LARGE ORANGE SCHEURICH VASE Nr. 553/38

Another spectacular fat lava glaze from Scheurich. The flowing  bubbly orange lava glaze stops about half way down the vase, partially covering a series of glossy orange circles in a framework of black volcanic eruptions that decorate the circumference of the vase and sit atop a glossy dark mahogany base.  The vase retains its original Scheurich label 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 ceramics. 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 SCHEURICH to continue the production on his own. The celebrated designer Heinz Siery was recruited the following year. He developed production techniques for S