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| Keywords: Joseph-Théodore Deck - Large Plate - Walters 481909.jpg Deck began his career as a stove-maker working first in Vienna where he produced stoves for Schönbrunn Palace and after 1847 in Paris At the Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1855 he was so impressed by the Minton factory's brightly colored majolica wares that he decided to produce his own The following year he opened a factory for artistic faience Inspired by the designs and colors of Turkish Iznik wares he developed his own range of colors including a distinctive turquoise known as bleu Deck Deck employed a number of noted artists to work for him and continued to exhibit in the various international exhibitions winning a wide following both in England and America as well as in France Deck derived inspiration from both Near Eastern and Asian ceramics This example with its bright colored plant motifs superimposed over a yellow ground with spiral patterns was derived from Japanese 17th-century Kutani ware ca 1875 faience cm 6 5 49 4 h x diam accession number 48 1909 1404 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Botanical Delights Floral Motifs in 19th-Century Art Strathmore Hall Art Center North Bethesda; Academy of the Arts Easton Easton; Government House Annapolis 1998-1999 A Discerning Eye Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors Academy of the Arts Easton Easton 1998-1999 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Théodore Deck Collections of the Walters Art Museum 1875 works in France Flowers on ceramic Plates Ä°znik ceramics | ||||
