HANS ACHTZIGER FOR HUTSCHENREUTHER BUD VASE WITH HANDLE

A graceful white porcelain ewer shaped bud vase with a gloss finish and raised micro dot details designed in 1956 by Hans Achtziger (1918-2003) for Hutschenreuther Porcelain of Bavaria.  The vase is marked on the bottom with Hutschenreuther's standard green production mark used from 1965-1967. HANS ACHTZIGER (1918-2003) is one of the leading names in the German porcelain making industry.  Upon graduating from secondary school Hans completed an apprenticeship with Lorenz Hutschenreuther in Selb and then attended the State Technical College for the Porcelain Industry, also in Selb,  until 1939, but as soon as he received his certificate of departure he was immediately called up for labor service and then drafted into military service in January of 1940.  When he returned from captivity, he joined the Hutschenreuther Art Department in 1946 but interrupted his employment there in the same year in order to complete an apprenticeship as a sculptor at the Master School for Building and Artis