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STUDIO POTTERY JUG VASE BY WILHELM AND ELLY KUCH

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STUDIO POTTERY JUG VASE BY WILHELM AND ELLY KUCHA beautiful, jug form cabinet vase with a bulbous belly and graceful, thin neck and handle by husband and wife, master potters Wilhelm & Elly Kuch. The dark satin espresso brown body is decorated with contrasting elongated oval indentations, all individually glazed in glossy white. Probably dating to the 1960s, it is in perfect condition and has almost certainly been displayed as a beautiful object rather than served as a functional vase. It would

A beautiful, jug-form cabinet vase with a bulbous belly and graceful, thin neck and handle by husband-and-wife, master potters Wilhelm & Elly Kuch. The dark satin espresso-brown body is decorated with contrasting elongated oval indentations, all individually glazed in glossy white. Probably dating to the 1960s, it is in perfect condition and has almost certainly been displayed as a beautiful object rather than served as a functional vase. It would grace any collection of modern pottery.


TÖPFEREI WILHELM & ELLY KUCH was established in 1947 as a workshop specializing in the production of art ceramics, with an emphasis on glazing. Founded by autodidact Wilhelm Kuch (b. 1925) in the Bavarian municipality of Burgthann, 20 km southeast of Nuremberg, it was rechristened in 1951 after Wilhelm’s marriage to fellow potter and goldsmith Elly Hauenstein (1929–2008). As a craft-oriented studio, TÖPFEREI KUCH continually worked with apprentices and journeymen, and the range of materials and techniques employed was subject to constant expansion. Both functional and ornamental objects, produced in small series, were represented in TÖPFEREI KUCH’s manufacturing program—along with free-standing sculptural works, architectural ceramics, and tiled stoves. From the mid-1950s, the couple collaborated on individual pieces, with Elly creating the shapes and Wilhelm responsible for glazes and decoration. Their work was marked with a name stamp and the workshop mark. (Wilhelm passed his master craftsman’s examination in 1953.)

In 1966, the Kuchs became the first Germans to be awarded the Premio Faenza by the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza in its long-standing international ceramics competition—arguably the world’s most prestigious—repeating their win in 1973. Elly Kuch represented Germany at the International Ceramic Symposium that same year at the Memphis Academy of Art, which gathered 25 artists from 13 countries. The couple’s awards included a gold medal at the Ceramics International 73 in Calgary, Alberta. The Kuchs’ work is held in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the International Ceramics Museum in Weiden, Germany, and the Kunstmuseum Hersbrück in Hersbrück, Germany. In 1983, the couple became founding members of Gruppe 83, a coalition of German ceramicists. TÖPFEREI KUCH remained popular until it ceased operations in 1990. Its output was exhibited across Germany with regular frequency. Elly Kuch continued her ceramic practice until she died in 2008.


Elly considers her work more as forms than as sculptures. She thinks seeing different ways of working in ceramics is very important. She and her husband, Wilhelm, are now working with a gas kiln and reduction firing, which she feels is, for them, “a new beginning in ceramics.” – 1973 INTERNATIONAL CERAMIC SYMPOSIUM CATALOGUE


GRUPPE 83 was formed in 1983 when the German members of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) joined forces to promote ceramics as an independent art form in Germany, support German ceramic artists internationally, and encourage new artists. The secret of the group’s decades-long cohesion is undoubtedly its renunciation of a joint artistic program. Until 2013, membership in the IAC was a necessary criterion for involvement with Gruppe 83; that year, a majority decision of the group severed the link to the IAC as some younger candidates saw it as an obstacle to joining.


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Maker – TÖPFEREI WILHEM UND ELLY KUCH

Production Period – 1960s

Designer – WILHELM & ELLY KUCH

Design Period – 1960s

Origin – WEST GERMANY

Styles/Movements – BAUHAUS; MID-CENTURY MODERN

Materials – CERAMIC

Colors – COFFEE, WHITE

Condition – Excellent vintage condition. Appears to be unused with no flaws.

Dimensions – 4 ¾" W × 6" D × 7 ¼" H

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