A SEIDE 'WIEN' FLOOR VASE FOR SCHEURICH 269/40

A truly impressive 'Wien' ('Vienna') floor vase for SCHEURICH by designer A Seide.  The silky, volcanic glaze of white over brown suggests marshmallow and chocolate.  From the very early 1970s.  Some have noted this form's resemblance to an inverted light bulb—particularly in squatter manifestations.  The tallest vase ever made by SCHEURICH was a 65 cm handled form from the series—428/65. A SEIDE worked for SCHEURICH from 1970 to 1973.  Little else is known for certain about this highly regarded artist. SCHEURICH had its origins in a joint venture launched in 1928 by Alois Scheurich and his cousin Fridolin Greulich in the small town of Schneeberg near the Czech border in Saxony—wholesaling glass, porcelain, and ceramic.  The business was moved to the market community of Kleinheubach in the northeast corner of Bavaria in 1938, and ten years later the partners began producing household ceramics of their own, selling them under the name Scheurich & Greulich.  In 1954 Alois founded SC