SAWA-KERAMIK ‘NAPOLI’ DÉCOR “KLINKER” VASE Nr. 207/20

A very nice example of a rolled-lip bouquet vase designed by Heinrich-Maria Müller for SAWA-KERAMIK and decorated with his Napoli décor. Produced entirely by hand, it is marked by hand on the base with the model and size numbers. SAWA-KERAMIK was the label under which Sawa-Franz Schwaderlapp GmbH produced fine, artisanal, “klinker”-style ceramics beginning in 1951. Franz Schwaderlapp had founded his company as an abrasives factory in Ransbach-Baumbach in central western Germany in 1904, but he soon began producing unglazed flower containers at an associated pottery works. The program had an early success with a self-watering Jardiniere; its extension to high-end ornamental ceramics would happen only with the end of WWII. Schwaderlapp's uncle, Heinrich-Maria Müller, joined his nephew's firm in 1951 as head designer in its newly established art department. He was responsible for the design of all forms and decorations at SAWA until he retired from the company in 1965. Many of the pots t