- Ah! ciel! ma plus belle potiche!.... ce que j'ai de plus précieux au monde!....

Item Information

Title:
- Ah! ciel! ma plus belle potiche!.... ce que j'ai de plus précieux au monde!....
Title (alt.):
- Oh! heavens! my most beautiful vase!.... my most valuable possession in this world!.....
Description:
Both the home production and collecting of ceramics and porcelain became fashionable in the fifties. Any bourgeois family with some self-esteem had to have their small collection of "Chinoiseries" (antique Chinese vases) or at least the house wife had to try do her own pottery.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1855
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Vases
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 24.5 x 33 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3050
Terms of Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, January 20, 1855.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2644