Vande Voorde

6" high, 5" long, 3-1/4" wide.

I am confident in attributing this to the Vande Voorde pottery in Brugges. There appears to be a signatue under the chair, but it is very hard to read. This is one of the very few Vlaams Aardewerk potteries that is well documented (see References below). The cover of that book shows this figure but with a real piece of lace on the pillow. Early 20th century.

Note the mounded up area at the front of the pillow, representing pins. This is a large figure, with good detailing in the chair area. Nicely modelled features on the face, a hallmark of this pottery.

Chipped on 3 corners of the base, a little along the right side skirt, and one upper edge of the chair.

first posted 1/23/2009

References

Marc Logghe, Roger Verhelle, text, Jacques Coenye, photos "Brugs aardewerk, Van de Voorde", 2001 ISBN 90-804697-3-4 VKH, Revinzestraat 24, B-8820 Torhout Published in connection with a retrospective exhibition of Van de Voorde work.