Rating and value 2024 of Charles Catteau's ceramics, vases, stoneware

If you own an object by or after Charles Catteau, and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers will offer you their appraisal services. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its current market value. Then, if you wish to sell your work, we will guide you towards the best possible arrangement to obtain the optimum price.

Rating and value of works by Charles Catteau

Charles Catteau is a French artist who is fairly well known to collectors of ceramics and sculpture. If you own one of his works, it may be worth more than you think. On the art market, prices for Catteau's works can be very high at the auctioneer's hammer.

His ceramic works are particularly prized by French and European buyers, and the price at which they sell on the art market ranges from €10 to €53,000, a fairly substantial range, but one that says a lot about the value that can be attributed to Catteau's works. In 2021, a stoneware vase, Vase aux pingouins, dating from 1926 sold for €10,500 while it was estimated at between €3,800 and €4,500.

Order of value from a simple work to the most prestigious

Style and technique by artist Charles Catteau

Charles Catteau has produced worked ceramics, some of which are Art Deco and others Art Nouveau. He is strongly inspired by the animal world, working with a variety of sculptural techniques including earthenware and glazed ceramics.

The life of Charles Catteau     

Charles Catteau (1880-1966) was a 20th-century ceramist working near Paris.

Born in Douai, he was the son of a Belgian father and a French mother. He trained at the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, and left to work in Munich in 1904.

Recruited by Boch Frères, he moved to Belgium to change the artistic trajectory of the manufacture. He was inspired by non-Western arts (Japanese and African iconographic programs).

In 1925, he won the Grand Prix at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs Industriels et Modernes, which increased his success with the general public. He then exhibited at the Salon des artistes Français.

After the Second World War, he moved to Nice, where he continued to produce a few pieces. He died there in 1966, aged 86.

Charles Catteau on the auction market

There is no longer a monopoly factory or gallery marketing Catteau's work today. As a result, the auction market is the preferred route for acquiring one of his works. They are highly prized at auction, and whether it's a stoneware sculpture, an animal model, a ceramic bowl or another work, they are all in demand.

Recognizing Charles Catteau's signature     

Not all objects produced by Charles Catteau are signed, or may be signed differently depending on the period. Moreover, there are many copies, which is why the expertise of your work is important.

Knowing the value of a work

If you happen to own a work by or after Charles Catteau, don't hesitate to request a free appraisal using the form on our website. A member of our team of experts and certified auctioneers will contact you promptly to provide you with an estimate of the market value of your work, as well as ad hoc information about it. If you are considering selling your work, you will also be accompanied by our specialists in order to benefit from alternatives for selling it at the best possible price, taking into account the inclinations of the market.