Sand-colored body, ivory-colored glaze, polychrome enamel glaze
La Louvière, Belgium, circa 1923
Design: Charles Catteau (1880-1966) – French-Belgian ceramist
Execution: Royal Boch, Boch Frères, Faiencerie de Keramis (1841-1985) – Belgian ceramic manufactory
Base with underglaze blue manufactory mark Boch F La Louvière Belgique, black painted ‘D. 982. Ch. Chatteau.’, and pressed number ‘AY 991’
Height: 19.4 cm
Very good condition
Original Charles Catteau design in strong colors

A spherical vase designed by Charles Catteau in circa 1923 and executed by Boch Frères, Faiencerie de Keramis in La Louvière in Belgium. The vase with sand-colored body is covered with an ivory-colored glaze. The glaze depicts a broad-meshed craquelé. Circulating the corpus is a scribed bird décor in yellow, turquois and blue enamel glaze, which is contoured in black.



Condition:

The vase is in very good condition with minimal traces of use. The vase is 19.4 cm in height.



Royal Boch (1841-1985)

Founded by Eugène and Victor Boch in 1841, a family of ceramists since the 18th century from Audun-le-Tische, the first manufactory was settled in La Louvière as la Société Keramis. The special design of the Boch manufactory was honored with the gold medal of the Exposition des produits de l’industrie belge in 1847. In 1855, the participation at the Exposition universelle des Paris followed. At the time, the manufactory employed 300 people in La Louvière as well as 100 more at a factory on Tournai, which was bought up by Henri de Bettignies in 1851. Since 1870, the manufactory made use of a special body from Great Britain. The manufactory had to downsize due to the circumstances of the Second World War, focused on sanitary products and were renamed in Novoboch in 1985. The company had to fully close by 2011.



Charles Catteau (1880-1966)

Charles Catteau was hired by Royal Boch as a draftsman of the creation and painting of the décors in 1906. Shortly after, he became the director of the department of decorations. The department was renamed in Atelier de Fantasie in 1920. Catteau worked at Boch Frères until 1954. He leaves behind a comprehensive body of work of Art Deco objects. (tm)

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