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Joseph Theodore Deck French, 1823-1891
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About the Artwork

Plate

1867

Joseph Theodore Deck

1823-1891

French

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Glazed earthenware

Overall: 1 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (3.8 × 29.8 cm)

Ceramics

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Gift of Donald and Marilyn Ross

1994.28.2

Public Domain

Markings

Marks, on underside, impressed in underglaze blueL TH DECK [TH conjoined] 1867 Marks, on underside, on large octoganal blue-bordered paper label, in ink: No 969 [probably] Exposition Universelle Marks, on underside, on small octoganal blue-bordered paper label, in ink: [probably] Monsieur | Bi[?]hall

Provenance

June 4, 1993, (Sotheby's, London, England) lot 223;
(Haslam & Whiteway Ltd., London, England);
Until 1994, Donald Harold Ross [1928-2019] and Marilyn Burnett Ross [1940-2014] (Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, USA);
1994-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Applied Arts from 1880 including Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau and Art Deco. Sales cat., Sotheby's. London, June 4, 1993, lot 223, p. 25, (ill.) 53.

Bumpus, B. "Théodore Deck, French Potter." Antiques (July 2000): pp. 84-93.

Bumpus, B. "Deck's 'Artistic Faience' at the Musée du Florival." Apollo 161, no. 520 (June 2005): p. 88.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Joseph Theodore Deck, Plate, 1867, glazed earthenware. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Donald and Marilyn Ross, 1994.28.2.

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