Bowl
ca. 1923-1925 (designed), ca. 1925-1926 (made)
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Theodor Bogler trained as a potter in the ceramics workshops of the Bauhaus in Dornburg and became their workshop manager in 1924. He subsequently worked as artistic director at the Velten-Vordamm factory from 1925–6.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, with decoration in grey and brown |
| Brief description | Earthenware lidded bowl, designed by Theodor Bogler 1923-1925, made by Velten-Vordamm proabably 1925-1926, Velten, Germany |
| Physical description | Red earthenware lidded bowl. Probably shape no. 59 and decoration no. 15. |
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| Object history | 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). |
| Summary | Theodor Bogler trained as a potter in the ceramics workshops of the Bauhaus in Dornburg and became their workshop manager in 1924. He subsequently worked as artistic director at the Velten-Vordamm factory from 1925–6. |
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| Accession number | C.256:1, 2-1993 |
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| Record created | February 16, 1999 |
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