Papers by Charlotte Jacob-Hanson
Northern Ceramic Society Newsletter, No. 211, April 2025, pp 45-50, 2025
Duvivier painted two bird services on New Hall porcelain that may have been commissioned, or done... more Duvivier painted two bird services on New Hall porcelain that may have been commissioned, or done to demonstrate to the managers his acquired talents as a ceramic decorator. Both have been an invaluable help in identifying his bird decoration on porcelain at Sceaux (faience and porcelain), on Mennecy porcelain and Tournai services painted at The Hague (this article features new discoveries from the latter place of employment).
The Northern Ceramic Society Newsletter, No. 205, Dec 2022, pp. 27-30, 2022
The identification of a Mennecy porcelain ewer with cover, and another Mennecy teapot, both with ... more The identification of a Mennecy porcelain ewer with cover, and another Mennecy teapot, both with Duvivier's bird decoration in the V & A Museum (and corresponding examples). These have been in the collection since 1909 (Fitzhenry bequest).
L'or et la couleur dans la céramique en France, 1730-1790, 2021
An illustrated account of the life and career of arcanist and porcelain decorator, Louis Victor G... more An illustrated account of the life and career of arcanist and porcelain decorator, Louis Victor Gerverot (1747-1829), who received training in Sèvres, and worked at many ceramic manufactories - e.g. Niderviller, Kassel, Fürstenberg, Frankenthal, Weesp, Höchst, Schrezheim, Loosdrecht, and England (J. Turner), before becoming managing director at Fürstenberg. He is best remembered for his imaginative and jaunty birds of fantasy.
This paper was submitted to the Colloque L'or et la couleur dans la céramique en France, 1730-1790, held in Paris, 20-21 November 2021, translated and published in an accompanying catalogue of the same title. Sponsored by the Association pour l'Ètude de la Céramique. (The published French text is also uploaded below). The author has written many articles on Gerverot and lectured about him internationally.
L'or et la couleur dans la céramique en France, 1730-1790, 2021
An illustrated account of the life and career of arcanist and porcelain decorator, Louis Victor G... more An illustrated account of the life and career of arcanist and porcelain decorator, Louis Victor Gerverot (1747-1829), who received training in Sèvres, and worked at many ceramic manufactories - e.g. Niderviller, Kassel, Fürstenberg, Frankenthal, Weesp, Höchst, Schrezheim, Loosdrecht, and England (J. Turner), before becoming managing director at Fürstenberg. He is best remembered for his imaginative and jaunty birds of fantasy.
This paper was submitted to the Colloque L'or et la couleur dans la céramique en France, 1730-1790, held in Paris, 20-21 November 2021, translated and published in an accompanying catalogue of the same title. Sponsored by the Association pour l'Ètude de la Céramique. (The original English text is also uploaded here). The author has written many articles on Gerverot and lectured about him internationally.
L'or et la couleur dans la céramique en France, 1730-1790, held in Paris, 20-21 November (2021) published in an accompanying catalogue of the same title. Sponsored by the Association pour l'Ètude de la Céramique. , 2021
This illustrated article offers an account on the life and career of Fidelle Duvivier (1740-after... more This illustrated article offers an account on the life and career of Fidelle Duvivier (1740-after 1796), the Tournai-born ceramic decorator who worked in France, England, and the Netherlands. The author also published a book (In the Footsteps of Fidelle Duvivier) in 2016 which can be ordered at her website - www.chjacob-hanson.com. (The French translation of this original English version is also posted below).
L'or et la couleur dans la céramique en France, 1730-1790 , 2021
A paper submitted to the Colloque L'or et la couleur dans la céramique en France, 1730-1790, held... more A paper submitted to the Colloque L'or et la couleur dans la céramique en France, 1730-1790, held in Paris, 20-21 November 2021, published in an accompanying catalogue of the same title. Sponsored by the Association pour l'Ètude de la Céramique. (The original English text is also uploaded here).
