Hexagonal cache-pot

Inventory number: St 572

The rim and all the angles of the pot are finished with ochre slip. On the outside, three plain black sides alternate with three sides decorated with a central angular geometric zigzag motif in a vertical arrangement, narrowing down towards the foot, and bordered with stylised flowers. On the inside, the same pattern is repeated on the top facets, but in staggered fashion; the bottom is plain black, finished with ochre slip.

Material:

Creamware

Technique:

Slip-cast form. Chromolithographed decoration (matt azure, cobalt, greenish and black enamel) on a white ground, finished with ochre slip. Also decorated on the inside.

Workshop:

Boch. La Louvière

Form number:

1007, impressed

Decoration number:

1135 & LD. in blue

Marks:

Bue rectangular stamp: she-wolf mark - Boch Frères - Keramis - Made in Belgium

Signature :

Ch.Catteau in blue

Dimensions:

H : 156 - C : 181 - B : 107

Location:

Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels

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