PERSIMMON-ORANGE Ü-KERAMIK FAT LAVA VASE Nr. 1438/30 DOUGLAS William Drummond

William Drummond

and was succeeded by his brother

His firm’s overall management became the responsibility of his second eldest son

along with his wife and longtime partner

PERSIMMON-ORANGE Ü-KERAMIK FAT LAVA VASE Nr. 1438/30 DOUGLAS William DrummondA tall, rectangular, persimmon orange vase from Keramik that transitions at the shoulder to a round neck and mouth covered with a thick and bubbly, metallic fat lava drip glaze with shades of butterscotch and gunmetal. KERAMIK (aka BELACKER) began as a tin foundry in 1909 in the small town of Ransbach Baumbach in the southwest German state of Rhineland Palatinate. Master tinsmith Johann belacker initially produced simple pewterware, but he was soon