Porcelain Candlestick Rosenthal, Germany
View Similar Items
Porcelain Candlestick Rosenthal, Germany
About the Item
- Creator:Rosenthal (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 4.93 in (12.5 cm)Width: 5.71 in (14.5 cm)Depth: 5.32 in (13.5 cm)
- Style:Other (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1960
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Chorzów, PL
- Reference Number:Seller: 68601stDibs: LU4868123938312
Rosenthal
While the Rosenthal Porcelain Factory grew from humble decorating roots — as many pottery companies do — it eventually built a list of universally revered designer and artist partners that included Andy Warhol and Salvador Dalí. And after securing an enviable position as a top manufacturer of serveware and dominating the porcelain and bone china markets, Rosenthal expanded into furniture production, working with influential designers Verner Panton, Luigi Colani and Günther Ferdinand Ris and Herbert Selldorf.
German-born Jewish businessman Philipp Rosenthal founded the company in 1879 in Bavaria. It began as his modest workshop where he painted porcelain and encountered success with porcelain ashtrays. Rosenthal hired the best designers and clay modelers he could find. Adolf Oppel designed figurative Art Nouveau pieces, while Eleonore (Lore) Friedrich-Gronau produced decorative objects, namely her graceful porcelain dancer figurines, for the company.
Dinnerware, though, would be a Rosenthal mainstay. Between 1904 and 1910, Rosenthal produced its renowned dinnerware lines such as Donatello, Darmstadt and Isolde. These were introduced as unornamented white pieces — only later were they given their underglaze designs.
Rosenthal founder Philipp, a Catholic of Jewish ancestry, resigned in 1934 as the company’s president due to pressures owing to discriminatory German laws that took shape during the rise of the Nazi regime. Rosenthal died in 1937, and the family fled to America. The company would not regain its footing until 1950 when Rosenthal’s son, Philip, joined the firm and, in 1958, became chairman and dubbed Germany’s “China King.” At its peak, the company had 10,000 employees.
In the 1950s, Rosenthal’s modernist dinnerware was a significant part of the brand’s offerings, and by 1961 they introduced the famed Rosenthal Studio Line. Although furniture designers and ceramicists would lead the list of individuals working with Rosenthal — among them Tapio Wirkkala, Max Weber and Lisa Larson — the company eventually reached out to fine artists, not only Dalí and Warhol but Sandro Chia and Kenny Scharf. Rosenthal also collaborated with fashion designers Gianni Versace and Donatella Versace.
In a daring move in 1972, the company diversified into furniture, collaborating with some of the giants of mid-century modern design. The revolutionary Sunball chair, an icon of Space Age seating crafted by Selldorf and Ris, was among Rosenthal’s stellar successes in this venture.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Rosenthal ceramics, porcelain, tableware, seating and more.
- Porcelain Vase by Rosenthal, Germany, 1950sBy RosenthalLocated in Chorzów, PLRosenthal vase, Germany. Very good condition. Dimensions: height 32.5 cm / diameter 13 cm.Category
Mid-20th Century German Other Vases
MaterialsPorcelain
$167 Sale Price20% Off - Porcelain Vase by Rosenthal, Germany, 1950sBy RosenthalLocated in Chorzów, PLPorcelain Rosenthal vase from the mid-20th century. Dimensions: height 41.5 cm / diameter 17 cm.Category
Mid-20th Century German Other Vases
MaterialsPorcelain
$175 Sale Price20% Off - Rosenthal Porcelain Bowl, Germany, 1932By RosenthalLocated in Chorzów, PLPorcelain bowl from the German manufacturer Rosenthal. The product is marked with a mark from 1932. Selb Bavaria Preserved in very good condition, without damage height 12cm diam...Category
Vintage 1930s German Decorative Bowls
MaterialsPorcelain
$87 Sale Price20% Off - Porcelain Box, Rosenthal, Germany, 1910By RosenthalLocated in Chorzów, PLPorcelain casket made of white porcelain, decorated with a floral motif. The gilding is slightly worn, very good condition, no cracks or chips. Casket signed with a mark from 1910....Category
Vintage 1910s German Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
$87 Sale Price20% Off - Porcelain amphora, Rosenthal, Germany, 1949By RosenthalLocated in Chorzów, PLPorcelain amphora made of ecru porcelain, decorated with gilding and a bouquet of flowers motif. Amphora produced by the excellent German Rosenthal label, signed with a mark from 194...Category
Vintage 1940s German Vases
MaterialsPorcelain
$132 Sale Price20% Off - Porcelain amphora, Rosenthal, Germany, 1949By RosenthalLocated in Chorzów, PLPorcelain amphora made of ecru porcelain, decorated with gilding and a bouquet of flowers motif. Amphora produced by the excellent German Rosenthal label, signed with a mark from 194...Category
Vintage 1940s German Vases
MaterialsPorcelain
$132 Sale Price20% Off
- Vintage Gilbert Portanier Rosenthal Liguria CandlestickBy RosenthalLocated in Bishop's Stortford, HertfordshireA stunning post modern Rosenthal Studio-Linie porcelain candlestick designed and signed by acclaimed French artist Gilbert Portanier (b. 1926) decorated in abstract designs in the Liguria pattern and dating from around 1980. The conical shaped candlestick is of simple hollowed out form and of funnel shape with the raised narrow top forming the candle holder. The candlestick is decorated with abstract designs in lustre colors with gilding on a matt dark lilac blue ground and is signed within the design. With printed makers...Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
MaterialsPorcelain
- MCM Rosenthal Porcelain Triple Candle HolderBy RosenthalLocated in Vallejo, CAA mid century porcelain triple candle holder from the "Classic Modern White" pattern by Rosenthal, Germany. Circular with a minimalist tapered profile, finished in a glossy white gla...Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
MaterialsPorcelain
- Rare Pair of Versace Prestige Gala Rosenthal Medusa Candlesticks CandleholdersBy Rosenthal, Versace Home CollectionLocated in West Hartford, CTPair of stunning porcelain candlesticks designed by Versace and made by Rosenthal - in the coveted Medusa style. These highly decorative candlesticks are of red and black design wit...Category
Late 20th Century Italian Candlesticks
MaterialsPorcelain
- Vintage Pair of Dorothy Hafner for Rosenthal Flash Candlestick HoldersBy Dorothy Hafner, RosenthalLocated in Amityville, NYVintage pair of Dorothy Hafner of "Flash" ceramic candlestick holders by Dorothy Hafner for Rosenthal Studio Line. Originally sold as part of a larger set of dinnerware and tableware...Category
Vintage 1980s German Post-Modern Candlesticks
MaterialsCeramic
- Pair of Studio Line Candlesticks by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal, 1970sBy Rosenthal, Bjorn WiinbladLocated in Costa Mesa, CAPair of Studio Line Candlesticks by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal, Germany, 1970s. Makers mark to the bottom of each example.Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
MaterialsGlass
$187 Sale Price25% Off - Pompadour Porcelain Vase by Selb Rosenthal, Rare "US Zone"By Rosenthal, Selb PorcelainLocated in San Diego, CAA very nice and rare "Pompadour" line porcelain vase by Selb / Rosenthal with a rare "US Zone" marking, circa late 1940s. The vase is in very good vintage condition with no chips or ...Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
MaterialsPorcelain
$300 Sale Price20% Off