Potiche

Inventory number: St 289

Stylised central decoration of four deer in various poses. Frieze on the foot, composed of round, geometric and abstract motifs, separated from the central frieze by a band with parallel inclined stripes. The same band is repeated on the neck.

Material:

Creamware K

Technique:

Slip-cast form. Decoration with printed contours filled in with cobalt, azure, green and black enamel on a white ground. Crackling mainly visible in the white ground. Juxtaposition of enamels without outlines for the anatomy of the animals.

Workshop:

Boch. La Louvière

Form number:

950, impressed

Decoration number:

D.943 & 11 in black

Date:

1925, still recorded in 1940

Signature :

Ch. Catteau in black

Dimensions:

H : 302 - C : 220 - B : 132

Location:

Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels

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