THÉODORE DECK (Guebwiller 1823–1891 Paris)

THÉODORE DECK

(Guebwiller 1823–1891 Paris)
Lot comprising two faience plates and a tile
With polychrome decoration in the Iznik style, 1860–1870.
Plate with dark-blue rim, the reverse with red-glazed "TH. DECK" manufactory stamp.
Plate with pale-blue rim, the reverse with red-glazed "TH. DECK" manufactory stamp and a label inscribed "24.3.15 P 250".
Tile in a moulded wooden frame, the reverse with "TH. DECK PARIS" manufactory stamp and inscribed "4B".
Ø 29.5 cm; Ø 30 cm; 21 × 21 cm (without frame).
1. Restored rim, extending into a hairline crack; 2. Restored rim.; 3. Minimal chip to the rim, slightly crazed and with scratches.

Provenance:
Peter Ducret Collection, Kilchberg.

Cf. for the plates: "Théodore Deck: 1823–1891", collection catalogue, eds. Musée Théodore Deck & des Pays du Florival, Guebwiller, 2012, pp. 40–41; British Museum, inv. no. 1993,0715.1. A tile with identical decoration, without the wooden frame, is in the Château Borély, Marseille, inv. no. GF 4273.