501 - Hedwig Bollhagen, three thin-walled bowls with chequerboard and grid relief and broad stripes

Hedwig Bollhagen, three thin-walled bowls with chequerboard and grid relief and broad stripes Ceramic, exterior unglazed matt, interior glazed white. Three thin-walled bowls, Hedwig Bollhagen, Werkstätten für Keramik in Marwitz. 1) Small conical bowl with grid relief of raised ridges and recessed square fields. 2) Tall bowl of ovoid form on a narrow foot, the wall with chequerboard relief of staggered rows of flat rectangular fields. 3) Wide bowl with rounded wall on a small foot ring, broad stripes to the exterior. Each with the artist's monogram "HB" painted in blue as a mark in the base. Good condition. H. 8.5 to 14 cm Hedwig Bollhagen (1907–2001), born in Hanover, trained in 1924 at a pottery in Großalmerode and from 1927 to 1931 headed the painting department of the Velten-Vordamm earthenware factory, where she worked with artists of the Bauhaus. In 1934, together with Heinrich Schild, she founded the HB-Werkstätten für Keramik in Marwitz near Berlin, whose artistic direction she retained until shortly before her death. The firm was nationalised in 1972, returned to her after German reunification and still exists today. The ceramicist became known for striped and net decorations such as the "Blauweiß" service of circa 1955. Besides tableware, Marwitz also produced tiles, planters and architectural ceramics.