Oval platter with lobster
1870–80
Medium
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions
confirmed: 4 1/4 × 24 7/8 × 17 in. (10.8 × 63.2 × 43.2 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Pottery
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Wallis Katz, in memory of Marshall Katz, and in celebration of the Museum's 150th anniversary, 2020
Accession Number
2020.86.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Thomas-Victor Sergent
Thomas-Victor Sergent (1834–1890) was a French ceramicist whose career exemplifies the 19th-century revival of Renaissance enameling techniques. Born on July 27, 1834, in Iffendic, Brittany, Sergent began as a career soldier but pivoted dramatically to ceramics after befriending the Barbizet family and marrying one of Victor Barbizet's daughters. He studied under his father-in-law, Victor Barbizet...