Potiche

Inventory number: St 287

Stylised central decoration of three stags and a doe in various poses. Wide frieze on the neck and foot, composed of round, geometric and abstract motifs, separated from the central frieze by a band with parallel inclined stripes.

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 very apparent in the white ground. Juxtaposition of enamels without outlines for the anatomy of the animals.

Workshop:

Boch. La Louvière

Form number:

909, impressed

Decoration number:

D.943 & 23 in black

Date:

1925, still recorded in 1940

Marks:

Black round stamp: Made in Belgium - Boch Fes - La Louvière - Fabrication belge

Dimensions:

H : 312 - C : 101 - B : 131

Location:

Keramis, La Louvière

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