Pitcher shapes through the ages
Over 100 jugs from the museum's collection and several loans exemplify the development of jug design and decoration in 20th-century Germany. The exhibition features jugs from porcelain and stoneware manufacturers as well as individual pieces by prominent ceramic artists.
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Rüppurr Fayence-Fabrik, 1920er Jahre
Teekanne, Berliner Kunst-Keramik GmbH, "Wertheim'sche Steingutfabrik, Berlin-Neukölln 1920-25
Keramisches Werk Dr. Alfred Ungewiss, Entwurf: Margarete Frauer Dehme, 1960er Jahre
Carl Fischer, Bürgel/Thür. 1920er Jahre
Otto Lindig, Dornburg/thür, 1930er Jahre
Mokkakanne, Reinhold & Co., Bunzlau/Schlesien, 1920er Jahre
Kaffeekanne, Form 1382, Porzellanfabrik Arzberg Entw.: Hermann Gretsch, 1931
Eine von neun Vitrinen der "Kannen-Ausstellung"
From Bunzlau/Silesia, through Velten, Berlin, and Halle, all the way to Saargemünd in the far west of Germany, you will encounter renowned artists such as Richard Riemerschmid, Jan Bontjes van Beek, Otto Lindig, Margarete Heymann-Loebestein, Marguerite Friedlaender, Hubert Griemert, Eva Stricker-Zeisel, and Hedwig Bollhagen, as well as lesser-known creators of interesting and sometimes whimsical jug designs.
