Vintage & Design Medina Floréz

 Goldscheider's Vintage Zebra

Vintage objects - Ceramics Goldscheider

Vintage pieces are those that last over time and do not go out of style. A vintage piece is timeless, and it is good to have them anywhere in our house. One of those pieces is ceramics.

Today, I present a small zebra from the vintage ceramics of the Goldscheider family. And of course, as vintage products, the beauty is that they always have a story.

The story behind this zebra is one that comes from the history of the Goldscheider family, originally from Austria. We are talking about the history of several generations of outstanding potters, their founder and the Goldscheider brothers who were forced to emigrate in 1938 during the period of the Nazi occupation. One of them, Walter, emigrated to The United States and the other, Marcel Goldheider, to England. Marcel Goldscheider settled in Staffordshire and worked on figurative ceramics under the firm Myott Son & Co. He later set up his own studio in 1950. The story begins in 1885 with Friedrich Goldscheider, founder of the Goldscheider, porcelain factory in Austria with subsidiaries in Paris and Florence. The works were representative of Art Nouveau or Jugendstil, Sezessionstil (names that this style received according to different countries), and Art Deco.

In the case of Art Nouveau, it was a new art and style from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the first decade of the 20th century, it was a freer and modernist style of the time that sought to break with those other classical styles that occurred in that period. The inspiration was nature and the use of new materials with curves and asymmetries. The other style, Art Deco, can be confused with the previous one, but it has different characteristics. Art Deco as the main characteristic arose when Art Nouveau died. In addition, Art Deco, having begun after the first decade of the 20th century, has coexisted with other styles, becoming more timeless. Art Deco has been able to mix with styles more from the past and wrap itself in more futuristic styles. That is styles that came from ancient Egypt or Greece to the simplification of cubism, and constructivism. Art Deco was more symmetrical and with lines very marked by geometric shapes.

Now we return to our history of the Goldscheider family with three generations of potters, creators of many highly valued and award-winning ceramic objects. Today, those objects that they created are considered unique pieces sought after by many collectors. The case of the zebra that I show you today is created by Marcel Goldscheider produced by the firm Myott Pottery in 1940 in Great Britain, making it a vintage object. We can find it sold at auctions and by individuals from 2000 to 4000 crowns about 200 or 400 pounds approximately. It is a very beautiful piece in the colors of the black and white zebra, hand-painted about 8 cm high and marked at the bottom by Goldsdcheider.

I hope you like vintage and this little zebra that is no longer manufactured, heir to past history. This is in our extensive private collection.