturalism is more original. Heavily modelled reliefs haven been assembled on a body in which coloured clys have been rolled together to achieve an " agate-ware" effect.
Object history
The Boch Frères' Keramis factory was founded in 1841 in La Louivière, Hainault (St.Vaast), in Belgium, after its separation from Luxembourg, by two brothers, Eugen (1809-1898) and Frédéric Victor Boch (1817-1920) with their brother-in-law Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1805-1881). The company, making earthenwares and stonewares, won honours in international exhibitions for imitations of Delft (at Brussels 1880), Rouen and Sèvres wares (at Paris 1889). The company was later affiliated with Villeroy & Boch and continued in business until about 1980.

Historical significance: This vase, an exuberant example of naturalism, shows Boch Frères working in a style independent of their usual imitations of Delft, Rouen and Sèvres wares. It was acquired at the time of the Museum's redisplay in 1969 of its 19th century continental collections at the Bethnal Green Museum.
Bibliographic reference
Faider Thomas, Dr. Thérèse: Faiences de Keramis: les formes, les decors, les artistes; Annales du Cercle archéologique et folklorique de la Louvière et du Centre; vol III, 1966
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.16-1969

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Record createdApril 27, 2009
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