Decor 478
blue, white and yellow vertical bands
HB faience is created by inglaze painting. After the first firing, a white covering glaze is applied to the ceramics. After drying, our ceramic painters, some of whom were trained by Hedwig Bollhagen, hand-paint their famous colored faience decorations into the glaze. In the so-called smooth firing, the glaze combines with the decor painted with engobe and fixes it. The ceramic "safe" colors form the classics with blue, yellow and black. Red is considered a "volatile color" and often fades in the smooth firing. All colors belong to Hedwig Bollhagen's typical faience decors, which are to be understood as a homage to the farmer's pottery that she so admired.
Jar HB 870
Hedwig Bollhagen's cookie tin with the shape number "870" is probably one of the secret classics from the Marwitz ceramics factory. The timelessly ...
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