Cup

Physical description

Cup of glazed earthenware, moulded and with applied details. Footed, handle-less cup with spherical body and flared rim, glazed earthenware, in colours, with bands of floral and geometric ornament.

Place of Origin

Hamburg (city), Germany (made)

Date

1878-1880 (made)

Artist/maker

Herman Robert Bichweiler (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Earthenware, moulded and with applied details

Marks and inscriptions

'Bichweiler Hamburg 2' impressed

Dimensions

Height: 14 cm cm

Object history note

Herman Robert Bichweiler, a designer and architect, established Die Kunstgewerbliche Werkstätt in partnership with Dr E.Berlieu in 1878 in Hamburg. Carl Paul Börner, (1828-1905) an architect, was employed as one of the principal artists. They specialised in a form of majolica using transparent glazes on deeply modelled forms. Within a few years the company was awarded prizes at Melbourne (1880), Frankfurt (1881) and Hamburg (1889) for its ceramics and also began manufacturing glass, metal and leather wares.

Historical context note

Bichweiler won prizes at several international exhibitions and this cup would have been acquired as an example of their manufacturing techniques as well as their interest in historic styles

Descriptive line

Cup of glazed earthenware, in colours, Herman Robert Bichweiler, Hamburg, 1878-1880

Production Note

The cup was bought direct from the maker

Materials

Earthenware

Techniques

Glazed; Moulded

Subjects depicted

Strawberry; Flora

Categories

Ceramics; Earthenware

Production Type

Mass produced

Collection code

CER