Masta

Object NameBowl 0125/2

Manufacturer Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland (Dutch, 1897 - c. 1964)

OriginHolland

MediumCeramic

Dimensions4 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. diameter (11.4 × 24.1 cm)

ClassificationsDecorative Arts, Ceramics

Credit LineTranferred from Applied Arts Department. In the Farm House Museum Collection, Farm House Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object number74.32.161

Status

On view

Collections

Decorative Arts

CultureDutch

Label TextThis style of “Gouda” pottery was pioneered around 1898 by a company called Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland, or PZH. There is no such pottery known as Gouda, it is simply the area in Holland where several potteries are located. In 1910 PZH discovered a new process to produce matte glazed pottery. It was known as the Rhodian process, which is actually the name of one of the most popular decors PZH produced and became known as matte glazed pottery. Though they are not hand-thrown, but rather molded from a liquid clay, each one is hand painted. Strong Art Nouveau influence can be seen in each example of PZH bowls but they also bridge the abstract art pottery style of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Europe.

Markings0125/2 Masta Gouda Holland 0125/2c etched in bottom of bowl.

PeriodArts and Crafts

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