Physical description
Red earthenware lidded bowl. Probably shape no. 59 and decoration no. 15.
[Bowl] Red earthenware depressed grey oval body with brown lines and a widely flared white rim. The interior has a green glaze
[cover (closure)] It has a low concial white lid with a flared knop
Place of Origin
Velten, Germany (made)
Date
ca. 1923-1925 (designed)
ca. 1925-1926 (made)
Artist/maker
Bogler, Theodor, born 1897 - died 1968 (designer)
Velten-Vordamm (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, with decoration in grey and brown
Marks and inscriptions
'TB' in monogram
'S' and 'Dec. F'
'59' and '15'
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 cm, Diameter: 12.2 cm
Object history note
Theodor Bogler was a student in the Bauhaus' pottery workshop at Dornburg from 1920 and business director from 1923. In 1925 he was invited to become artistic director of the Velten-Vordamm pottery, near Berlin, where he stayed until the following year. His influence on the pottery's production was considerable and continued well after his departure.
This bowl and lid, to a design developed during Bogler's time at the Bauhaus, appears to have been made while he was director at Velten-Vordamm. It was acquired by the Museum in 1993 from Galerie Ulrich Fiedler in Cologne. It had been bought by Fiedler from gallery Fifty-50, 793 Broadway, New York, having formerly been in the possession of "a German Jewish immigrant family" (letter from U. Fiedler, 24 February 1993).
Descriptive line
Earthenware lidded bowl, designed by Theodor Bogler 1923-1925, made by Velten-Vordamm possibly 1925-1926, Velten, Germany
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Jutta Römer, Daniela Sannwald and Klaus Weber (eds.). Keramik und Bauhaus. Berlin: Bauhaus-Archiv, 1989.
p. 221, no. 261. and pp. 262, 274.
V&A Ceramics and Glass Collection Object Information File
Materials
Earthenware; Tin glaze
Categories
Ceramics; Tableware & cutlery
Collection code
CER
