Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland - Jar - Eggplant violets on black glossy faience • well marked • ca. 1918 - Earthenware

Violets, a red seed pod and an olive-yellow pod stand on glossy black, hand-painted at Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland in Gouda. This is glaze porcelain from the years around 1918: earthenware with oxide paints under a mirrored glaze. On the bottom is the Lazarus Gate, the factory house. At eight centimeters the pot fits on a shelf and in a tobacco pipe.

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Description:
A cylindrical pot with a slightly pinched wall, outward lip and low foot ring. Aubergine and amethyst-colored violets with yellow hearts. A red seed pod with light spots. An olive-yellow pod with black eyes in orange rings. Mint-green beans, bottle-green leaves and orange spots on the black ground. The paint is visibly reliefed. The inside is glossy brown-black.

About the maker:
Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland, in the vernacular Plazuid, began on April 2, 1898 in Gouda under Adrianus Jonker and Egbert Estié. From 1903, B.J.C. Hoyng owned the N.V. The company produced high-gloss decorative wares with exotic flowers, later also matte porcelain. In 1930 it received the royal predicate, in 1965 the factory closed. The mark of this piece does not yet carry that predicate.

In the interior:
On a shelf under a warm lamp the black glaze is the only thing that lets the violets and pods shine.

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Condition:
Good. Lip, wall, foot ring and inside: no chips, cracks or restorations observed. The high-gloss glaze shows fine crazing, production-specific, with a few scratches. The foot rim has a small white glaze loss. The three stacking dots on the bottom are production-specific. The glaze may contain lead; not suitable for food or drink. See the images.

In one glance:
Material: earthenware, hand-painted, high-gloss glazed (gloss glaze)
Dimensions and weight: h 8 x diameter 8 cm, 225 g
Brand: in black paint on the bottom model number, 'Gouda', Lazarus Gate, 'Holland', cross with 10 and painter’s monogram
Dating: circa 1918
Provenance: private collection, Western Europe

Description and sources:
Marked Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland: the Lazarus Gate on the bottom, a small house referring to the Lazarus Gate in Gouda, is the factory’s logo; the maker is definite. Without Royal in the brand and with a model number above the 1909 catalog, the piece falls between 1909 and 1930; Botterweg Auctions dates the gloss glaze with the same bottom to 1918–1920. Sources: Capriolus Contemporary Ceramics knowledge base, entry Zuid-Holland, N.V. Koninklijke Plateelbakkerij (PZH); Botterweg Auctions archive; artnouveauplateel.nl.

Shipping:
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