Horst Makus’s book “Ceramics in the Fifties”, which we published in 1998 and has long been out of print, succeeded in lifting the anonymity of object and designer. Its successor follows a completely new concept and is much enlarged to provide an impressive handbook with many new illustrations and important information about the ceramics of the 50s, at the same time highlighting their significance within a broader development with even greater clarity.
A long introductory essay discusses the novelties of the period (e.g., sgrafo and gemmo porcelain, terra sigillata). Some 500 colour illustrations of objects together with reproductions from contemporary journals, manufacturers’ catalogues and advertisements convey a lively picture. The handbook, arranged by headwords, contains many new biographies of artists and companies as well as ceramic terminology. Indices of more than 3200 model numbers and about 1350 names of designs with dates together with a digest of marks and signatures rounds off this new standard handbook.
A handbook for collectors of ceramics and a treasure-trove for enthusiasts of the 50s! With much new information about ceramics of the 50s. A reference work for identifying and dating the mostly unsigned objects.
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