Fantastisk kæmpe Majolika opsats fra 1800 tallet
43 x 39 cm
Fremstillet af den anerkendte Bernard Bloch
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In 1871, Bernhard Bloch established a pottery in Eichwald, Bohemia and
conducted business under the name B. Bloch & Company. The company
was one of the few that continued to produce majolica after World War I.
Under the Treaty of Versailles, Czechoslovakia was created from
territories of both Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. B. Bloch
& Company was renamed Eichwald Porcelain and Stove Factory in 1920.
The factory was confiscated by the Nazis during the Second World War.
The town of Eichwald is now named Dubi.

Bloch is recognized for
production of a large variety of tobacco items known as smoker’s
companions or smoke sets. These pieces had integral receptacles for
cigars and matches, a roughened area to strike the match and often
included an ash tray. Many of these pieces keenly captured the Victorian
whimsical sense of humor. Bloch was also unique in producing a number
of majolica dishes and wall plaques with erotic themes which was
altogether unusual during the Victorian era.

It is unknown whether
all B. Bloch majolica was marked. Certainly there are unmarked smoke
sets which resemble the style of known Bloch pieces. When marked, Bloch
majolica carries an impressed ‘BB’ and sometimes includes ‘Austria’.
Production from later years bears the raised marks ‘Eichwald’ and
‘Czechoslovakia’.
https://www.majolicasociety.com/b-bloch/