Joseph Mougin, along with his brother Pierre, began experimenting with faience shortly after Emile Gallé shut down his ceramic production. Joseph was so taken by the medium that he cut his studies with the French sculptor Louis-Ernest Barrias in order to devote his carrer to ceramics. The Mougin brothers established their pottery in Nancy, France where they thrived for many years. At the 1925 Paris Exposition, Joseph and Pierre won the Grand Prix de Ceramique Art.

This bust was made by Mougin Ceramics Nancy, France in the early 1900s. It measures 8 inches tall and 9 inches wide on walnut plinth base. Some of the pearls were missing and the piece was sold as is for $1037 in October 2010.