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Chocolate Jug and Lid

ca. 1930 (made), ca. 1930 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware chocolate jug with silvered brown metal lid, probably designed at the Staatliche Keramische Fachschule, Bunzlau by Rausch, a student of Artur Hennig, made by Christian Carstens, Kommandit-Gesellschaft Feinsteingutfabrik, Gräfenroda, Germany, ca.1930.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Jug
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with metal lid and coloured glaze
Brief description
Earthenware chocolate jug with silvered brown metal lid, probably designed at the Staatliche Keramische Fachschule, Bunzlau by Rausch, a student of Artur Hennig, made by Christian Carstens, Kommandit-Gesellschaft Feinsteingutfabrik, Gräfenroda, Germany, ca.1930.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.5cm
  • Diameter: 12.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'GRÄFENRODA' within a shield 'CARSTENS C G' and a sprouting form (Printed in dark green)
  • 'D 667 24 33' (Printed in dark green)
  • '2' (Impressed)
  • Two lines (Incised)
Credit line
Given by Judy Rudoe and Anthony Griffiths
Bibliographic reference
Nuremberg, Germanisches National Museum, text by Tilmann Buddenseig. 'Keramik in der Weimar Republik 1919-1933' (catalogue) 1985, cat. no. 242.
Collection
Accession number
C.52A&B-1990

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Record createdDecember 7, 2007
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