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French faïence

Author:
Lane, Arthur 1909-1963  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 49 pages, [96] pages of illus 8 color plates 26 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
France
Date:
1970
Topic:
Faience--History  Search this
Pottery, French--History  Search this
Faience  Search this
Call number:
NK4305 .L3 1970bX
NK4305.L3 1970bX
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7073

Fisher, Bruce & Company Records

Creator:
Fisher, Richard  Search this
Collector:
Fisher, Bruce & Company.  Search this
Former owner:
Fisher, Richard, Mrs.  Search this
Donor:
Gatter, Carl  Search this
Extent:
3 Cubic feet (1 box )
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sales catalogs
Stereographs
Legislation (legal concepts)
Correspondence
Photographic prints
Postcards
Price lists
Place:
Colon (Panama)
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Date:
1920-1940s
Summary:
Fisher, Bruce & Company, importers of china, earthenware, and glassware, were located on Market Street, Philadelphia. The collection contains catalog pages and price lists for china, earthenware, and glassware imported from Belgium, Britain, France, and Italy, and some American ceramics.
Scope and Contents:
This collection primarily contains catalog pages and pricelists for china, earthenware, and glassware imported from Belgium, Britain, France, and Italy, as well as some American ceramics. The catalog pages consist of color photographs of numbered ceramic items; the pricelists are separate pages keyed to the same numbers. These records, which date from 1939 1940, are arranged in separate folders by nationality.

The Belgian material consists of one catalog page of glassware. The British catalog pages depict Aynsley bone china (breakfast and tea sets), Grimwades earthenware, and "Toby" mugs of U.S. General McArthur and British General Wavell. The French catalog pages show "Quimper" design faience as well as other china and earthenware pieces. The Italian ceramics are primarily earthenware breakfast sets, bowls, baskets, vases, and donkey figures. There is also some Venetian glassware. The U.S. catalog pages show china breakfast sets and other tableware.

In addition, a photoprint in the collection shows the firm's building, ca. 1920s; a second photoprint shows a 1920s display of Pyrex ovenware in one of the building's display windows.
Biographical / Historical:
Fisher, Bruce & Company, importers of china, earthenware, and glassware, were located on Market Street in Philadelphia. The firm dates back at least to the year 1880, when it was known as Atherholt, Fisher & Company, and was located at 519 Market Street. The principals in the firm were Thomas C. Atherholt, Samuel Fisher, and his son, Joseph G. A. Fisher. By 1885 the company's name had changed to Fisher, Son & Company. By 1889, after the addition of George H. Ruth to the firm, its name had changed to Fisher, Son & Ruth. The following year, probably following the death of Samuel Fisher, Worthington Bruce joined the firm, and its name was changed to Fisher, Bruce & Company. In the same year the firm relocated to 221 Market Street.

The company continued to prosper in its Market Street location, which extended back to Church Street. By 1930, the adjoining building at 219 Market Street was purchased. The ground floors of numbers 219 221 were used as a showroom and the company's offices were located upstairs. The company stayed in the Fisher family's hands for the remainder of its existence, with E. Monroe Fisher as President of the firm beginning in 1930. In the 1970s the company was sold and the business relocated to New Jersey.
Provenance:
These records were donated to the Division of Domestic Life in February 1990 by Mr. Carl Gatter. His father, Herman L. Gatter, had been employed by Fisher, Bruce, for many years. The records were transferred to the Archives Center in March 1990.
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment.

Probable copyright restrictions.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Show windows  Search this
Stores, Retail  Search this
Table setting and decoration  Search this
Display of merchandise  Search this
Faience  Search this
Glassware  Search this
Glassware -- Belgian  Search this
Glassware -- Catalogs  Search this
Glassware -- Venetian  Search this
Importers  Search this
Advertising, Point-of-sale  Search this
Commemorative porcelain  Search this
Dams -- Panama  Search this
Ceramic tableware  Search this
Ceramics  Search this
Ceramic Industries -- French  Search this
Ceramic Industries -- Italian  Search this
Ceramic Industries -- Belgian  Search this
Ceramic Industries -- English  Search this
Ceramic Industries -- American  Search this
Locks and dams  Search this
Clay pot cookery  Search this
Plates (Tableware)  Search this
Porcelain, American  Search this
Porcelain figures  Search this
Porcelain, French  Search this
Porcelain, English  Search this
Porcelain -- Prices  Search this
Porcelain -- 20th century  Search this
Pottery figures  Search this
Pottery, American  Search this
Pottery, English  Search this
Pottery, French  Search this
Pottery, Italian  Search this
Pottery -- Prices  Search this
Pyrex  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sales catalogs
Stereographs
Legislation (legal concepts)
Correspondence -- 1940-1950
Photographic prints
Postcards -- 1900-1920
Price lists
Citation:
Fisher, Bruce & Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0370
See more items in:
Fisher, Bruce & Company Records
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep81269855a-4c8e-4eeb-8fce-5157c78d78b2
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0370
Online Media:

