Vase

Designer: Max Laeuger

c. 1897

Glazed earthenware with slip decoration

Minneapolis Institute of Art

A tall, slender, green glazed earthenware vase with raised slip decoration of branches and leaves. The base of the vase is dark brown. Max Laeuger was a painter, designer, architect, and graphic artist. His ceramic pieces, which are characterized by organic surface ornament and bright color, were manufactured by the Tonwerke Kandern Pottery between 1895 and 1913. Gallery G379 The Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fund