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| Keywords: Joseph-Théodore Deck - Plate with Parrots - Walters 482406.jpg Deck began his career as a stove-maker working first in Vienna where he produced stoves for Schönbrunn Palace and after 1847 in Paris At the Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1855 he was so impressed by the Minton factory's brightly colored majolica wares that he decided to produce his own The following year he opened a factory for artistic faience Inspired by the designs and colors of Turkish Iznik wares he developed his own range of colors including a distinctive turquoise known as bleu Deck Deck employed a number of noted artists to work for him and continued to exhibit in the various international exhibitions winning a wide following both in England and America as well as in France 2nd half Other date century 19 faience cm 32 accession number 48 2406 39851 William T Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters accessioned in January 1976 after years of storage Acquired by William T Walters place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Théodore Deck Parrots in art Collections of the Walters Art Museum | ||||
