{"product_id":"veb-haldensleben-vase-3102c-18-cm","title":"1970s VEB HALDENSLEBEN VASE 3102C Nr. (18 cm)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"custom-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-text\"\u003eAn ovoid VEB HALDENSLEBEN vase (no. 3102C) with a matte, speckled-orange underglaze beneath a satin-gloss, beige-splattered bronze-colored top glaze—forming an extraordinary wax resist band around the center of the vessel.  The interior is white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"maker-text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVEB HALDENSLEBEN\u003c\/b\u003e was a state-owned, East German ceramics factory in the Saxony town of Haldensleben.  It was organized in 1945 with the nationalization of the Carstens Uffrecht plant that followed the division of Germany at the end of WWII.  (Carstens Uffrecht had had its own origins with the Carstens family's purchase in 1924 of the porcelain workshop set up by Jacob Uffrecht in Haldensleben in 1845.)  Carstens lost practically all of its holdings with the establishment of the DDR; the family fled west where brothers Christian and Ernst founded Carstens Tönnieshof on a farm of that name near the village of Freden, not far from the \u003cspan\u003eEast German \u003c\/span\u003eborder.  (VEB is an abbreviation of the phrase Volkseigener Betrieb, or People's Factory.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"maker-text\"\u003eHALDENSLEBEN focused primarily on the manufacture of vases.  Its output tended to be of superior quality.  Many of the décors show similarities to those of the company VEB Strehla Keramik.  Metallic glazes are often included; the colors are generally more subdued than those of contemporaneous West German products.  When Germany was reunited in 1990, the factory was returned to Carstens family hands and renamed Carstens Keramik Rheinsberg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"maker-text\"\u003eHALDENSLEBEN used both white and brown clays, depending on availability.  Often, though not always, the bottoms of vases were marked with the company's logo—a shallow dish superimposed over the letter 'H' inside a circle.  The form number typically has four digits and is sometimes followed by (or appears above) a single letter.  For a time HALDENSLEBEN put gold-colored stickers on its products with its logo printed in red.  Not unusually for an East German concern, little is recorded about the designers that were employed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-details\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduction Period – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e1970-1979\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry of Origin – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAST GERMANY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaker – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eVEB HALDENSLEBEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAttribution – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARKED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"multi\"\u003eMaterials – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eCERAMIC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"multi\"\u003eCondition – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (no defects; may show slight traces of use)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeight (cm) – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e18.0\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiameter (cm) – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e8.5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MODERN REDUX","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29500434317354,"sku":"VEB HALDENS- LEBEN 3102C (18 cm)","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2159\/9561\/products\/snapseed-1174.jpeg?v=1566682648","url":"https:\/\/modernredux.myshopify.com\/products\/veb-haldensleben-vase-3102c-18-cm","provider":"MODERN REDUX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}