THÉODORE DECK (Guebwiller 1823–1891 Paris)

THÉODORE DECK

(Guebwiller 1823–1891 Paris)
Large mounted faience vase, circa 1878. On a gilt-bronze base with four feet in the form of sculptural elephants. Violet ground with branch-form handles and applied flowers in "Bleu de Deck". The underside with "TH. DECK" manufactory stamp.
H 33.5 cm.
Bronze oxidized.

Provenance:
Peter Ducret Collection, Kilchberg.

Literature:
Probably illustrated in Sandor Kuthy, "Albert Anker. Fayencen in Zusammenarbeit mit Théodore Deck", Zurich and Schwäbisch Hall, 1985, p. 14.

Comparable example: Collections des Musées de France (Joconde), inv. no. THD-993.1.4. Another example, without the bronze mount, is in the Château Borély, Marseille, inv. no. GF 4211.