Product Description
Velten Vordamm Keramik / Bauhaus Ceramics Black and White stripe Vase c. 1920
STEINGUTFABRIKEN VELTEN-VORDAMM Werk Velten, Germany
Vase c. 1920
Handpainted and glazed earthenware
Marks: VELTEN-VORDAMM company logo, 42
Similar work illustrated: Keramik und Bauhaus, Klaus Weber et al., exhib. cat. (Berlin: Bauhaus-Archiv, 1989), p. 229, illus. 289.
H: 7″
Velten Vordamm Keramik / Bauhaus Ceramics Black and White stripe Vase c. 1920
Length: 7 ½ inches x Width: 1½ inches
Weight: 5.55 Troy ounces / 172.7 grams / 111 pennyweights
*** The lion motif is modeled after the famous recumbent lions by Antonio Canova (Italy, 1757-1822), made for the monumental tomb of Clement XIII at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome