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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Coffee Pot

ca. 1923 (designed), 1949-1962 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Red earthenware coffee pot, with a white zircon glaze. Slightly flared body, rounded shoulder and base, short spout, high curved handle. Conical lid with flat knop. Shape no. 5468 (Mokkakanne).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Red earthenware with a white zircon glaze
Brief description
Earthenware coffee pot, after a design about 1923 by Otto Lindig, made Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe, Germany, 1949-1962
Physical description
Red earthenware coffee pot, with a white zircon glaze. Slightly flared body, rounded shoulder and base, short spout, high curved handle. Conical lid with flat knop. Shape no. 5468 (Mokkakanne).
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.4cm
  • Length: 16cm
Query length
Marks and inscriptions
Shield, crown, wavy line and 'Karlsruhe 5468'
Object history
Shape no. 5468 (Mokkakanne). In production 1949-62. Lindig designed two other sizes of this pot. This small post-war version was adapted by the factory and differs from the orginal design.

Formerly in the collection of Mr. Wilhelm Terjung, Director of Karlsruhe factory, 1932-1970, previously Sales Manager under Wolfgang Müller von Baczko probably from the late 1920s. Von Baczko became Director in 1928 and was responsible for contacting Lindig for Bauhaus designs, the copyright of which belonged to Lindig. These Bauhaus designs were for tea, coffee and chocolate only. The original designs came into production at Karlsruhe in 1929, some of them produced until 1962. Information on and dating of all the Karlsruhe pieces has been provided by Peter Schmitt of the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe.
Production
Based on an original design by Otto Lindig of about 1923.
Bibliographic references
  • Karlsruher Majolika : die Grossherzogliche Majolika-Manufaktur 1901-1927: die Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur 1927-1978: Ausstellung vom 10. März bis 24. Juni 1979: [Katalog / Gesamtgestaltung, Annelis Schwarzmann]. Karlsruhe : Badisches Landesmuseum, 1979.
  • Jutta Römer, Daniela Sannwald and Klaus Weber (eds.). Keramik und Bauhaus. Berlin: Bauhaus-Archiv, 1989.
  • V & A Ceramics and Glass Collection Object Information File
  • Jakobson, Hans-Peter. Otto Lindig: der Töpfer, 1895-1966. Exhibition catalogue. Gera: Museen der Stadt Gera, Museum für Kunsthandwerk / Karlsruhe : Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, 1990.
Collection
Accession number
C.254:1 to 2-1993

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Record createdFebruary 16, 1999
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