Ceramics in America, 2020
Charlotte Jacob-Hanson, "From Santa Fe to Mettlach: Pueblo Pottery and 'Curiosities' in the Ville... more Charlotte Jacob-Hanson, "From Santa Fe to Mettlach: Pueblo Pottery and 'Curiosities' in the Villeroy and Boch Keramikmuseum," (The Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2020), pp. 18-48.
http://www.chipstone.org/issue.php/48/Ceramics-in-America-2020
I N 1894 A SHIPMENT O F Southwestern Indian pottery arrived at the Keramikmuseum in Mettlach, Germany. According to an inventory notation, it was sent from a certain “Herr Gold” of Santa Fe, but little other evidence has survived to reveal the possible reasons for this unusual acquisition. Studying the story of the company’s special ceramics museum gave me a general understanding of the underlying purposes of its broad international collection. But since the story connects the Old World with the Old West, it was also important to explore that historic period in American history, when Santa Fe and the Rio Grande pueblos were being visited by scores of scholars, archaeologists, and ethnologists—both domestic and foreign—all eager to study Native peoples’ cultures firsthand and to collect or purchase ethnographic material. Important actors in this chapter of the story were two members of an immigrant Jewish family, the Golds, who founded a curio business in Santa Fe that catered to ethnologists and tourists alike. Their pottery curiosities were seen in European museums and at world exhibitions. It is likely that the Golds’ business connection with Villeroy & Boch came about through the company’s participation in 1893 at the Chicago world’s fair, which featured pottery from a “Mr. Gold” in Santa Fe.
Note: the article mentioned in endnote 1 is also posted at Academia.edu
(A Brief History of Villeroy & Boch and England's Influence on its Success in the Years 1766-1900)
Northern Ceramic Society Newsletter, Vol. 199 (December), pp. 27-31 , 2020
About an 'outside-decorated' Chelsea-Derby teapot decorated by Fidelle Duvivier that surfaced at ... more About an 'outside-decorated' Chelsea-Derby teapot decorated by Fidelle Duvivier that surfaced at a German auction house in 2019.
The Northern Ceramic Society Newsletter, No. 198 (August), pp. 40-47, 2020
Both Jean-Francois Boch and Nicolas Villeroy traveled to England to study production methods and ... more Both Jean-Francois Boch and Nicolas Villeroy traveled to England to study production methods and ceramic ware with the aim to improve and develop their own production (their companies were merged in 1836). By the end of the 1870s V & B was the most successful ceramics Company in the world, employing nearly 7,000 workers in Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium.
The Northern Ceramic Circle Newsletter, 2019
Northern Ceramic Circle Newsletter, No. 194, June 2019, pp.30-33. This is the only known New Hall... more Northern Ceramic Circle Newsletter, No. 194, June 2019, pp.30-33. This is the only known New Hall work with a decoration based on an animal fable by Aesop (or La Fontaine). It is one of five known signed pieces by Fidelle Duvivier.
Northern Ceramic Society Newsletter, No. 192 (Dec 2018), pp. 27-36.
Northern Ceramic Society Newsletter, No. 188, December 2017, pp. 18-28. An overview of Gerverot's... more Northern Ceramic Society Newsletter, No. 188, December 2017, pp. 18-28. An overview of Gerverot's work on the Continent Prior to coming to England, where he briefly worked for the John Turner factory, producing the Gerverot Beaker which was decorated by Fidelle Duvivier.
"Fidelle Duvivier: the Painter and his World – Collected Memories," The Northern Ceramic Society ... more "Fidelle Duvivier: the Painter and his World – Collected Memories," The Northern Ceramic Society Newsletter, No. 184, December 2016, pp. 45-53.
Vormen uit Vuur. Mededelingenblad Nederlandse vereniging van vrienden van ceramiek en glas, Dec 2007
American Ceramic Circle Journal, Volume XVII, 2013, pp. 4-47.
