Dutch Earthenware Vase from Arnhems Fayencefabriek, 1910s

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Dutch Arnhemsche Fayencefabriek earthenware vase with 2 handles, (model number 42), blue glaze with polychrome linear floral decoration, design by … more Dutch Arnhemsche Fayencefabriek earthenware vase with 2 handles, (model number 42), blue glaze with polychrome linear floral decoration, design by Klaas Vet, executed by Arnhemsche Fayencefabriek ca.1910 -1915. Marked with stamp, Arnhem mark with rooster The vase has craquelé and has some very light scratches The vase is 21 cm high and 10.5 cm diagonal. The weight is 420 grams Arnhemsche Fayencefabriek N.V. Arnhem 1907-1936/1946 Factory under the management of the Vet brothers, from Purmerend (fa. JB Vet and Co.). They started with the old plaster molds, the work was closely related to Rozenburg and South Holland. Klaas vet designed vases and dishes. After 1917 W.P. Hartgring was hired as a painter. Oriental ornaments were incorporated, stylized flowers and butterflies in a thin linear decor on a white background under matt glaze. Utility pottery (tableware) was made. Jacob Vet died in 1924. Klaas was dismissed as director in 1926 and then founded the Gelria. Production was stopped in 1928. (information from the Dutch Ceramics and Glass Marks 1880-1940, p.11). less