Bricks-colored shards, slip glaze in green and white
Kandern, Germany, circa 1897
Design: Max Laeuger (1864 – 1952) – German artist, garden architect and author
Execution: Tonwerke Kandern
Base inscribed ‘GESETZL. GESCHTZT.’, artist’s monogram MLK (coined) and ’17.V.’ (deepened)
Height: 24 cm
Good condition
Star flower décor with grasses; ceramic vessels by Max Laeuger fetch up to €5,000 on the international auction market

Decorative jug after a design by Prof. Max Laeuger, executed by the Tonwerke Kandern. Spherical shape with oscillating neck and small spout as well as a C-shaped handle. On a russet ground is a circulating star flower décor with grasses in green and white slip glaze, inside doused in russet. Slight signs of craquelé are visible, especially on the white parts of the ceramic.



Condition:

The jug is in good condition with slight age-related signs of use and wear. The relief is partially slightly bumped. The upper rim is slightly scraped and the lower base ring touched-up. It measures 24 cm in height and 20 cm in width.



Max Laeuger (1864 – 1952)

Max Laeuger studied at the art college in Karlsruhe from 1881 until 1884, where he later became a teaching assistant. In 1898, he became a professor for interior architecture and garden art. He was professor for figure drawing and decoration at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, where he later taught architecture. He was simultaneously engaged as the head of the clay works in Kandern from 1897 until 1914 and he was an employee of Majolika manufacturing in Karlsruhe from 1921 until 1929. (tm)

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