Antique Austrian Art Nouveau Vase by Josef Strnact for Sale

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Antique Austrian Art Nouveau Vase by Josef Strnact For Sale

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Antique Austrian Art Nouveau Vase by Josef Strnact:
$50.00

Antique Austrian Art Nouveau Vase by Josef Strnact, (Turn-Teplitz). Matte bisque, unglazed finish, hand painted, 1809-1910. Double handles with small flower details, featuring a dimensional, sculptural depiction of grapes and leaves. The sculptural shape strongly suggests a woman's dress. Very Amphora styling. Measuring 9” tall x 4.5" wide and across the base 3.75". Marked on the base JS in cartouche. Condition: some color loss and a stray color mark on the front. The top flower on one handle was pressed flat during production. No cracks or breaks. Slight rubbing.

The Strnact pottery, which employed more than 300 people in 1910, was founded by Josef Strnact, Jr., in 1881 in the former Austrian town of Turn-Teplitz, about 25 miles south of Dresden, Germany. The terra-cotta, majolica and faience produced by this factory were instant successes because of the pottery’s wide product range. It included faience and majolica vases, garden pieces like flowerpots and pillars, umbrella stands, tobacco jars and mantel-clock casings. It also made weaved and open-worked stoneware, like baskets and flower receptacles. The company also produced terra-cotta wall plaques and letters for signage.

Biscuit (also known as bisque) refers to any pottery that has been fired in a kiln without a ceramic glaze. This can be a final product such as biscuit porcelain (widely used in European pottery, mainly for sculptural and decorative objects) or unglazed earthenware (often called terracotta) or, most commonly, an intermediate stage in a glazed final product.