Jardinière with landscape

Haviland & Co. American and French
Decorator Emile Justin Merlot French
ca. 1880
Not on view
Ceramics decorated using the barbotine method of painting with colored liquid slips required a flat canvas-like surface on which the artist could paint. Hence new forms were developed with flat sides, like this jardinière. The pond scene, in the Barbizon style, recalls landscapes by Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878).

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Object Information
  • Title: Jardinière with landscape
  • Maker: Haviland & Co. (American and French, 1864–1931)
  • Decorator: Emile Justin Merlot (French, 1839–1900)
  • Date: ca. 1880
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Earthenware
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 8 7/8 × 13 3/8 × 3 7/8 in., 6 lb. (22.5 × 34 × 9.8 cm, 2.7 kg)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.239.21
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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