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West German Pottery, Ceramics and Fat Lava

June 2, 2014
by Aidan@Potsandpots
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French Holiday Fat Lava Pottery

We recently returned from a family holiday in France and unsurprisingly we explored a couple of second hand shops and stumbled upon this little French fat lava item by a pottery in Vallauris.
Vallauris French Fat Lava Pottery
We also bought a couple of old ceramic bottles which have found a home between the plants in our garden.
Ceramic bottles Garden French
Our final ceramic purchase was two mugs from a small studio pottery Mains d’argile (Hands of Clay) in the delightful little village of Tusson (Charente). Made by Marjolaine and André Sobieraj and selected after much deliberation between owls, elephants and antelopes.
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May 12, 2014
by Aidan@Potsandpots
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West German Pottery Spotted (35) – Living Retro Book

The Living Retro book details the interiors of 18 varied locations visited by the author Andrew Weaving. One of the properties that he visits has two West German vases displayed on a wooden shelving unit.
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Nestled on a busy side table in another house are a number of great ceramic animals including two fantastic Italian Bitossi birds – one in Blue and another in orange.
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April 11, 2014
by Aidan@Potsandpots
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West German Pottery Spotted (33) – ‘Blumen Blätter Zweige’ Book

The book ‘Blumen Blätter Zweige’ (published in 1967), roughly translating to ‘Flowers, Foliage, Branches”, by Ingeborg Wundermann features some West German vases as examples of containers which could be used for flower arranging. The vases are perhaps by Ruscha or Otto Keramik.
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The book also features some very stylish photos, as well as some rather strange arrangements – tinned food and kitchen utensils in a flower arrangement?
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