Vase with rooster

Manufactory: Haviland & Co. (American and French, 1864–1931)

Decorator: Edouard-Alexandre Dammouse (French, 1850–1903)

Factory director: Under the technical direction of Ernest Chaplet (French, Sèvres 1835–1909 Choisy-le-Roi)

Date: ca. 1884

Culture: French, Paris

Medium: Stoneware

Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 27 5/16 × 9 7/8 × 9 7/8 in., 26.1 lb. (69.4 × 25.1 × 25.1 cm, 11.8 kg)

Classification: Ceramics-Pottery

Credit Line: Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Purchase, Acquisitions Fund; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and 2011 Benefit Fund, 2013

Accession Number: 2013.473

Description

This vase is a monumental example of the brown stoneware Chaplet produced for Haviland in the 1880s. Inspired by rustic European folk pottery, these pieces often incorporated traditional themes of country life. The rooster on this vase is a Gallic cockerel, a national emblem of France.

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