Paul Jouve sculpture of a seated Lion in glazed stoneware

Lion sitting in glazed stoneware, model created in 1900 by Paul Jouve (1878 - 1973) and made by the Muller company from 1901. Signed Paul Jouve and bearing the inscription with stamp GRES EMILE MULLER on the perimeter of the terrace.

In 1854 Emile Muller founded the "Grande Tuilerie" in Ivry Port (Seine). His first role was the development of ceramic products for construction and industry, then, in 1884, he developed glazed terracotta for architectural decoration and the reproduction of artistic works. Artists such as Eugène GRASSET, Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Louis CHALON, Isidore de RUDDER, or the sculptors VIBERT, CHARPENTIERS, FIX-MASSEAU, FALGUIERE, GUILLOT, SZYMONOWSKI, found in Emile MÜLLER a ceramic "support" perfectly adapted and of high quality, to make works that contributed greatly to his notoriety. After the opening of a new factory in 1886, his son Louis MÜLLER took over the house as Émile MÜLLER and Company" in 1889. The company participated quite regularly in the World Expositions and received, in 1897 in Brussels, a Grand Prix and three gold medals.