hedwig bollhagen vase | ritz decor - vase 353 decor 314

the ritz decors developed by hedwig bollhagen for everyday tableware are an objectification of ceramic tradition. the typical bollhagen decors are produced by a special technique and have a high recognition value:

a thin, black layer of clay is applied to the raw, leather-hard shards before the first firing process. ceramists and ceramic painters then finely carve geometric or asymmetrical patterns and details into the surface, partially revealing the lighter color of the raw clay shards. subsequently, the two-tone décor is glazed transparently.

hedwig bollhagen was co-founder and namesake of the hb workshops for ceramics, in which tableware and architectural ceramics have been produced by handicrafts in marwitz, brandenburg, since 1934.