Vintage MCM Large West German retailer Multicolored Hand Painted 11+” Vase (509-28) by SCHEURICH

This is a subtle but substantial 11” large West German pottery vase made by SCHEURICH KERAMIK, circa 1970. It's got a glazed white surface on top of typical SCHEURICH blond clay in faience style. Then hand painted with multiple pastel colors accented in black. Marked under base “509-28/ scheurich/ W. Germany”.

No chips, cracks, flakes, repairs or mineral deposits. Looks like this was used as just a decoration for the past 50+ years. A great addition to your mid-century SCHEURICH KERAMIK or German pottery collection or just a great accent piece in your MCM home.

In 1948, ALOIS SCHEURICH and his cousin Fridolin Greulich started producing ceramics under the name “Scheurich & Greulich.” In 1954 ALOIS SCHEURICH continued on his own and founded SCHEURICH KERAMIKFABRIK KG. In 1955 the designer HEINZ SIERY joined SCHEURICH from FOHR (until 1959, when he went to CARSTENS). Other designers at SCHUERICH included OSWALD KLEUDGEN (glazes) (1950's on), PROF. FRANZ KARL (mid to late 60's) and A.SEIDE (early 1970's).

HEINZ SIERY also developed and introduced new production methods. The strategy was to develop simple shapes that could be decorated with many different glazes and thus create a large range of ceramics that could be easily changed to satisfy changing customer preferences. The pottery was inexpensive to produce enabling SCHEURICH to keep prices low and quickly gain market share. The strategy was very successful and SCHEURICH produced the most retailer ceramics of all German ceramics companies during the 60s, 70s and 80s.

Many different forms in combination with all the different decors and glazes gave SCHEURICH a very extensive range of pieces. HEINZ SIERY often used “the golden ratio” in its design, which gave the ceramics beautiful, harmonious proportions. Ceramics from the 50s and early 60s are typical of their time with relative discrete colors and geometric patterns. 60s and especially 70s ceramics were characterized by brown and green color schemes with touches of vibrant colors but there are also many colorful decors with bold lava glazes that is now highly sought after by collectors.

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