cake plate with white ground and brushed blue pigment around edge of plate and foot with painted fish seen from below, orange butterfly and a beetle on plate surface and a pink flower bud, a bee and snail on foot

Cake plate with fish, butterfly, and bug, 1866-1867

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This platter and three footed plates come from a large table service commissioned by the French dealer and publisher Eugène Rousseau (1827-1890) and designed by the painter and print maker Felix Bracquemond. First exhibited in Paris at the Universal Exhibition in 1867 and considered to be the earliest example of French ceramics inspired by Japanese art, they sparked a genuine revolution in the history of style. The service was so popular it continued to be produced up to 1940.

Details
Title
Cake plate with fish, butterfly, and bug
Artist Life
1833–1914
Role
Designer
Accession Number
2017.44.2.2.3
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cake plate with white ground and brushed blue pigment around edge of plate and foot with painted fish seen from below, orange butterfly and a beetle on plate surface and a pink flower bud, a bee and snail on foot