Holland Handelsmerk - Wall plate - Amsterdamse School • polychroom spreukenbord met kraaiende haan • Art Deco • ca. 1920–1930 - Earthenware

Holland’s Trademark: Amsterdam School • polychrome proverb board with crowing rooster • ca. 1920–1930

Proverb board with a black rooster crowing the day in for an ochre sun, surrounded by the proverb The early bird has gold in its mouth. Unnoticed; from the Holland Trademark series, a trademark under which porcelain by Gutherz also appeared.

Proverb board of earthenware in the style of the Amsterdam School, with a crowing rooster, circa 1920–1930. From the Holland Handelsmerk proverb series. What this board bears is the drawing: a black rooster in flat fields in front of an ochre sun, with the proverb in a jagged stencil font around it. In the tail feathers the brushstroke remains visible.

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At a glance:
Material: earthenware, white glazed, decor in stencil and brush
Dimensions: H 3.5 x Ø 22.5 cm
Weight: 405 grams
Mark: no factory mark, signature or label
Dating: ca. 1920–1930
Provenance: private collection of Dutch ceramics, Netherlands

Description and context:

Round board with a flat mirror and a wide pennant. In the middle stands the rooster on a green hill, beak open, against a sun disk with a corona of rays. Surrounding it runs in green capitals the proverb The morning hour has gold in its mouth. The pennant bears a wreath of green rosettes with black dots, between ochre pearl borders and green piping. The decoration is laid out with stencils and finished with the brush. The collectors’ catalog LastDodo describes this same board, 22.5 cm, in a series of eight proverbs.

Condition:
Good. Glaze: needle-prick marks and small inclusions, production-related to this earthenware and no damage. Pennant: some reddish spots in the glaze. Decor: brush strokes visible in the black of the tail, handiwork and no wear. No flaking, hairline cracks or restorations observed. See the pictures. Offered as a decorative object, not intended for use with food.

Interior suitability:
Fits in an Art Deco, Amsterdam School or country interior, on the wall or on a stand in the kitchen. The black and ochre yellow remain legible from a distance.

Shipping:
Professionally packed in a sturdy box with cushioning material, for fragile objects a double box. Always insured shipped with Track and Trace. See the feedback from previous buyers.

Provenance and sources:

Holland Handelsmerk, on the basis of a visual comparison with a marked example of the same model; this example is unmarked. Holland Handelsmerk is a trademark and not a factory. Under this brand, around 1915 porcelain with linear decor also appeared, executed by Gutherz in Altrohlau. The Botterweg Auctions archive links that design to Bert Nienhuis. No designer is claimed.

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