Earthenware Statuette

Great fire earthenware statuette made at the end of the 19th century at the Samson earthenware and porcelain factory. It represents Saint Anne reading the Bible to her daughter Marie. The two women are standing on a pedestal on which we can read the inscription “Ste Anne”. The Samsons were ceramists from father to son over four generations from 1845. They were very successful, notably at the Universal Exhibition of 1867 for their work of imitation and reproduction of old pieces, the models of which came largely from important museums like the Louvre or the Victoria & Albert Museum. Their manufacture is an example of the interest shown in styles of the past throughout the second half of the 19th century.