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

Vase

ca. 1910-1911 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The vase is a tall cylindrical shape with four indented flutes and flared rim. Decorated with an elaborate stylised pattern of scrolls and other shapes, in black on the cream ground with slivered flutes. The form appears to have been press-moulded.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Vase, earthenware with painted decoration, made by Robert Obsieger at the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule (Vienna Workshop), Austria, ca. 1910-1911.
Physical description
The vase is a tall cylindrical shape with four indented flutes and flared rim. Decorated with an elaborate stylised pattern of scrolls and other shapes, in black on the cream ground with slivered flutes. The form appears to have been press-moulded.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
  • Width: 12.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'KGW Sch 158' (Impressed)
  • 'R. OBSIEGER' (Inscribed)
  • 'AL... / RECHTE / VORBE / HALTEN' (Printed within a rectangle)
Bibliographic reference
Neuwirth, Waltraud. Wiener Keramik. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1974, p235.
Collection
Accession number
C.11-1982

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Record createdNovember 14, 2007
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