A PAIR OF ALUMINIA CHARGERS (1904)
Faience, each 17-1/2" (44.5 cm) diameter, 2-5/8" (6.5 cm) deep
Fully marked on the reverse, with underglaze blue-green Aluminia marks, and model/form numbers 199/300 and 200/300, respectively, indicating the year 1904-5, and other marks identifying the painter and potter.
These designs are by Christian Joachim (1870-1943), painter and ceramist, who collaborated with silversmith Georg Jensen in a private studio and at the 1900 World Exhibition, where Joachim was awarded a Grand Prix. In 1901 Joachim was appointed creative director at Fajancefabriken Aluminia, which had acquired the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory in 1882 and launched a reinvigoration under Harald Slott-Møller. Joachim's characteristic style developed simplified, naturalistic forms and intense colors against the ivory-white faience ground.
This pair of imposing chargers, paired by their consecutive model numbers and identical creative marks, accordingly date from the birth of Danish modernism.
"We will not make porcelain or majolica, but our own faience: a type with characteristics of our own nation." -- Christian Joachim
Price: $1,500 (pair)
Inquiries: mail@mobysnewt.com
Faience, each 17-1/2" (44.5 cm) diameter, 2-5/8" (6.5 cm) deep
Fully marked on the reverse, with underglaze blue-green Aluminia marks, and model/form numbers 199/300 and 200/300, respectively, indicating the year 1904-5, and other marks identifying the painter and potter.
These designs are by Christian Joachim (1870-1943), painter and ceramist, who collaborated with silversmith Georg Jensen in a private studio and at the 1900 World Exhibition, where Joachim was awarded a Grand Prix. In 1901 Joachim was appointed creative director at Fajancefabriken Aluminia, which had acquired the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory in 1882 and launched a reinvigoration under Harald Slott-Møller. Joachim's characteristic style developed simplified, naturalistic forms and intense colors against the ivory-white faience ground.
This pair of imposing chargers, paired by their consecutive model numbers and identical creative marks, accordingly date from the birth of Danish modernism.
"We will not make porcelain or majolica, but our own faience: a type with characteristics of our own nation." -- Christian Joachim
Price: $1,500 (pair)
Inquiries: mail@mobysnewt.com
