Bay Keramik

Confirmed

Bay #529 / Dekor "Köln", BTW slanted "y"

series of jugs or if you like handled vases #520 - #529,
#529, 9cm, first prove 1957

cf. #529 with a slightly different handle, same base marks,
may be a bit later

Tony H in NZ wrote:Form 317 the glaze has a look of Jasba, but so did lots of other stuff!!, any idea's

Bay for sure. 300 range was reserved for wall vases in the late 1930s and 1950s.
Volker

Anyone able to give a positive ID on this pair. the pattern looks familiar and I think I really should know it but cant remember it. Bay is in the back of my mind but its not exactly convincing the rest of me just now :)





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allan.k wrote:Form no. 1014-25 by Bodo Mans, any idea on name of decor

decor Arizona, january 1961, like the famous decor Ravenna.

Please note: Bay re-used form numbers and --- decor names.
"Arizona" became later the name of a Selen red glaze.

fixit_bear wrote:I'm pretty sure this is Bay but the form is unclear - looks like 653-30. Can anyone confirm please?

Correct, form number reads 663-30, decor "Oslo", 1962, the form was produced ca.1962 - 1968.

skay wrote: Interesting, again with the curled bit of the Y and the word WEST. Does this signify a certain time range I wonder, because they don't all seem to be marked like that?

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Yes, a certain time range, WEST-GERMANY on the base (1957) - late 1960s, ´
Bay introduced new base marks about 1966, but old moulds with the WEST-GERMANY mark
were used until 1968 at least.


The WEST-GERMANY dry stamp to the base correlates with the silver or gold foil sticker with BAY and crown
dated 1954 - (1966)


Volker

Bay 71-45
Although I know it's a Bay, it could also double as a vase from Kreutz Keramik.

Bay 71-35 with runic pattern and original label (Potter's Master Collection). Most of the labels were scratched off.

I bought this dish on eBay for 99p a couple of years ago. It is a typical 1950s pale green (eur de nil?) has a textured surface achieved by splattering a slightly darker pale green all over. Stripes in black, dark red & yellow. Cane wrapped handle. Embossed West Germany 926 (I think) on the base. Approx 26cm long, 13cm at widest point. Anyone recognise the maker? Is it 1950s or later? Is it possibly rare?

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Thanks both. So we think it is Bay, 1950s and not particularly rare. Has Bay been in existence since the 1950s? What sorts of ware did they produce in the 1950s - before the emergence of "fat lava" pots in the 1960s?

founded 1933,
1950´s production vases, vases, vases, handpainted decors and drip glazes, 500 range 1st generation until 1959
handled vases 500 range, after 1954 200 range
wall vases 300 range
bowls of course, 400 and 900 range,
your bowl #926 post 1956 as for the marking WEST-GERMANY
ash-trays 700 range
Haver i forgotten something ?
yes, a few lidded boxes 200 range

bowl #926 traceable 1958 , sadly only on black and white pictures,
offered with modern non-objective pattern "Santos" and "Nizza"
the decor of your bowl could be "Nizza", not sure though.

big ed wrote:SKIPWARE


Can anyone ID this ,part label says contura , which might be bay but shape looks a bit scheurich proper metallic with glass stones ,god knows why I bought it , is there a thread for skipware Ed

Bay, rare vase, decor Juwel (jewel), january 1965

ok, done some more - rushed so they are a bit dusty:-

Thanks for posting. Bay for sure. Markings as expected.
I see you have loads of them. May i ask you to post
more data / pics for further research. (You could also send me a PM)

Quote from the Wikipedia article "hoards"
"hoards provide a useful method of providing dates for artifacts through association as they can usually be assumed to be contemporary and therefore used in creating chronologies."

Thanks
Volker