"Large Dish - Ch. Catteau"
Large dish - Charles Catteau (1880-1966)Mat earthenware
Manufacture: Boch La-Louvière
Polychrome design with strongly stylized flowers and leaves
in the center on black background and geometric frieze on the perimeter (inside and outside).
Model D983 - Shape 952
Date of creation: 1925
Mat earthenware
Hallmarked and signed Ch. Catteau
Monogram W (Jan Wind) responsible of the execution of the plate
Height: 11,5 cm
Diameter: 29,2 cm
Diameter base: 13,2 cm
A tiny chip (invisible but felt by running your finger around the lathe). However the cup is in very good condition
Bibliography:
Art-Deco ceramics Made in Belgium - Catalogue Marc Pairon (2006) inventoried as:
Rarety ***1/2 (on a scale of 5)
Charles Catteau (1880-1966)
Franco-Belgian ceramist. After an experience at the factory of Nymphemburg near Munich, he became responsible for the decoration workshop of the Manufacture de
La Louviere, Boch Keramis, from 1907 to 1947.
He will be successful, and he will leave many vases including renowned sandstone, with stylized motifs drawn from fauna and flora.
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