Dish by Ch Catteau - Unique piece (!)

Large dish - Charles Catteau (1880-1966) - Unique piece (!)
Fine earthenware
Manufacture: BFK (Boch-Frères-Keramis)

Stunning dish (8)
Presumed portrait of « Mademoiselle Catteau »
Circa 1910

Diameter: 45 cm
Height: 4 cm

The dish is a unique piece by Charles Catteau
It comes from a lady whose father was a chemist at BFK

This is a "freehand" painting in the pure Art Nouveau style

I found a reproduction of a drawing by Charles Catteau representing Mademoiselle Catteau which lets me think it is the same person

(Source: Charles Catteau, l’homme de Keramis by Dominique Corrieras - see last photo)

Very good condition

Unique and historic piece (!)

Charles Catteau (1880-1966)
Franco-Belgian ceramist. After an experience at the factory of Nymphemburg near Munich, he became responsible for the decoration workshop of the Manufacture de
La Louviere, Boch Keramis, from 1907 to 1947.
He will be successful, and he will leave many vases including renowned sandstone, with stylized motifs drawn from fauna and flora.

Price: 2.800 €

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