A Boch Keramis marbled and lustred vase and cover with relief design of fruits and leaves and topped with a polar bear, second half of the 19th C.

H 43,5 cm

The applied plaque showing two female classical figures each attended by an infant and 'Boch Frères Keramis 195.2' impressed. The applied mark celebrates the award of a gold medal in 1847.

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- A similar marbled vase with applied and lustred decoration is part of the V&A collection. The Boch Frères Keramis factory was founded in 1841 in La Louvière, Hainault (St. Vaast), in Belgium. Led by the two brothers, Eugen (1809-1898) and Frédéric Victor Boch (1817-1920) and their brother-in-law Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1805-1881), the company won various honours in international exhibitions from the mid 1840s for their imitations of Delft, Rouen and even Sèvres wares. This exuberant example of naturalism is more original. Heavily modelled reliefs haven been assembled on a body in which coloured clays have been rolled together to achieve an 'agate-ware' effect. (link)