Ceramic Masks
Ceramic Masks |
ceramic masks were inspired by the wooden tribal African face masks eagerly collected during the 1930s.
Many lovers of kitsch and past decor find this unusual form
of portraiture irresistible.
It makes a striking feature on a staircase wall.
Ceramic Masks |
Most masks were female which allowed for a full exploration
of flamboyant fashions in hair make up and dress.
The most important makers were the central Europeans such as
Goldscheider, Goebel, and Royal dux, based in Austria, Bulgaria, and Bohemia
respectively.
Ceramic Masks |
In Britain’s the outstanding makers were Beswick, which had made its name in tableware and also produced popular animal figures, another British manufacture was J H Copa of Staffordshire, which has a reputation for domestic ceramics.
The masks often featured screen goddesses of the day such as
Marlene Dietrich, Dorothy Lamour, and Greta Garbo.
Anonymous young women
were also shown modelling fashionable styles such as cropped boyish hair.
Ceramic Masks |
The 1950s examples displayed much more highly made up faces,
consistent with the post war return to glamour in woman’s fashions.
Dietrich for example, was Sean with high arched, plucked
eyebrows, almond eyes, yellow hair, and on some of the Beswick models, a rakish
French beret.
Look out for those desirable features.
Period details including accessories, hairstyles, and make
up.
Signs of ageing that suggest piece is genuine.
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