Majolica Pond Life Ewer Wilhelm Schiller & Son, Circa 1885

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Monumental 19th Majolica ewer with crawfish handle, dragonfly snail, grasshopper, frog and aquatics plants, signed Wilhelm Schiller & Son.
A … more Monumental 19th Majolica ewer with crawfish handle, dragonfly snail, grasshopper, frog and aquatics plants, signed Wilhelm Schiller & Son.
A Fine quality for this large ewer and an extraordinary example of the naturalism of the 19th century.
Wilhelm Schiller began production of porcelain and earthenware in Bodenbach, Bohemia in 1829, operating under the name of Schiller and Gerbing. In 1885, the firm was dissolved and renamed Wilhelm Schiller and Son and remained in operation until the onset of World War I.
The firm of Wilhelm Schiller and Son is clearly the most prolific of the Bohemian manufacturers of Majolica. less