designer :: Eberhardt, Elisabeth

vintage item::

A 4.4 inch tall and 4 inch diameter studio pottery vase from the Swiss pottery master, Elisabeth Eberhardt. The vase has a rounded geometric shape with a dark, sultry blue and green drip glaze. The vase's form is distinctly modern, however, the glaze techinque shows the strong influence of the arts and crafts movement.

height ::

4 in

(10.2 cm)

diameter ::

4 in

(10.2 cm)

condition ::

mint condition

 

quantity ::

1

 

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price ::

$330.00

 

 

about the designer :: Eberhardt, Elisabeth

Elisabeth Eberhardt is considered a woman pioneer of the 20th century Swiss pottery and design movement. She studied at the Arts & Crafts School in Bern, Switzerland from 1903 to 1906. After studying the traditional art of Swiss primitive pottery in Thun, she opened her own studio. Her first works, in form and decoration, were significantly influenced by this tradition, especially the folk art pottery of Langnau in the Canton of Bern. It was in the year 1915, that Ms. Eberhardt had a watershed moment and decided to dedicate her art to the new forms and glazes influenced by the Bauhaus movement. She tirelessly experimented with glazes and new forms until she perfected her technique and started to create her legacy. Her work after 1915 greatly influenced the direction of the Swiss pottery movement and helped it to break with the past. In addition to her works, she was one of the earliest female members of the Schweizerwerkbund (Swiss Artists Guild), which was the leading organization for architects, designers, and artists in Switzerland.