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In 1938 she met and married Hans Zeisel and they moved to New York with only $64. Efforts of family and friends managed to get her mother released from Gestapo detention but some of her family were sent to the concentration camps. She was released to her family the next year but six months later Hitler annexed Austria and Eva fled to England. In 1936 she was arrested on charges that she was involved in a plot to assassinate Stalin and consequently she spent 16 months in detention, 12 months in solitary confinement. After unsuccessfully trying her hand at pottery she worked for the Schramberger Majolika Fabrik, a Black Forest pottery, where she created over 200 designs. At first she apprenticed to a local potter and became the first woman in the Hungarian Guild of Chimney Sweeps, Oven Makers, Roof Tilers, Well Diggers and Potters. She therefore, did not complete her education. During this time she discovered that she enjoyed painting and determined this to be her medium of choice. We also have to say that Josiah Wedgwood was way ahead of his time here as the simple clean lines are as much at home in the twenty first century as they were two hundred years ago.įREE Worldwide Air Registered Shipping.Eva Zeisel (nee Striker) was born in 1906 in Budapest, When she was 18 she enrolled in the Budapest Academy of Fine Art.
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This uncommon pair of Wedgwood saucers have a wonderfully light creamware body, feature highly detailed hand painted decoration and are the perfect items for a Wedgwood collector. There is a thin, shallow 1” line in the glaze on the face of the two leaf saucer it is not visible on the underside. The hand painted design is bright and crisp, with some minor surface abrasion to the hand painted leaf designs and some very minor flakes to the burnt orange rims - clearly seen in our images. Measuring: Diameter 6” (15 cm), height 7/8” (2.5 cm).Ĭondition: Both saucers are in very good condition for their vast age. Each piece shown is from The Barbara and Hensleigh Wedgwood Collection, and a gift of Barbara Wedgwood. The design was influenced by the earlier naturalistic Meissen pieces painted by Johann Gottfried Klinger in the mid to early 18th century.īoth pieces feature the impressed “WEDGWOOD” mark on the underside and also the burnt orange painters marks to the base.įor an example of identical pieces in this pattern please visit the Dallas Museum of Art online collection and search Accession Number (1995.187.4) (1995.187.3.A-B) (1995.187.1.A-B) (1995.187.5) (1995.187.6.A-B) (1995.187.2.A-B) (1995.187.7). We particularly like the shadow cast on the glaze of each saucer.incredible. Our favourite feature is the attention to detail with the painting of the leaves.
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Our ancient plates, once part of a complete dinner service are each hand painted with the “Fallen Leaf” or “Shadow Leaf” pattern with their burnt orange painted rims. In fact, even Queen Charlotte gave the firm her patronage. Each plate is made from the exceptionally light creamware body, a clay material that made Josiah Wedgwood his fortune and reputation. These are a rare pair of early Wedgwood creamware small plates they were produced circa 1790-1810 in England. 18th Century Wedgwood Pair Creamware Plate Pair Fallen Leaf Rare Georgian Pattern Circa 1800