Orb Vase
Art Nouveau ceramics, produced from around 1880 to 1914, the start of World War I, encompassed a variety of different styles and influences, including national historicism, nature, symbolism, and an interest in Japanese culture. The period’s diverse practitioners were driven by the search for new forms that responded to the sweeping social, cultural, economic and artistic changes wrought by industrialization at the end of the nineteenth century and the advent of World War I. Vessel forms designed by the Belgian architect and designer Henry van de Velde, who was active in Germany, demonstrate unexpectedly forward-looking iterations of ceramics emerging out of the Art Nouveau style in Germany, where Jugenstil developed at a parallel moment, influenced by the popular magazine Jugend.
Artwork Details
- Title: Orb Vase
- Designer: Henry van de Velde (Belgian, Antwerp 1863–1957 Zurich)
- Manufactory: Eberstein Manufactory (German)
- Date: ca. 1903
- Culture: German, Bürgel
- Medium: Glazed earthenware
- Dimensions: confirmed: 7 11/16 × 8 × 8 in. (19.5 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of Martin Eidelberg, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.450.11
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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