VTG Liezen Austria Terracotta Alpine Edelweiss Flower Bowl Centerpiece Art

My lights are showing as a reflection on the pottery. This measures approximately 2 1/2 inches tall by 5 1/2 inches width. Absolutely stunning piece of studio pottery. It will be carefully packaged and shipped right away.

Richly decorated with alpine flowers, gentians, edelweiss and alpine roses, this bowl is the work of Alois Illek.

Alois Illek (1904-1979) came from Frainersdorf near Znojmo, where he completed an apprenticeship as a potter (the "classic" work on the potter's wheel). In the mid-1920s, he came to Lower Austria, to the recently founded clay industry in Scheibbs.

Illek adopted a unique feature from Scheibbs and made it his own trademark: originally, due to a shortage of materials and to use up leftovers, glazes were mixed together. The result was a constantly changing, colorful, and flowing surface with an interesting appearance. This made each piece unique, even though it was mass-produced. Furthermore, the creative decorations with various fruits and alpine flowers made Illek ceramics so special.

In the Elsbethen Museum, a separate section is dedicated to Alois Illek.