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Title: Wilhelm Wagenfeld Pitcher
Post by: horochar on February 15, 2009, 12:42:15 AM

Could anyone please help me with this piece?  I found no information on the net or in any reference book.  It is a signed Wilhelm Wagenfeld pitcher, heavy glass (leaded crystal?).  During what years was this mark used, and when would this particular piece have been made?  Is it particularly scarce or desirable?  Would it have been associated in any way to the Bauhaus movement?  Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Charles.

Title: Re: Wilhelm Wagenfeld Pitcher
Post by: dirk. on February 15, 2009, 06:54:34 AM

hi,
can´t answer your question unfortunately, but unless someone will post a reply
you can ask the Wilhelm Wagenfeld Stiftung in bremen:
http://www.wilhelm-wagenfeld-stiftung.de/

Title: Re: Wilhelm Wagenfeld Pitcher
Post by: dirk. on January 11, 2011, 07:06:13 PM

Hi Charles!

It´s a ´Warmbrunn´ pitcher, originally designed in 1935 for VLG `Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke´ (United Lusatian
Glassworks). Catalogue of works number is 214 and it comes in three sizes: 130, 175 and 215mm.
Info: Beate Manske, Gudrun Scholz (Hrsg.): "Täglich in der Hand - Industrieformen von Wilhelm Wagenfeld aus
        sechs Jahrzehnten", Worpsweder Verlag, 1994

I just stumbled across this marked and boxed Vasen-Trio set on ebay.de:
ebay.de (http://cgi.ebay.de/3-VASEN-TRIO-WILHELM-WAGENFELD-MODERNIST-VASES-BAUHAUS-/150547249173?pt=Design_Stil&hash=item230d50b815)
This Set was originally designed for WMF in 1958.
Obviously the rights for some Wagenfeld designs were transferred to / bought by Schott in Zwiesel at some point in the
(I suppose recent) past for a kind of revival edition.