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

Accession Number: 2013.239.21

Description

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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