Panel
1864 (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 (which made this panel as a 'blank'), 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 panel by Joseph-Victor Ranvier (1832-1896) 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
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Panel, painted earthenware, designed by Theodore Deck, France, 1864 |
| Physical description | Panel, decorated with a figure of a weeping nymph La Cruche Cassée in low relief slip and colours. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'JVR' in monogramp painted in relief on obverse. 'TH.DECK 1864' painted in blue on reverse. 'DUMAS Rue Fontaine au Roi 60' impressed on reverse (The blank panel was supplied by Mme Veuve (the widow) Dumas) |
| 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 (which made this panel as a 'blank'), 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 panel by Joseph-Victor Ranvier (1832-1896) 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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 16-1865 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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