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<p>[QUOTE="KylieS, post: 4506500, member: 22292"]Hi! Just a quick question about a small mystery (to me anyway) on a piece of French Art Deco earthenware/ironstone. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's a stencil painted platter 'Paradis' stamped TF Badonviller.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]395018[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]395019[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I know the maker is Theodore Fenal of Badonviller - infofaience gives the date of other similar stamps as 1900-1905. But stylistically this seems way later, post WWI. Since the company changed its name in 1923, it almost certainly pre dates the big 1925 Parisian exhibition which marked the birth of global Art Deco - but when did designs like this start appearing in France? </p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't been able to find this design anywhere else on the net.</p><p><br /></p><p>This piece is just the latest I've had when the date of the stamp seems to pre date the style of the design...so I'm hoping for a context / background for how reliable the style of the backstamp is as a means of dating, and also when Art Deco designs started to become popular in Europe. The advent of stencil techniques might have had something to do with that? </p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts from wiser folks than me (ie. almost anyone!) Much appreciated <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KylieS, post: 4506500, member: 22292"]Hi! Just a quick question about a small mystery (to me anyway) on a piece of French Art Deco earthenware/ironstone. It's a stencil painted platter 'Paradis' stamped TF Badonviller. [ATTACH=full]395018[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]395019[/ATTACH] I know the maker is Theodore Fenal of Badonviller - infofaience gives the date of other similar stamps as 1900-1905. But stylistically this seems way later, post WWI. Since the company changed its name in 1923, it almost certainly pre dates the big 1925 Parisian exhibition which marked the birth of global Art Deco - but when did designs like this start appearing in France? I haven't been able to find this design anywhere else on the net. This piece is just the latest I've had when the date of the stamp seems to pre date the style of the design...so I'm hoping for a context / background for how reliable the style of the backstamp is as a means of dating, and also when Art Deco designs started to become popular in Europe. The advent of stencil techniques might have had something to do with that? Any thoughts from wiser folks than me (ie. almost anyone!) Much appreciated :joyful:[/QUOTE]
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