Keramik aus Historismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, mit Beispielen aus anderen europäischen Ländern : ausgewählte Objekte aus zwei Privatsammlungen : [Ausstellung der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Kassel, Abteilung Kunsthandwerk und Plastik, im Landesmuseum, 17. Januar-31. Mai 1981] / Horst Makus ; [Zeichnungen der Signaturen, Madeleine Strobel]

Author:
Makus, Horst  Search this
Landesmuseum (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel) Abteilung Kunsthandwerk und Plastik  Search this
Physical description:
240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
France
Europe
Date:
1981
Topic:
Pottery, French  Search this
Ceramic sculpture  Search this
Decoration and ornament--Art nouveau  Search this
Pottery, European  Search this
Pottery--Marks  Search this
Pottery--Private collections  Search this
Call number:
NK4097 .M23 1981
NK4097.M23 1981
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_343476

Vase

Manufacturer:
Longwy Pottery, French, late 17th century  Search this
Medium:
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions:
H x diam.: 22 x 14 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Type:
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Vase
Made in:
France
Date:
ca. 1930
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara and Max Pine
Accession Number:
1993-133-32
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41c3c6b75-d4d0-453e-8747-40650b6cfa02
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1993-133-32
Online Media:

Vase

Manufacturer:
Longwy Pottery, French, late 17th century  Search this
Designer:
Sigismund Olesiewicz, Polish, active in France, 1891 - 1972  Search this
Retailer:
Atelier Primavera, French, 1912 - 1972  Search this
Medium:
earthenware
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 25 × 30 × 30 cm (9 13/16 × 11 13/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Type:
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Vase
Manufactured in:
France
Distributed in:
Paris, France
Date:
ca. 1925
Credit Line:
Gift of Max Pine
Accession Number:
2018-34-5
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4487d695a-4917-4270-8d72-eaf73db06d96
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2018-34-5

Vase

Manufacturer:
Longwy Pottery, French, late 17th century  Search this
Retailer:
Atelier Primavera, French, 1912 - 1972  Search this
Medium:
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 25 × 30 × 30 cm (9 13/16 × 11 13/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Type:
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Vase
Manufactured in:
France
Distributed in:
Paris, France
Date:
ca. 1925
Credit Line:
Gift of Max Pine
Accession Number:
2018-34-6
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cad76ce8-0069-4434-a529-5310259052b3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2018-34-6

Les biscuits de la manufacture nationale de Sèvres

Subject:
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. : all ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
France
Date:
1800
1899
[18--]
Topic:
Biscuitware  Search this
Pottery, French  Search this
Call number:
NK4265.5 .B62
NK4265.5.B62
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_395322

L'art de la poterie en France de Rodin à Dufy. [Exposition] Sévres, Musée national de céramique, 9 juin-25 octobre 1971. Catalogue édité par la Société des amis du Musē national de céramique et les Cahiers de la céramique, du verre et des arts du feu, avec le concours du Ministère des affaires culturelles

Author:
Belfort, Anne Marie  Search this
Camard, Jean-Pierre  Search this
Musée national de céramique (France)  Search this
Physical description:
71 p. illus. (part col.) 32 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1971
1971]
Topic:
Pottery, French  Search this
Call number:
NK4097 .B42
NK4097.B42
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_37727

Catalogue du musée, section S, céramique

Author:
Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (France)  Search this
Subject:
Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (France)  Search this
Physical description:
210 p. : ill., plans ; 22 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1943
Topic:
Pottery--Museums  Search this
Pottery, French  Search this
Call number:
NK3735.F8 P23 1943
NK3735.F8P23 1943
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_379666

Les faïences anciennes & modernes : leurs marques & dećors. Faïences françaises / par A.A. Mareschal

Author:
Mareschal, Auguste Alexandre b. 1822  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 91 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
France
Date:
1874
Topic:
Faience  Search this
Pottery, French  Search this
Pottery--Marks  Search this
Call number:
NK4305 .M32 1874
NK4305.M32 1874
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_396826

Picasso's ceramics / Georges Ramié ; translated from the French by Kenneth Lyons

Author:
Ramié, Georges  Search this
Subject:
Picasso, Pablo 1881-1973  Search this
Physical description:
292 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
France
Date:
1976
Topic:
Pottery, French  Search this
Ceramic sculpture  Search this
Call number:
NK4210.P5 R2813 1976X
NK4210.P5R2813 1976X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_74904

