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1959/60 Austria Keramos Pitcher

Submitted by studiosmith on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 1:38am
Austria Keramos Pitcher 1959/60
Austria Keramos Pitcher 1959/60

Austria Keramos Pitcher 1959/60 - about 8 inches in height.

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Re: Austria Pitcher

Submitted by Flowerhead on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 2:13am.

Beautiful.

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Re: Austria Pitcher

Submitted by Madbrit on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 4:39am.

It is a Keramos piece from 1959/60

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Re: Austria Pitcher

Submitted by studiosmith on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:13am.

You are so generous with your knowledge K. Thank you SO MUCH. When I spent time with Keramos, all I was finding was ornate heads and figurines. I will now change the trajectory of my search. From what I've seen to date, not a ton of info exists on modern designs by them. I have seen this particular line in Pips inventory, but not a whole lot more.

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Re: Austria Pitcher

Submitted by nostalgiaholic on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:54am.

It's amazing the info Kevin can glean from just a shape and a mold number

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Re: Austria Pitcher

Submitted by Madbrit on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 2:41am.

My European form numbers index grows daily. I have over 120,000 diffrent shape/form numbers in my West German Pottery index, which is now 1200+ numbers higher than the current Book/CD shows, but i have catalogs raining down on me at the moment. I recently started a European wide form numbers index as i do have pieces from many other countries. I am also working on a project with a University Professor in North Germany to produce a shape/design index, by drawing the outline of pieces on a graphics tablet, this is going to take time, it wont be for general release, but will be going into the Museums & Universities all over Germany as a shape record.

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Re: Austria Pitcher

Submitted by nostalgiaholic on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 10:21am.

Wow...120K for West German alone.  That's incredible.  Seems like 120K would cover most of Europe.

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Re: Austria Pitcher

Submitted by wildgather on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:10am.

It reminds me a lot of Eva Z. Nice piece!

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Re: Austria Pitcher

Submitted by studiosmith on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 11:07pm.

Thanks K. I think you're right.

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Re: 1959/60 Austria Keramos Pitcher

Submitted by thoromod on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:12am.

A lovely pitcher--and a lovely picture.  I appreciate the artfulness of the shot.  Placement of highlights and that drop of dark interior --shapes echoing, curves complementing--a composition replete and meditative.   

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Re: 1959/60 Austria Keramos Pitcher

Submitted by studiosmith on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 2:44pm.

Thanks! How you described the shot is really consistent with the way the piece spoke to me as well. Neat that that is communicated in some way in the photo. I have been eyeing this piece for over a year at an antique mall, and ended up buying it somewhat recently when normally 95% of my collection is from thrift. The shape, color and decoration are really harmonious to me.

 

Thanks for your input.