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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
WILHELM WAGENFELD (1900-1990) Germany
WMF [Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik] Geislingen, Germany
Tazza c. 1935
Hexagonal green-tinted lead crystal covered dish / tazza with lid in a stepped jewel-like form mounted with a silver lid and footed base silver
Marks: WMF logo, moon, crown, 800
For more information see: Wilhelm Wagenfeld und die Moderne Glasindustrie,Walter Scheiffele (Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1994); WMF Ikora Metall / Metalwork, Carlo Burschel and Heinz Scheiffele (Stuttgart, Germany: ARNOLDSCHE, 2006).
H: 5 1/4″ x D: 7″ x W: 7″
Price: $3,500
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, England
“Cloisonné” vase 1867
Glazed porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration and gilding
Marks: MINTON, date cipher for 1867
Illustration: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhibition catalogue, Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 78.
H: 9 7/8”
Karl Raichle(1889 – 1965) Meersburg, Germany.
Candlestick c. 1928
Hand hammered pewter in a half sphere and cone form
Marks: Meersburg, 6 7 8 2
For more information on Karl Raichle see: Avantgarde Design 1880-1930,Torsten Bröhan & Thomas Berg (Köln, Benedict Taschen, 1994) p. 101.
H: 3 1/8″ x Dia: 3 1/2″
Price: $2,250
Karl Raichle (1889 – 1965) attended the Bauhaus as a student in the late 1920’s before opening his own metalworkshop in Meersburg. Raichle was a student of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy at the Bauhaus in Dessau.
MITSUKOSHI Japan
EARLY SHOWA PERIOD (1926-1989) Japan
Vase c. 1925-30
Silver with repoussé blossoms and leaves on a bulbous form with collar
Marks: Mitsukoshi (Japanese characters)
H: 6” x D: 9 1/2”
SOLD