EARLY ’60s JASBA KERAMIK PITCHER VASE Nr. 1207/25

A tall and colorful, early '60s pitcher-form vase from JASBA KERAMIK. A dark brown undercoat is topped with a light gray glaze and a wax-resist pattern on the belly divided into colorful squares of yellow, orange, blue, and gray. It is accented top to bottom with brown, horizontal pinstripes. JASBA KERAMIK was founded by Jakob Schwaderlapp in 1926, in the small, Rheinland community of Baumbach (now incorporated into the town of Ransbach-Baumbach) in the heart of the Kannenbäckerland. The Kannenbäckerland—or potters' land...more literally, jug-bakers' land—is the site of Europe's largest clay deposit and home to a centuries-old tradition of ceramics manufacture. The word "JASBA" is derived from the names of its founder and the town where it was located—Ja(kob) S(chwaderlapp), Ba(umbach). JASBA initially produced earthenware central-heating systems, but as early as 1928, a separate factory was built to accommodate an expansion into terracotta domestic wares—including vases, fruit bowls,