20th Century Funiture & Decorative Arts

Description:

Darmstadt/Jugendstil

Richard Riemerschmid
Stoneware vessel
Reinhold Merkelbach, Grenzhausen, Germany, 1908
Bulbous form in brown glaze with an overall spherical decoration, marked on base Ant Riemerschmid Munchen
ht. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)

Note: Richard sold under his brother Anton's mark from 1901-1913

Reference: W. Nerdinger et al, Richard Riemerschmid, Vom Jugendstil Zum Werkbund (exhibition catalogue), Munchner Stadtmuseum, Prestel, Munchen, 1983
Estimate $1,000-1,500