{"id":6967,"date":"2013-03-23T21:29:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T01:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=6967"},"modified":"2013-03-23T21:30:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T01:30:19","slug":"eva-zeisel-majolica-teapot-c-1929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=6967","title":{"rendered":"Eva Zeisel majolica teapot, c.1929"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This boldly painted, hard to find teapot was designed by no other than <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eva_Zeisel\">Eva Zeisel<\/a>, who worked for Majolika Fabrik in Schramberg, Germany. She arrived in the small Black Forest\u00a0town in the fall of 1928 and left nearly two years later in the spring of 1930, creating nearly 200 brightly colored pottery objects of Art Deco inspired design.\u00a0This lightweight pottery teapot measures 7-1\/2&#8243; tall and is 8-3\/4&#8243; wide from handle to spout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_56441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5644\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_56441.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5652.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5652\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5652.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"454\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5650.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5650\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5650.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am not surprised that this fragile teapot did not remain unscathed over the past 84 years, as the low fired clay is susceptible to breakage. A large broken\u00a0piece at the top of the pot has been reapplied, aided by three large metal staples, each measuring nearly 3\/4&#8243; long. To help camouflage this none-too-subtle repair,\u00a0the staples were overpainted in matching tones, with only traces of color remaining. To add insult to injury, the top \u00a0portion of the handle, once broken off, has been riveted back on to the body. Tightly woven rattan envelopes the entire handle and the lower portion of the teapot, although I am not sure if this is was a later addition. Original or not, the basket-like embellishment adds another layer of quirkiness to this most desirable vessel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5646-Version-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7153\" alt=\"IMG_5646 - Version 2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5646-Version-2.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5646-Version-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5646-Version-2-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5648.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7044\" alt=\"IMG_5648\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5648.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5648.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5648-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_56511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7048\" alt=\"IMG_5651\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_56511.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_56511.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_56511-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The stamped mark on the bottom reads: Majolika, SMF (contained within a shield), Schramberg Handyemalt, 64.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5655.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5655\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5655.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2013-03-23-at-1.31.05-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-03-23 at 1.31.05 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2013-03-23-at-1.31.05-PM.jpg\" width=\"377\" height=\"593\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.berlin.de\">Kulturprojekte Berlin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are more examples of majolica designed by Eva Zeisel during her years in\u00a0Schramberg, Germany<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eva-Zeisel-10_525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7154\" alt=\"Eva-Zeisel-10_525\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eva-Zeisel-10_525.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eva-Zeisel-10_525.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eva-Zeisel-10_525-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An early photograph of Eva Zeisel in her studio, c. 1930.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eva-Zeisel-5_525-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7155\" alt=\"Eva-Zeisel-5_525-1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eva-Zeisel-5_525-1.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eva-Zeisel-5_525-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eva-Zeisel-5_525-1-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/observatory.designobserver.com\">John Foster<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This boldly painted, hard to find teapot was designed by no other than Eva Zeisel, who worked for Majolika Fabrik in Schramberg, Germany. She arrived in the small Black Forest\u00a0town in the fall of 1928 and left nearly two years later in the spring of 1930, creating nearly 200 brightly colored pottery objects of Art [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[127,100,93,120],"class_list":["post-6967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-german","tag-pottery","tag-rattan","tag-staplesrivets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6967"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7183,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6967\/revisions\/7183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}