East German Ceramic Vase, VEB Haldensleben, 1950s
Current Bid: | £22.00 |
Bid Increment: | £2.00 |
Next Min Bid: | £24.00 |
Buyer’s Premium: | £5.28 |
Total Amount: | £27.28 |
Number of Bids: | 4 |
Location: | United Kingdom |
Highest Bidder: | User 1404 |
Auction Start: | 27/09/23 19:30:00 UTC |
Auction Ending: | 15/10/23 20:04:00 UTC |
Auction Finished : | 15/10/23 20:04:01 UTC |
East German Ceramic Vase, VEB Haldensleben, 1950s
An East German Ceramic Vase of simple rounded form with an open neck decorated in yellow, blue and grisaille with bands of overlapping, cloud like segments, the interior glazed in black and the foot glazed in aubergine with an impressed factory mark and the numberd '8409'.The factory mark, a shallow dish superimposed over the letter 'H' inside a circle, is that of the East German pottery VEB Haldensleben. VEB stands for 'Volkseigener Betrieb', meaning a people-owned enterprise and used in relationship to the state owned workplaces in the GDR. Haldensleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany and a ceramics factory was created there in 1945 with the nationalization of the Carstens Uffrecht plant that followed the division of Germany at the end of WWII. Halsdenleben focused primarily on the manufacture of vases. Its output tended to be of superior quality and employed more restrained glazes than those used by its West German counterparts. Upon the reunifucation of Germany in 1990, the factory was returned to its original owners, the Carstens family. The pattern number here is found on other pieces with the same shape but the abstract decoration used is quite individual and evocative of 1950s and early 1960s designs.
Size: | Ht 16cm, Max Width 27cm, 9.5cm |
Weight: | 920gm |
Date: | 1950s |
Condition: | Perfect condition with no damage or restoration |
Estimate: | £30 – 50 |