Wide-mouthed egg-shaped vase

Inventory number: DP 214

Foot and neck finished with an undulating beige band decorated with bottle-green dots. Neck and foot connected to one another by six groups of three green lines (twenty-four lines to the neck), interrupted on the shoulder by a frieze of plant motifs, outlined with undulating bands decorated with dots. The frieze itself is interrupted three times by a medallion with a serrated edge surrounding a stylised cockerel. Play of superimposed matt glazes, creating a marbled effect in some places.

Material:

Stoneware

Technique:

Slip-cast form. Decoration with printed contours filled in with matt watery green and yellowish glazes (blended) and glossy beige and bottle-green glazes on a cream ground. Frieze on the shoulder applied by means of pouncing (glazes: glossy bottle-green

Workshop:

Boch. La Louvière

Form number:

899, impressed

Decoration number:

D.635 in blue

Date:

Design created in 1920, still in production in 194

Marks:

Grès - Keramis in blue

Dimensions:

H : 254 - C : 82 - B : 93

Location:

Keramis, La Louvière

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