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Model: 246 Decor: Portrait vase Year: 1906.
High: 23cm. Wide: 9.5cm
Painted by: CH = Cornelis Arnoldus Jacobus Hornis.
High glazed vases like the one below are called portrait vases. They were
made in the early 1900's. Like all other Gouda, this vase was hand painted
except for the portrait itself. A procedure was used whereby a photo
was transferred to the pottery. They used images of well known people for
the portrait. In this case an image of the painter Rembrandt was put on
the vase.
I imagine this vase was very labour intensive to make. Not only was the
transfer of the image additional to the painting but also the model itself
required extra attention. The 4 handles of the vase had to be put on
manually. A mould would not allow for them to be poured together with the
rest of the vase.
