Ceramano - Gerda Heuckeroth - Table service (13) - Tic - Stoneware - Table service "Tique"

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Gerda Heuckeroth - Ceramano - Dinnerware set "Tique" (13) - ca. 1970-1973 - Mid-Century Modern - Stoneware

Object: Tableware set in stoneware (13 pieces)
Manufacturer: Ceramano Kunstkeramik (West Germany)
Model/Line: "Tique" (also known as "Esthetique" or "Gala Sepia")
Designer: Gerda Heuckeroth (1928–2020)
Period: Early 1970s (ca. 1970-1973)
Material: Stoneware (Steinzeug) with hand-painted glossy glaze
Country of origin: Germany

The lot comprises a partial modernist stoneware service from Ceramano, dating to the early seventies.
All pieces are distinguished by the hand-applied brown concentric circle geometric decoration on a light background with a spirally incised texture.
The set includes 13 items with the following specifications:
6 Dinner/Consommé cups (Model 108): Height 12 cm; diameter 8 cm; maximum width with handles 12 cm. Double corded handle fashioned for grip.
4 Coordinated saucers (Model 108): Diameter 18 cm.1
Jug/Carafe (Model 20): Height 18 cm; maximum width at handle 18 cm; base diameter 10 cm. Integrated shaped spout.
1 Small serving bowl (Model 113): Diameter 20 cm; height 7.5 cm.
1 Large serving bowl (Model 113): Diameter 22 cm; height 8 cm.

Historical-Cultural References and Manufacture
The "Tique" line represents one of the most typical examples of Studio Pottery applied to mass production in West Germany (West German Pottery).
Ceramano Kunstkeramik was founded in 1959 in Höhr-Grenzhausen by Jakob Schwaderlapp (already founder of Jasba) with the precise intention of producing high-quality art ceramics and stoneware that would differ from the mass production of the era, mimicking the characteristics of a one-off studio piece.
The design is by Gerda Heuckeroth, one of the most authoritative names in German art ceramics of the late twentieth century.
Heuckeroth, who collaborated with Ceramano between the 1960s and early 1970s before opening her own independent studio, conceived for the "Tique" series a perfect synthesis between the sturdiness of Renish stoneware and the geometric rigor of Mid-Century Modernism.
The manual application of the pigment oxide guarantees that each piece presents unique variations in the intensity and shade of the decoration.
Conservation and Marking
The pieces are in vintage condition overall good, solid, and structurally intact.
Being vintage items used, the following signs of wear and manufacturing details are noted, fully documented in the photo set:
The four saucers show small, superficial chippings along the rim profile.
The jug/carafe shows a minimal glaze loss/chip at the tip of the spout.
The two large bowls internally display a widespread and natural glaze craquelé network due to the material’s natural tensions over time, and one specimen has a small mineral overheating spot on the outer wall.
The bases bear the correct original blue factory mark ("Ceramano W.-Germany") associated with the respective model numbers impressed or inscribed.