designer :: Eberhardt, Elisabeth

vintage item::

A 1920's studio pottery vase by the Swiss pioneer ceramicst, Elisabeth Eberhardt. The vase is 3 inches tall and 5 inches in diameter. The vase has a form that has been influenced by the arts and crafts movement. Yet the cloud-like, expressive glaze is a modernized version of a 19th century glaze technique. There is a chip and a glaze pop at the rim, otherwise, the vase is in very good condition.

height ::

3 in

(7.6 cm)

diameter ::

5 in

(12.7 cm)

condition ::

Very good - chip and glaze pop at rim

 

quantity ::

1

 

shipping ::

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price ::

$280.00

 

 

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.