The Magazine ANTIQUES, September 1998, vol. 184, no. 3, pp. 338-345
The Magazine Antiques, vol. 165, no. 1, January 2004, pp. 192-199
Northern Ceramic Society Newsletter, No. 166, June 2012, pp. 50-61
English Ceramic Circle Transactions Vol. 19 Part 3 2007, pp. 477-483
A critical reappraisal of the Duvivier family tree. A paper read by Charlotte Jacob-Hanson at the... more A critical reappraisal of the Duvivier family tree. A paper read by Charlotte Jacob-Hanson at the Courtauld Institute on 26 th November 2005. During a conversation John Twitchett had with Mme. Josine de le Vingne some four years ago 1 , she told him of her intention to write a paper on her family's Duvivier ancestors. Her late husband, Peter de le Vingne, was a descendant of Michel-Joseph Duvivier through the latter's only daughter, Amelie. Her private research had turned up some new data that had been missing in the account of those Duviviers who had worked at Chelsea and Tournai. Most important, Mme. de le Vingne discovered that Michel-Joseph Duvivier and Fidelle Duvivier were brothers and that "William Duvivier who worked at Chelsea" was not their father. Unfortunately, due to severe illness, Mme. de le Vingne was unable to write the paper she had hoped would serve to amend the record; however, she did give her valuable Duvivier family research notes to Mr. Twitchett, who published them without further commentary in Derby Porcelain, 1748-1848. An Illustrated Guide (Antique Collectors' Club, 2002), pp. 75-76. (I have listed her information in a genealogical table, together with two newly discovered items, at the end of this article). Since the publication of Major William H. Tapp's findings in Apollo Magazine between 1939 and 1941, there has been little else discovered about the relationships of these persons. In his first article concerning "Joseph Duvivier, China Painter of Chelsea and Tournai" Major Tapp writes, "According to the birth registers kept at the Commune-Civil, Tournai, Joseph was born in the parish of St. Jacques on September 3rd, 1740 ...." and claims he was a cousin of Fidelle's. 2 This "Joseph," also called "Henri-Joseph Duvivier" in other literature, is usually identified as the son of William Duvivier of Liège who went to England ca. 1742/43, worked as a painter at the Chelsea manufactory, and died there in 1755 (his burial is recorded on 9 th March, at St. Anne's in Soho)
The Magazine Antiques, vol. 168, No. 1, January 2006, pp.168-177.
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Papers by Charlotte Jacob-Hanson
This paper was submitted to the Colloque L'or et la couleur dans la céramique en France, 1730-1790, held in Paris, 20-21 November 2021, translated and published in an accompanying catalogue of the same title. Sponsored by the Association pour l'Ètude de la Céramique. (The published French text is also uploaded below). The author has written many articles on Gerverot and lectured about him internationally.
This paper was submitted to the Colloque L'or et la couleur dans la céramique en France, 1730-1790, held in Paris, 20-21 November 2021, translated and published in an accompanying catalogue of the same title. Sponsored by the Association pour l'Ètude de la Céramique. (The original English text is also uploaded here). The author has written many articles on Gerverot and lectured about him internationally.
http://www.chipstone.org/issue.php/48/Ceramics-in-America-2020
I N 1894 A SHIPMENT O F Southwestern Indian pottery arrived at the Keramikmuseum in Mettlach, Germany. According to an inventory notation, it was sent from a certain “Herr Gold” of Santa Fe, but little other evidence has survived to reveal the possible reasons for this unusual acquisition. Studying the story of the company’s special ceramics museum gave me a general understanding of the underlying purposes of its broad international collection. But since the story connects the Old World with the Old West, it was also important to explore that historic period in American history, when Santa Fe and the Rio Grande pueblos were being visited by scores of scholars, archaeologists, and ethnologists—both domestic and foreign—all eager to study Native peoples’ cultures firsthand and to collect or purchase ethnographic material. Important actors in this chapter of the story were two members of an immigrant Jewish family, the Golds, who founded a curio business in Santa Fe that catered to ethnologists and tourists alike. Their pottery curiosities were seen in European museums and at world exhibitions. It is likely that the Golds’ business connection with Villeroy & Boch came about through the company’s participation in 1893 at the Chicago world’s fair, which featured pottery from a “Mr. Gold” in Santa Fe.
Note: the article mentioned in endnote 1 is also posted at Academia.edu
(A Brief History of Villeroy & Boch and England's Influence on its Success in the Years 1766-1900)