"C. Catteau - Cracked Earthenware Vase - Deer - Decor (d943)"
Vase - Charles Catteau (1880-1966)Cracked earthenware
Manufactory: Boch La Louvière (Belgium)
Very large vase with a white background and decorated with deer
Date of creation: 1924
Signed: Ch. Catteau & stamp of manufacture
Model: D943
Shape 975
Height: 30,5 cm
Neck diameter: 8,6 cm
Base diameter: 10 cm
Few minor flaws but in overall very good condition (!)
Probably the most famous model by Charles Catteau
Bibliography
Art-Deco ceramics Made in Belgium (2006)
pages 558 & 659
and many others…
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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