ARZBERG GERMANY 1970S CORSO NIZZA ROSA WERNER BUNCK DESIGN 14 PIECE TEASET

ARZBERG GERMANY 1970S CORSO NIZZA ROSA WERNER BUNCK DESIGN 14 PIECE TEASET

A LARGE ARZBERG GERMANY 14 PIECE TEASET FROM THE 1970S. IN THE SHAPELY CORSO NIZZA ROSA DESIGN BY WERNER BUNCK. CONSISTS OF A LARGE TEAPOT WITH LID, 1 SUGAR BOWL WITH LID, 1 MILK CREAMER, 6 TEA CUPS AND 3 SAUCERS. ALL IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CHIP OR CRACKS.
 
Arzberg was born in the year 1887, but they became an internationally recognized manufacturer in 1931 with the form 1382 designed by Hermann Gretsch. This shape impressed with its universal aesthetics of a modern but simplistic design. Many renowned designers, following in the tradition of Hermann Gretsch and his successor Heinrich Loeffelhardt (Form 2000), continued to develop bestselling products with added aesthetic and functional value for consumers. In 2013 the brand Arzberg was acquired by the Rosenthal Group, which is curating the collections..
 
CORSO NIZZA ROSA DESIGN:
The Corso shape designed by Werner Bunck in 1972 has a slight organic theme with a textured flower shaped form to the rims of the teapots, coffee pots, sugar bowls and milk creamer. The sides of all pieces has a spaced fluted grooved design. Some pieces came in pure white (called CORSO CNOSPA) while others had a pink (CALLED CORSO NIZZA ROSA) or gold trim to its rims. A simple but very stylish design in all.
 
MARKINGS: ARZBERG IN AN ELLIPSE BELOW GERMANY
From 1928 until 1946 the base stamp showed the full lettering Arzberg, sometimes also with a crown, coat of arms and the addition Bavaria. Then in the 1950s there was the curved lettering Arzberg, which gave way to the printed Arzberg in an ellipse mark in the 1970s and again from 2000 onwards.
 
SIZE:
TEAPOT 23CM WIDE FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE 15CM HIGH UP TO LID FINIAAL 13CM DIAMETER
SUGAR BOWL 8,5CM DIAMETER 8CM HIGH UP TO LID FINIAAL
MILK CREAMER 9,5CM WIDE FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE 7,5CM HIGH
6 x TEA CUPS 9,5CM WIDE UP TO HANDLE 7,7CM HIGH
3 x SAUCERS 15,4CM DIAMETER 2,0CM HIGH

CONDITION: ALL IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS AND NO CRACKS.
 
ARZBERG (1881-present):
In 1881 porcelain turner Heinrich Schumann started his porcelain production in Arzberg Germany and after his death this was continued by his family. The brand ARZBERG was introduced in 1931 under directorship of Christoph Schumann and partnership with Dr Hermann Gretsch. After sale to Theodor Lehmann in 1892 porcelain production took place at Jakobs Castle in Arzberg, The factory had it's peak in the 1950s in East Germany, when it employed almost 1100 people. Rising competition meant the company got into financial trouble in the 1970s. In 1972 the company was taken over by Hutschenreuther. Since 2013 the Arzberg trademark is owned by Rosenthal Porcelain.
Arzberg wares are characterised by modernist functional design with minimal decoration. It a partnership with Dr Hermann Gretsch, the organiser of the 1928 Berlin Exhibition of Good Design. In 1931, Arzberg released a white porcelain tea set, called the '1382', that Gretsch designed. Considered by some as the finest example of modernist teaware, the 1382 tea set has remained in production ever since.
Also thanks to other designers like Heinrich Löffelhardt (Form 2000, 1954) the porcelain producer became a pioneer for functional porcelain for daily use.
 
WERNER BUNCK (1943-):
Werner Bünck was born in 1943 in the middle of World War 2 in Germany. From 1970 to 1973 he worked as a designer in the glass and porcelain industry and delivered, among other things: designs for Arzberg. Since 1972 he also had his own workshop as a gold and silversmith and worked as a freelance designer. From 1975 to 1976, he taught at the Dusseldorf University. From 1981 to 2009, Bünck worked as a professor of metal design at the Hildesheim University. He has been making ceramic objects since 2004 and in 2011 some of his works were exhibited in Lepzig. Bunck currently lives in Hildesheim .
 
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