Watering Can 766, red
Watering Can 766, red
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ceramic | handmade and -painted | capacity 0.7 litre | size 14 x 28 x 11 cm (h/w/d)
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Watering Can 766, red
The beauty of colour and shape. Watering can made of ceramic, with sides shaped inwards for an optimal grip. Handmade and hand-painted. Capacity 0.7 litres. Size 14 x 28 x 11 cm (h/w/d). Red version.
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About Hedwig Bollhagen
1907-2001
Timeless, straightforward, unprecedented – Hedwig Bollhagen's ceramics outlast all trends and can be found in museums, galleries and even in private glass showcases.
Born in Hanover, Germany, in 1907, she already developed a fascination for artistically painted ceramics in her childhood and attended the Technical School of Ceramics in Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany from 1925 until 1927. A time in which Bollhagen's sense of décor and form was shaped.
The ceramic icon combines the aesthetics of the Bauhaus era with traditional influences while remaining true to her artistic form concept. Geometric patterns alternating with delicate pastel shades define the décors that became design objects when she opened her manufactory in Marwitz, Germany, in 1934. Even as an elderly, she worked in the workshops wearing her same-coloured chequered smock and immortalised herself with the quote: "They're just pots", alongside her typical blue and white classic pattern. The artist died in 2001.
Ceramic product made of kaolin, quartz and feldspar.
Porcelain is formed by turning or pressing and figurative objects are cast. Complex objects have to be cast in separated steps and sections and then "assembled". After the moulding, the pieces are dried and "annealed" at about 900 °C. Next, the glaze will be applied and fired at temperatures between 1,240 °C and 1,445 °C. In renowned manufactures, the porcelain is painted by hand whereby each colour has to be fired individually and in compliance with narrow temperature tolerances.
Porcelain was invented in China and became widespread in Europe from the 16th century onwards. The first European porcelain factory was founded in Meissen, Germany in 1710.
Other famous European porcelain factories include Fürstenberg, Höchst, Schwarzburger Werkstätten, Lladró, Nymphenburg, KPM, Augarten, Sèvres, Limoges, Royal Copenhagen, Worcester. Individual factories label their products with their personal porcelain stamps so that for the collecter it is easy to identify their origin.