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Scheurich or Bay

Bay

Scheurich

Carstens

Scheurich

ES Keramik

Scheurich

Ruscha 313

Bay Keramik

Scheurich

Scheurich

Scheurich

A mystery, perhaps Carstens or Ruscha?

Dümler & Breiden

Sawa?

Hutschenreuther
Art
Pottery (American and European art
pottery other than mid century items)
Pottery
and Porcelain (Figurines, plates,
vases, etc.)
Mid-Century
Design (Mid Century pottery, currently
featuring one of the best selections of studio and W. German
pottery in the U.S.)
Studio
Pottery (While many of these items
can be found in other categories, they are also gathered here
for those with a special interest in studio work.)
Glass (art glass, stemware, EAPG, Depression, Elegant,
etc.)
Metalware (Various metal items and misc. vases, inkwells, etc.)
Paintings (oils, watercolors, prints, 19th and 20th century
American and European)
Links
Pages About Us
Meet the
Gin and the For
Meet the "staff"
The Cor-purr-ate
Story (Glyph's Rise to Power)
Contact
Information (Phone, etc.)
Essays and Information:
Book Review: Fat
Lava, West German Ceramics of the 1960s & 70s
Collecting
West German Pottery: Thoughts, Philosophy, and History
A Divine
and Delightful Madness: An Intro to W. German Pottery
Learning
the Basics about West German Pottery (This
is the most in depth essay.)
West
German Pottery Marks
W.
German Companies, Designers, and Studio Potters
West
German Picture Gallery and Identification
Aid (pictures of items we've had over the last 3 years)
To Buy or
Not To
Buy: Going Where Price Guides
End (thoughts about collecting, aesthetics, and health)
Get the
Picture Straight: The Basics of Selling
Glass and Pottery on the Internet (how to write item listings,
matters of photography, etc.)
E-MAIL
US
Ginfor's Odditiques (click
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Pedagogy,
Philosophy and Nonsense (my "other"
site: writing, learning, and odd ideas like long hair and fairy
god-princesses)

Sawa?

Steuler

Scheurich

Dümler & Brieden

Bay

Schäffenacker

Unknown
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GinFor's
Odditiques
(GINny and FORrest Poston's
Oddities and Antiques)

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West German Pottery News and Updates
March, 2008
Publication for Kevin Graham's
book "West German Ceramics From Spritzdecor to Fat Lava,
Vol. 1" is set for April 15. Full information on price and
ordering should be available soon.
February, 2008
A group of lava glaze vases
whose attribution was not widely known turn out to be Dutch,
not W. German:
Van Woerden vases
April, 2007
Largest currently known piece
of W. German commercial art pottery, 65cm
Scheurich vase.
Kevin Graham's book is almost
ready. We now have a few advance pages: Collecting German-Ceramics:
40s, 50's, 60's, 70s, 80s, 90s
Vol. One. Preview
The Fat
Lava Collectors Club
is now up to 63 members.
The 2008 edition of Miller's
Collectibles will include a section on W. German pottery for
the first time, including several items from this site.
The 2008 edition of Judith Miller's
Collectibles will also have a section as they did in 2007, with
all different items this year.
Still waiting for a design magazine
or show to open their eyes.
February, 2007
There's a new attribution for
a series of unusual sculptural vases:
Story and comparison
January, 2007
Kevin
Graham is moving closer to publishing the first full-scale English
language book on West German Pottery. He has found a publisher.
Hopefully, a publication date will be coming soon.
The
Discovering Tomorrow's Retro Treasures exhibition will include
W. German pottery. The exhibition will be in Toronto, Canada,
October, 2007. The exhibition will be in two locations: Rogue
Gallery, and Twice Found. There may be a third location at the
Toronto Metropoltian Library. For more information, contact the
Fat Lava Collector's Club at marias@rom.on.ca.
The
first known collector's club for WGP has formed, known as the
Fat Lava Collector's Club. Meetings are in Toronto, Canada, but
through the internet, the membership is already international.
So far, the club has proven quite active. Contact: marias@rom.on.ca
The
2007 edition of Judith Miller's Collectibles includes a section
on WGP. Although I have some quibbles with the section, it's
a start.
(The term Fat Lava has become
quite popular and also problematic. It actually refers to certain
thick, lava or volcanic glazes with the word Fat actually being
a poor translation for "thick". Unfortunately, the
phrase is getting used as almost synonymous with West German
pottery, and that is far from true. There are many other glaze
and decoration types in WGP, and they are often as interesting
and popular as the fat lava glazes.)
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West German Images and Information
on Ginfor's Odditiques:
Sneak Peek at Kevin
Graham's Upcoming Book: Collecting
German Ceramics
West German Pottery
News
West German Pottery
Collectors Club
Book Review: Fat
Lava: West German Ceramics of the 1960s & 70s
Essay: Collecting
West German Pottery: Thoughts, Philosophy, and History
Essay: Reputation,
Reality, and Respect: Sorting Out West German Pottery
Essay : A
Divine and Delightful Madness: An Introduction to W. German Pottery
Identification:
West German Pottery Marks (Pictures of various marks, bases,
and labels)
Photo Gallery of West German items (pictures of items we've
had in the past few years, divided by company when possible).
Companies,
Potters, Designers (Information
about some of the particular companies, studio potters, and designers
active during the West German era.)
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1. It really, really helps if you send
pictures of the item and the bottom (e-mail or snail mail is
fine).
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try to keep the file size down. A resolution of 72 ppi is fine
for viewing on a monitor.
3. If you get a message saying something
about the e-mail or picture being rejected (happened recently),
it's not us doing it. Too large a file or wrong file type is
the most likely problem.
While this information is free, it is
under copyright. We give permission for people to print a copy
for personal use. Of course, quoting is always fine as long as
proper credit is included. While we may eventually do a book,
any support for this part of the site is up to you. There's no
obligation, but if you feel like you got enough value out of
the essays, information, and pictures, we won't object if you
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Thanks to one and all.
Forrest (the "for" part of ginfor)
ginfor@earthlink.net
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