Not on display

Plate

1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Herman Robert Bichweiler (manufacturer)
Börner, Carl Paul (designer)
Place of origin
Hamburg (made)

Earthenware plate made in a form of majolica with transparent glazes on deeply modelled forms.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Eating
Majolica
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with moulded and glazed decoration
Earthenware
Moulded
Glazed
Brief description
Plate, Germany (Hamburg); manufactured by Herman Robert Bichweiler; probably designed by Carl Paul Börner; 1880
Physical description
Earthenware plate made in a form of majolica with transparent glazes on deeply modelled forms.
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Gallery label
(1987-2006)
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

Bichweiler, a designer and architect, established 'Die Kunstgewerbliche Werkstatt' 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 maiolica 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
Bichweiler, a designer and architect, established 'Die Kunstgewerbliche Werkstatt' 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.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
39-1882

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Record createdMarch 17, 2006
Record URL
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