CREIL MONTEREAU - Lot 188

Lot n° 188
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CREIL MONTEREAU - Lot 188
CREIL MONTEREAU Part of a table service named Rousseau in fine earthenware from the Manufacture de Lebeuf et Milliet, the model created in 1866 by Eugène Rousseau and Félix Bracquemond, decorated in polychrome in the Japanese style with birds, fish, mollusks, crustaceans, insects, plants, flowers and herbs, the contoured edges highlighted with a blue comb, comprising 105 pieces: -59 dinner plates D. 24.5 cm (32 in B.E., 27 with small chips or stains) -15 soup plates D. 24 cm (5 with chips) -2 oval dishes. L. 42.5 cm & 34 cm -3 round dishes D. 32 cm (slightly yellowed, some stains) D. 30.7 cm & 30 cm (chips) -2 covered round terrines H. 20 cm D. 22 cm L. with handles: 27.5 cm (one has a glued lid and a cracked handle) -3 footed bowls. Two H. 11cm D/24 cm(stains) and one H. 15,5 cm D. 24 cm B.E -2 sauce boats with adjoining tray L. 28,5 cm (yellowed) -1 ravier L. 20cm x 14,5 cm -1 covered sugar pot. H. 18.5 cm (grip glued back) -8 cups H. 7 cm (3 cracked and some yellowed) -9 saucers D. 14 cm (4 in B.E 5 with chips) AJ All pieces are marked on the reverse: "Creil LM et Cie Montereau modèle Rousseau à Paris", Second half 19th century. Bibliography: - L. d'Albis, Les débuts du japonisme céramique en France de Bracquemond à Chapelet, Revue de Sèvres, n° 7, 1998, pp. 13-20. -J.P. Bouillon, C. Meslin-Perrier. Félix Bracquemond et les arts décoratifs, du japonisme à l'art nouveau, Musée Adrien Dubouché, exhibition catalog, 2005. The story of the Rousseau service begins on March 16, 1866, with a letter from François-Eugène Rousseau (1827-1890), a glass artist and porcelain and earthenware merchant based at 43 rue Coquillière in Paris, to Félix Bracquemond, explaining his plans for a dinner service to be presented at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, and asking Bracquemond for technical advice on its production. Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914) was a French engraver and ceramist who played an important role in the artistic movement of the second half of the 19th century. He was a close friend of many artists of his time, including Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro. He was also an active member of the Impressionist circle, rubbing shoulders with Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Above all an engraver, he was behind the revival of the etching technique. His reputation also rests on his discovery and appreciation of Japanese prints. In 1856, Félix Bracquemond discovered a collection of engravings by the Japanese artist Hokusai, typical of the pictorial genre known in Japan as "Kachô-ga", painting flowers and birds with figuration of insects, crustaceans and fish. He was seduced by this theme, which made him the initiator of the Japonisme craze in France at the end of the 19th century. His engraved plates were brought to the Creil-Montereau factory, where the service was produced. The service was presented for the first time at the Exposition Universelle in 1867. It was so successful that it remains emblematic of the Japonism that was developing in France at the time. The jury awarded a bronze medal to Eugène Rousseau and a gold medal to Lebeuf et Milliet. Provenance: Vincent Roux Collection
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