The Kaehler pottery was founded in 1839 by Joachim Christian Kaehler at Naestved, South Zealand, Denmark, specialising in the manufacture of earthenware stoves and later, in architectural ceramics. His son Hermann August Kaehler (1846-1917) began experimenting with lustred glazes in the late 1880s. The pottery became best known for these special glazes, with their silvered, reddened colouring often with a 'crackled' surface - as in this vase. In 1900 he won a silver medal in the international exhibition, Paris. After his death and with the pottery named Kaehler Keramik, his sons Herman J Kaehler and Nils A. Kaehler continued making lustred wares into the 1920s, specialising in painted decoration rather than a more simple overall glaze (see 251-154-1894) . Jens Thirslund (1897-1942) was their chief designer. Thirslund trained initially as a housepainter, but subsequently studied Persian ceramics and married into the Kaehler family.