Egg-shaped vase with raised mouth

Inventory number: St 535

Full-length decoration of a close-knit pattern of large and small geometrically stylised flowers and leaves, on a mottled beige and chestnut background. Triple stripe on both neck and foot (a white stripe between two chestnut stripes).

Material:

Creamware

Technique:

Slip-cast form. Chromolithographed decoration (matt chestnut and brown enamel) on a white ground. Black enamelled inside. Slight greenish discolouring of the white due to iron oxide. Marbled ground obtained by mottling.

Workshop:

Boch. La Louvière

Form number:

897, impressed

Decoration number:

D.1550 & D in ochre

Marks:

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

Signature :

Ch.Catteau in ochre

Dimensions:

H : 265 - C : 44 - B : 74

Location:

Keramis, La Louvière

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