Description
Type: Studio Pottery
Design: Eugène Lion (* 1867, † 1945)
Carrying out: Eugène Lion (* 1867, † 1945)
Object: Vase
Dimensions: Height: 11 cm, Diameter: 7.5 cm
Shard: light
Surface: brown, green glaze with dark-green glassy overflow
Year of manufacture: probably approximately 1900
Condition: glass bubbles partially damaged
Signature/mark: Lion
Details:
Thrown ceramic vase of Eugène Lion. The vase, reminiscent of a calabash, has an organic form typical of the period of Art Nouveau. The dark-green glass overflow shows the influence of the potter Jean-Joseph Carriès on Eugène Lion. Both were active in Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye.
