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Casual scenes from the 1950s-60s
Wall plates like the ones in this post always strike me as typically 1950s/early 60s and typically German. I think they are special compared to many other wall plates, because of the scenes they are...
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I am not a vase!
In Germany ( and other countries) from the 1950s onward there was a lot of experimenting with form going on. In the 1950s twisting, turning, denting, curving and bending would result in exiting new...
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Bay vases of the 1960s
Bay was one of the larger art pottery producing factories in Germany, judging from the number of vases you can still find from this manufacturer. It made a tremendously wide variety of shapes and...
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Ceramano Riviera, Toscana and Incrusta
Featuring here are three vases by Cermano from the 1960s. This German company was founded in 1959 and stayed in business till 1984. Their aim was to make art pottery that resembled studio pottery, but...
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Rood Craquelé from the Porceleyne Fles
On Ebay you can scroll for hours through pictures of vases that are not worth your while. Only the feeling that you will find a treasure keeps you going (till past your bedtime…). And sure enough, the...
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Yellow Magic
The 1970s interior came in all shades of brown. So did a lot of West German vases. But looking good against a brown backdrop, were a great number of vases in the brightly colored glazes the 1970s are...
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The Colorful World of Jasba
Jasba is one of the companies I actively look for when searching for interesting vases to add to my collection. Founded in 1926 by Jakob Schwaderlapp (the same man who founded Ceramano in 1959) it...
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Scheurich vases to fit anybody’s taste
Scheurich (founded in 1928) was one of the largest (maybe even the largest) West German pottery manufacturers. Their marketing strategy was to have a fair amount of shapes, cover these with an endless...
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Filigran by Adele Bolz
The Filigran decor by Ruscha is probably one of the most desirable decors in West German pottery. From a picture it is not always easy to spot that this is actually an early (and very pretty) example...
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Petra on Pottery on Pinterest
Of course I have been busy collecting the past two years, but I have not had much time to write about it. Hence no new posts appeared for quite a while. Also my little ‘photo studio’ setup had been...
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A Chess set made at Bay Keramik
The ceramic chess game in this post was made by a young Dutch man called Nico Bongers in the mid 60s, while he worked as an intern at Bay Keramik in Ransbach-Baumbach. I acquired it in 2014 from his...
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Update: A chess set made at Bay Keramik
I got a reaction from Ralf J. Schumann on my previous post about the chess set made at the Bay Keramik factory. Ralf contacted a former manager from Bay and this manager still remembered Nico Bongers,...
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