Vase

1975 (designed), 1975-8 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase, thrown and salt-glazed, with bulbous shoulder tapering to narrow lipped neck. Incised clusters of concentric circles, the centre being painted brown and the outer parts plain grey salt-glaze. The background painted in a deep blue glaze.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, salt-glazed
Brief description
Vase of stoneware, designed by Hanns Welling, manufactured by Merkelbach Manufaktur, Germany: Höhr-Grenzhausen, designed 1975, made 1975-1978.
Physical description
Vase, thrown and salt-glazed, with bulbous shoulder tapering to narrow lipped neck. Incised clusters of concentric circles, the centre being painted brown and the outer parts plain grey salt-glaze. The background painted in a deep blue glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.8cm
  • Diameter: 14.4cm
  • Weight: 1.25kg (nifill)
Marks and inscriptions
'MERKELBACK / SALZGLASUR / V / Goebel / (HW-like symbol / Handarbeit / 49 - 035/36 / D 2 and 72 incised' (Look at register or base of object for layout inscription.)
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Vase

Stoneware

C.192-1997
Credit line
Given by Beate and Graham Dry
Collection
Accession number
C.192-1997

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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