Octagonal vase with rounded shoulder

Inventory number: St 500

Ochre neck. The body is divided into eight facets, decorated alternately with a black central panel bordered by white bands, outlined in ochre, which cross each other in the corners, and a rectangular medallion with a serrated edge, decorated with a stylised flower, at the top, and a black central panel bordered by white bands, outlined in ochre, which cross each other in the corners, at the bottom. The eight facets on the shoulder repeat this alternating decoration, but in staggered fashion and without the bottom black panel for the facets with the flowers.

Material:

Creamware

Technique:

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

Workshop:

Boch. La Louvière

Form number:

1036, impressed

Decoration number:

D.1111. V.B in ochre

Date:

1928

Marks:

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

Dimensions:

H : 275 - C : 74 - B : 80

Location:

Keramis, La Louvière

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