RED AND BLACK VOLCANIC OTTO KERAMIK FLOOR VASE JACK Industrialists Samuel Godenius (1806-1861) and

Industrialists Samuel Godenius (1806-1861) and son-in-law Wilhelm Odelberg (1844-1924) won control of the firm in 1852

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Schäffenacker was born in 1921

During the first half of the 20th century the firm slowly branched out into a rich repertoire of artistic products

RED AND BLACK VOLCANIC OTTO KERAMIK FLOOR VASE JACK Industrialists Samuel Godenius (1806-1861) andAn outstanding example of Otto Gerharz' volcanic crater glaze on a substantial form by Kurt Tschrner for Otto Keramik OTTO GERHARZ (1927 ?) was a chemist and glaze master who began his training as a ceramicist in 1942 with a focus on arts and crafts, but his apprenticeship was interrupted in 1944 when he was drafted into military service. By 1946 he had emerged from the military with his interest in ceramics intact, but a shift in focus from the art