Circuit céramique à Sèvres : la scène française contemporaine / [commissariat de l'exposition, Jean-Roch Bouiller et d'Agnès Pironon]

Author:
Bouiller, Jean-Roch  Search this
Pironon, Agnès  Search this
Sèvres-Cité de la céramique (Museum)  Search this
Physical description:
222 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2010
[2010?]
21st century
Topic:
Art pottery, French  Search this
Art pottery  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1046416

Recveil des fayences françaises dites de Henri II et Diane de Poitiers / dessinées par Carle Delange et lithographiées par C. Delange et C. Bornemann

Author:
Delange, Carle 1837-  Search this
Bornemann, C  Search this
Physical description:
[50] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1861
Topic:
Faience  Search this
Pottery, French  Search this
Call number:
NK4305 .D33 1861
NK4305.D33 1861
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_395655

Modèles & documents modernes pour la céramique, la bijouterie & les arts appliqués / E. Belet

Title:
Modèles & documents modernes pour la porcelaine
Modèles et documents modernes pour la céramique
Author:
Belet, Emile  Search this
Donor:
Chanler, Robert Winthrop 1872-1930 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 portfolio ([1] leaf, [26] leaves of plates) : all color illustrations ; 41 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
France
Date:
190u
[190-?]
Topic:
Decoration and ornament--Art nouveau  Search this
Art nouveau  Search this
Pottery, French  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Jewelry  Search this
Call number:
NK1535.B435 A4 1901Z
NK1535.B435 A4 1901Z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_395006

Porcelaines, faiences & cristaux ... / Grand Dépot, E. Bourgeois, 21 et 23, Rue Drouot-Paris, au centre de Paris, en face Le Figaro

Title:
Céramique moderne par Le Grande Dépot
Porcelaines, faiences et cristaux
Author:
Le Grand Dépot (Paris, France)  Search this
Bourgeois, Emile 1857-1934  Search this
Subject:
Le Grand Dépot (Paris, France)  Search this
Physical description:
[124] p. : col. ill. ; 38 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Place:
France
Date:
1889
19th century
Topic:
Pottery, French  Search this
Crystal glass  Search this
Call number:
048756
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_492802

19th century French followers of Palissy : a history of 19th century French ceramists from Avisseau to Renoleau / by Marshall P. Katz

Author:
Katz, Marshall P  Search this
Subject:
Katz, Marshall P Art collections  Search this
Palissy, Bernard 1510?-1590  Search this
Physical description:
68 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
France
United States
Date:
1994
C1994
19th century
Topic:
Pottery, French  Search this
Pottery, Renaissance  Search this
Pottery--Private collections  Search this
Call number:
NK3920 .K19 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_462761

Céramique lorraine : chefs-d'œuvre des XVIIIe & XIXe siècles = French ceramics : 18th and 19th Century masterpieces from Lorraine

Title:
French ceramics
Author:
Decker, Emile  Search this
Conseil régional de Lorraine  Search this
Physical description:
367 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
France
Lorraine
Date:
1990
C1990
18th century
19th century
Topic:
Pottery, French  Search this
Call number:
NK4098.L67C47 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_413271

Céramiques de René Buthaud : [exposition : catalogue / rédigé par Jacqueline Du Pasquier]

Author:
Buthaud, René 1886-1986  Search this
Du Pasquier, Jacqueline  Search this
Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France) Musée des arts décoratifs  Search this
Subject:
Buthaud, René 1886-1986  Search this
Physical description:
167 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1976
Topic:
Pottery, French  Search this
Call number:
NK4210.B84D86X 1976
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_426127

Palissy ware : nineteenth-century French ceramists from Avisseau to Renoleau / Marshall P. Katz and Robert Lehr

Author:
Katz, Marshall P  Search this
Lehr, Robert 1911-  Search this
Subject:
Palissy, Bernard 1510?-1590 Influence  Search this
Physical description:
192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
France
Date:
1996
19th century
Topic:
Pottery, French  Search this
Potters  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_495386

Monographie de l'œuvre de Bernard Palissy : suivie d'un choix de ses continuateurs ou imitateurs / dessinée par Carle Delange et C. Borneman et accompagnée d'un texte par M. Sauzay ... et M. Henri Delange

Title:
Bernard Palissy
Palissy
Author:
Delange, Carle 1837-  Search this
Sauzay, A (Alexandre) 1804-1870  Search this
Delange, Henri 1804-  Search this
Bornemann, C  Search this
Subject:
Palissy, Bernard 1510?-1590  Search this
Physical description:
[4], VIII, [1], 10-36 p., [101] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), port. ; 56 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1862
Topic:
Pottery, French  Search this
Nature (Aesthetics)  Search this
Decoration and ornament--Animal forms  Search this
Call number:
NK4210.P3 .D33 1862
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_481812

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