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Fat Lava
Fat Lava is the term for some of the best German art pottery of the 1970s. A real Fat Lava vase has thick lava-like glaze oozing and dripping over the surface. In other European countries you can also...
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Farewell my lovelies
Some things I just can’t throw away. Even if they got broken and I should just put them with the trash, I have trouble letting go. My beautiful and huge 70s Ruscha wall plaque that broke in the mail...
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The head by Jasba
My father bought the vase in this post for me (for it is a vase). It is one of my most rare Germany vases, for I have never seen a second one like it. It is made by Jasba (marked N 31211 32) . Jasba,...
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Hutschenreuther design
Hutschenreuther is a well established German porcelain brand founded in 1814. They are particularly known, I think, for their tableware and made many excellent designs for tea and coffee sets. Hans...
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Strehla is OK!
The vases in this post were made by the East German company Strehla (1828-1989). The pottery of this company can still be found in abundance in charity shops, especially the small vases and planters....
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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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The Fatter the Better
It has been a while since my last post. I have to admit that from early April till about October vases have to take a backseat to my other passion, which is gardening. Now that the garden is well on...
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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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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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