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Lava Vase West Germany

Retro Vintage Mid-century Modern red and brown fat lava Fibula decorative vase from West Germany, 1960s/70s. Manufactured by Scheurich Keramik. Signed, but serial number is unreadable. Size: heigh 18cm; top d7cm; bottom d8cm; widest point d10cm.

Various Fat Lava Vases

Fat lava is the name given to certain styles of postwar, West German art pottery, particularly from the 1960s/ ’70s. The genre gets its name from the thick, encrusted glazes that typify many of these pieces, some of which look as if their surfaces are composed of frozen flows of lava in radioactive hues ranging from fiery reds to cobalt blues. Some fat lava pieces seem to be outgrowths of the macrame-and-raku aesthetic of 1960s hippie culture, others have a postmodern, almost pop-culture look.

Lava Vase

Retro Vintage Mid-century Modern white and green on brown base lava vase from West Germany, 1960s/ 70s. With serial number 203-26 W. Germany on bottom. Size: height: 26,5cm; top d9cm; bottom d6,5cm.

Lava Vase

Retro Mid-century Modern yellow and brown spotted lava vase from West Germany. Signed: 242-22 W. Germany (at the bottom). Size: height 22,5cm; d8,5-11cm.

Spotted Lava Vases

The most prolific fat lava ceramics factories of the period include Bay, Carstens, Jasba, Spara, Scheurich, and Ubelacker. Other well-regarded makers were Jopeko, Klein, Otto, Roth, and Ruscha.

Lava Vase

Retro Mid-century Modern white and brown spotted lava vase from West Germany. Size: height 16cm; d9,5cm.

Various Lava Vases

Polish Vase

Retro Vintage white and brown layered glazed clay ceramic vase from Poland, 1980s. With stamp of Mirostowice ceramic factory. Size: height 22cm; d6-13cm.

Organic Blue Vase

Mid-century Modern Retro Vintage ceramic vase with organic floral ornaments in shades of blue. Size: height 24cm, d7-17cm.

Ingrid Glass Vase

Vintage Retro Mid-century Modern Ingrid Glasshütte (Ingridglas) light green textured bark icy effect glass vase. Made in Germany, 1960s. Size: height 26,5cm; d6-10cm.

Layered Vase

Retro Vintage Mid-century Modern vertically layered vase in shades of blue, green and yellow. Size: height 20cm; top d11,5cm; bottom d15cm.

Triangle Vase

Vintage Retro Mid-century Modern ceramic glazed triagle form vase in blue shades. Size: height 10,5cm; 14x15cm.