A Wonderful Curated Selection of Two Mid Century West German, German, Foreign Pottery Vases and Jugs for Sale as a Collection, by Scheurich Keramik

West German and German Mid-Century pottery is a highly exciting area of ceramics to collect, as there are so many wonderful examples available for collectors, with wonderful glazes, colourways and techniques.

The backstamps are fun to decipher, but are very logical, with the last one or two digits of the numbering system referring to the height of the piece in centimetres. The other numbers will identify the manufacturer and the shape of the piece.

Those marked GERMANY on the underside date generally to pre-1949.

Those marked WEST GERMANY OR W. GERMANY date to between 1949 to 1990.

Those marked FOREIGN, or overstamped with FOREIGN, are generally post 1949 but mid-century West German pieces for export to countries like Hungary or Bulgaria, marked as such because Western goods were not taken very well behind the Iron Curtain!

To further complicate the matter, the same shaped piece, from the same manufacturer, with the same impressed number on the reverse, can have examples with all three backstamps, GERMANY, WEST GERMANY and FOREIGN, depending on the age of the piece, as the production of these pieces spanned the formation of West Germany and the iron curtain!!

This selection compromises the following pieces:

The Grecian Urn Shaped Vase in a Fabulous Turquoise and Brown Fat Lava Drip Glaze:
Maker: Scheurich & Greulich Keramiks
Date: Circa 1950’s
Base: Printed FOREIGN, over Impressed FOREIGN and undecipherable number ( 200/12)
Height: 12cm
Condition: Excellent condition, no issues.
Notes: These were produced in the from 1948 into the 1950’s, with different backstamps and stickers depending on the exact age and the destination of the ware.

The Tiny Pitcher/Jug Vase with Rope Handle and Striped & Speckled Turquoise and Brown Drip Glaze
Maker: Scheurich & Greulich Keramiks
Date: Circa 1948/49
Base: GERMANY 328/8
Height: 8cm
Condition: Excellent condition, no issues.
Note: These were available in a number of sizes, this being the smallest, cutest size.

Price is for the two vases as a curated collection. Buying them separately would be more expensive.

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I will have three separate lots of West German ceramics available, see the last few photos which shows the wider collection.

Discounts possible for multiple purchases!