Ceramic Model of a Fish, Jema Holland, signed, 1950s/1960s
Current Bid: | £10.00 |
Bid Increment: | £1.00 |
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Total Amount: | £12.40 |
Number of Bids: | 3 |
Location: | United Kingdom |
Highest Bidder: | User 1412 |
Auction Start: | 02/11/24 10:16:00 UTC |
Auction Ending: | 16/11/24 20:56:00 UTC |
Auction Finished : | 16/11/24 20:56:01 UTC |
Ceramic Model of a Fish, Jema Holland, signed, 1950s/1960s
A ceramic model of a fish strikingly modelled with outstretched fins and rising out of flowing waves, lustre glazed in tones of green and blue, the base with an incised script mark reading 'Jema' 'Holl.' '132'.The Jema factory in Holland was started by two brothers, Jelis Mager ( born 1912 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) and his brother Johan Willem Mager (born 1919 also in Rotterdam) both living in Maastricht who took over an existing ceramics factory, founded originally by J.Meussen, in 1942 and traded together in a partnership which was dissolved in 1955 when the firm JEMA KERAMISCH ATELIER N.V. (jema ceramic studio; the first JE standing for Jelis and MA standing for Mager) was created under a new agreement between them. Ceramic products of many types were produced with figurines a speciality and the business continued until 1984 when it became insolvent and closed its doors.
Most of the pieces seem to have been marked, usually with an impressed script as here indicating the factory itself and the model number of the piece. For modest decorative items the quality of the manufacture is of a high standard as can be seen in both the modelling and the glazing of this piece. Their animal figurines were immediately approachable and provided modest but amusing items of decoration.
Size: | Ht 18.3cm (max), Width 18cm (max), Base width 16cm (max) |
Weight: | 495gm |
Date: | 1950s/1960s |
Condition: | Very good condition |
Estimate: | £20 – 30 |