Large Laeuger lidded vase "Lemons". Karlsruhe majolica.

Model no. 1800, model by:. LAEUGER, Max (1864 Lörrach - 1952 Lörrach)

Height: 54 cm.

Painted in green, yellow and black. Lid with sculpted elephant as decoration. Press marks, painter's mark. Mouth rim minimally bumped.

* Laeuger, architect, designer, sculptor, painter, studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Karlsruhe. Taught there from 1884, professor in 1894. 1897-1914 Head of the artistic ceramics department of the Kandern clay works. 1907 Founding member of the Deutscher Werkbund. 1916-1944 own ceramic studio in Karlsruhe, 1921-1929 employee of the Majolika manufactory in Karlsruhe.

Literature : De Gruyter (2014).

Provenance : * Partner auction Bergmann, Kurt Adelsberger Collection, part 2.