GERMAN DESCRIPTION:
MANUFACTURE:
UNITED VIENNA AND GMUNDNER CERAMICS
DATING:
AROUND 1919
MATERIAL: CERAMIC / BRIGHT BOARDS, HAND PAINTED, GLAZED
DRAFT:
BERTOLD LÖFFLER (1874 - 1960) - CAN
was an Austrian historical and fresco painter, as well as a graphic artist and designer. Löffler came from a Bohemian family of cloth makers. After attending evening courses at the drawing school of the North Bohemian Trade Museum in Reichenberg/Bohemia (1888–1890), he completed the Vienna School of Applied Arts under Franz Matsch and Koloman Moser. From 1900 he worked independently, and together with Michael Powolny he founded the 'Vienna Ceramics' workshop in 1905.
LID BOX WITH PUTTO
Swinging round box in a bulbous shape, on a flat round base with a double-domed lid, a floral wreath at the beginning of the second curvature, a standing putto dressed in a shirt as a knob.
DIMENSIONS:
Total height: 11.0 cm
BRANDS:
KG+BLUME - GMUNDNER KERAMIK
MODEL NUMBER 316
PROOF:
- Thomas Arlt / Arthur Weilinger, WIENER KERAMIK Bertold Löffler, Michael Powolny, catalog raisonné, 2018, Vienna; Page 336, number 316
- Waltraud Neuwirth, Brand Lexicon for Decorative Arts (3), Viennese ceramics, models 1906-13; Page 230, number 316
CONDITION:
VERY GOOD
- usual signs of age
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION:
MANUFACTORY:
UNITED VIENNA AND GMUNDEN CERAMICS
DATING:
AROUND 1919
MATERIAL: CERAMICS / BRIGHT EARTHENWARE, HAND PAINTING, GLOSSY FINISH
DESIGN:
BERTOLD LÖFFLER (1874 - 1960) - BOX
was an Austrian history and fresco painter, as well as graphic artist and designer. Löffler came from a Bohemian family of clothiers. After attending evening classes at the drawing school of the North Bohemian Trade Museum in Reichenberg / Böhmen (1888–1890), he graduated from the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Franz Matsch and Koloman Moser. From 1900 he was self-employed, together with Michael Powolny he founded the workshop 'Vienna Ceramics' in 1905.
LIDDED BOX WITH CUPID
Round box in a bulbous shape, on a flat, round base with a double-arched lid, at the beginning of the second arching a circumferential wreath of flowers, a standing, shirt-clad putto as a knob.
DIMENSIONS:
total height: 4.33 inches
MARKS:
KG+FLOWER - GMUNDNER KERAMIK /= GMUNDEN CERAMICS
MODEL NUMBER 316
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- Thomas Arlt / Arthur Weilinger, WIENER KERAMIK / VIENNA CERAMICS Bertold Löffler, Michael Powolny, Catalog of works, 2018, Wien / Vienna; Page 336, Number 316
- Waltraud Neuwirth, Mark Lexicon for Decorative Arts (3), Viennese Ceramics, Models 1906-13 / (= Encyclopedia of Marks of Applied Arts / Viennese Ceramics - models 1906-13); Page 230, Number 316
CONDITION:
VERY GOOD
- usual signs of age
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