Beautiful Ady Kroyer Johansen Hand Painted Mid Century Pottery Plate, Rare
Taunton, United Kingdom
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Width
27.0 cm
Depth
27.0 cm
Diameter
27.0 cm
Wear conditions
Good
Wear conditions
Excellent
Shows little to no signs of wear and tear.
Good
May show slight traces of use in keeping with age. Most vintage and antique items fit into this condition.
Average
Likely to show signs of some light scratching and ageing but still remains in a fair condition.
Apparent Wear and Tear
Visible signs of previous use including scratches, chips or stains.
Please refer to condition report, images or make a seller enquiry for additional information.
Description
Beautiful Ady-Kroyer Johansen Hand Painted Mid-Century Pottery Plate, Rare
Ady Pottery was founded in 1954 by Ady Krøyer, then only 21 years old, and was in full operation until the late 1970s when arthritis made it hard for Ady to continue as a full-time ceramicist. But she continued to produce unique pieces until the early 1990s. For serval years starting in 1975 Ady taught evening classes in ceramics. The courses were often held at the workshop where Ady was considered to be inspirational.
Ady Pottery was started in 1954 in a basement in Rødovre near Copenhagen. In the beginning the main production was of smaller items like small bowls, jam pots and the like, which were easy to sell in the impoverished Denmark of the 1950s.
The need for more space for both the ceramics and the family, led Ady to move the workshop in 1959 out to Torkildstrup mill, located off the A4 main road between Roskilde and Holbæk. Here there was more space and customers could easily find the workshop.
Ady displayed and sold the ceramics herself, often from the back door of her Morris Minor van, in towns on market days. There was also collaboration on sales with a few pottery and handicrafts wholesalers, including R. Wengler and Poulsen and Rise, Purveyors to the Royal Court of Denmark.
See last picture: Newspaper Ad for the Magasin department store, 1969, Ady's plates seen at the top left - © Ady Krøyer
Ady developed further cooperation on sales with the icons of Danish design, Illums Bolighus and Magasin Du Nord, to whom she delivered direct. The cooperation with Illums Bolighus is why Ady's ceramics occasionally shows up around the world at collectors in Japan, Australia, and the US.
Ady Krøyer was born in 1933 in Kongens Lyngby, north of Copenhagen. Her father was a printer and had his printing works with a workforce of 3-4 in the basement of the family villa. The printing works is today on display at the The National Museum of Denmark’s industrial display in Brede. Ady grew up in a time of shortages during the second world war, and discovered as a teenager her talent for drawing, designing and shaping. In 1949, at the age of 16, Ady got herself a ceramicist apprenticeship at Zeuten Ceramics.
In the early years Ady's ceramics was inspired by, among others, Zeuthen Ceramics where Ady had been an apprentice. During the 1950s Ady developed her own style with organic round shapes and large patterns, and this became very popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The first organic series were produced in a yellow and black design, later in more complex colorful patterns on a base of satin white glaze.
The pottery was made by hand. Both the unique items and the handicrafts series were turned from the bottom up on old-fashioned turntables, and moulds were not used. The ceramics were prepared in blue clay from Højslev. The glaze gained a different expression when the blue clay was used.
The decoration was also done by hand, and a large dish could take over an hour to decorate. Ady developed her own glazing mixes, including the opaque blue glaze that was applied to the blue series from the 1970's
Ady's ceramics from the 1950s may be either signed or unsigned. If signed, the signature is Ady and Denmark. In a short period from about 1960 to 1961, the signature can be Krøyer - Johansen, and then from 1962 onwards the signature is back to Ady again.
Condition report:
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