Dish with devil's head design
An atypical subject in European decorative arts, the charming devil featured on this stoneware dish points to a fascination with the Occult that emerged in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century and the experimental designs made by Emile Müller at his commercial factory in Ivry, which became a center of Art Nouveau stoneware production in France.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dish with devil's head design
- Manufactory: Emile Muller and Co. (founded 1854)
- Date: ca. 1890
- Culture: French, Ivry
- Medium: Glazed stoneware
- Dimensions: confirmed: 1 9/16 × 13 1/4 in. (4 × 33.7 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Bequest of James David Draper, 2019
- Object Number: 2021.20.5
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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