GOUDA-DESIGN
Gouda - Bits and Bobs
Uncommon marks, backstamps, pictures of Gouda from various museums, early books and periodicals.
Something a bit different - lots more to come soon.
GeWi was a small plateel factory in Gouda which started production around 1978 until closure in 1983. They produced some Gouda style and Jugendstil decors based on the Art Nouveau era. The actual name of the factory was J.B. Been Pottery and G.J. and W. Nijhuis.
Below examples of two marks. The left one has a butterfly or moth logo, the words Gouda, Jugendstil and Holland. On the other, a close up of the label reveals the word "GEWI" in a crown device and the words J.B. Been Pottery. The left hand mark is the one most commonly seen.
| Here the factory logo and accompanying information from a catalogue. Basically it tells the buyer that - "on the base of every piece of GeWi plateel you will find marks that guarantee the authenticity of every piece". |  |
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Another mark you may come across. |
Henri Leonardus August Breetvelt (Delft 1864 - Gouda 1923).
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The C. W. Moody 'Gouda Ceramics' book with price guide.
Nice little guide from the 1970's. Many signed (as this is) by Moody. With pictures but most of the information on marks is hopelessly wrong.
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Made in Holland by Marie-Rose Bogaers, English edition.
Not easy to find in the English edition.
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Soon some snippets from these booklets. The Liberty Style. A Collector's Guide to European and American Art Pottery. Kunstaardewerkfabiek Regina by Hilde Cammel. Dutch Modernism. 'The Schiller-David Collection'. Antiques & Collectables - Gouda. |
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