Octagonal flower holder

Inventory number: St 312

Octagonal section throughout, but with a round neck set atop inclined facets. The two tiers of the base are connected by eight inclined facets. The facets on the tiers alternate between ochre and black. The body is decorated with alternating black facets and white facets with a stylised quarter of a flower. Neck finished with a stripe of ochre slip. Perforated lid, with the same decorations as on the tiers.

Material:

Creamware

Technique:

Slip-cast form. Decoration with printed contours traced with ochre slip, filled in with matt black, watery green and reddish brown enamel on a white ground. Black enamelled inside.

Workshop:

Boch. La Louvière

Form number:

1026, impressed

Decoration number:

D.1132 & L in ochre

Marks:

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

Signature :

Ch.Catteau in blue

Dimensions:

H : 160 - C : 79 - B : 70

Location:

Keramis, La Louvière

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