Maastricht earthenware comb box, decorated with floral (Spring decor) and geometric (small pearls) motifs in creamy white and blue. The handle is also decorated with the pattern of small pearls. The object must date from the end of the 19th century, beginning of the 20th century.
On the back there is a stamp "Made in Holland. Maastricht ceramic company. Spring" surrounding a lion. "The entrepreneurs Winand Nicolaas Clermont and Charles Chainaye founded a pottery in the Wijck district of Maastricht in 1851. Their business was taken over in 1859 by the Belgian engineer Guillaume Lambert and transformed into a limited partnership. Four years later, it became a partnership with limited liability, generally known as the “Ceramic Company”.
Under the direction of Victor Jaunez (1863-1913), the engineer PJ Lengersdorff (1902-1915) and Edgar Michel (1915-1954), the Société Céramique prospered and became the main competitor of Petrus Regout's company. , renamed Sphinx in 1899-1900, the products of the Société Céramique rival those of the Sphinx in price and quality.
In the 20th century, the Ceramic Company focused more and more on the production of sanitary ware. In 1958, the company merged with its Maastricht competitor, Sphinx (formerly Petrus Regout). The factory premises were demolished in the early 1990s to make way for a new prestigious housing estate, called Céramique” (source: https://geheugen.delpher.nl).
The box is in good general condition, note: 1 small original defect: on 1 side of the lid the beaded border is incomplete (see photo) and there is 1 small chip inside the lid (see photo) , which does not detract from the beauty of this object.
It can hold your little jewels or treasures and will be very decorative in a bedroom or bathroom. It matches the comb box which is sold separately, but its identical decor is blue and white and not purple and white.
Dimensions: length 23 cm, width 10.5 cm, height +/- 8.5 cm, weight 557 g.
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