Max Laeuger
Vase

ArtistGerman, 1864–1952
ManufacturerGerman, founded 1895
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Vase
Datec. 1906
Made inGermany
MediumEarthenware, plaster and gilded glass
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. diam. (21 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Design Council, 2013
Object number2013.175
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Berlin; [Quittenbaum Kunst Auktionen, Munich, Germany, 2009]; [Jason Jacques, New York, 2013]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History“Recent Accessions in Design,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April18–August 10, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Underside with impressed artist cipher/factory mark: "MLK" with shield of the grand Duchy of Baden.
Underside incised: "390" and "V"
Underside impressed "Muster Gesetzl. Geschtz" meaning "patent protected by law."
Sticker on bottom, handwritten, "MAX LAEUGER / LAM019"

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