Julius Dressler

JULIUS DRESSLER gardener, ca. 1900-1910.
"Thistles."
Glazed ceramic.
With stamps on the base.
Has some restoration and chipping.
Measurements: 123 x 40,5 x 40,5 cm.

Art Nouveau period jardinière manufactured by the prestigious Bohemian ceramic firm Julius Dressler. The planter sits on a slender stem-shaped foot with thistles. Every detail has been resolved with veristic precision and the finish combines emerald, ochre and beautiful orange tones.

Julius Dressler was an important Bohemian pottery company that operated from the end of the 19th century until the end of World War II. Founded by Julius Dressler in the 1880s in Biela (Tetschen-Bodenbach) in northern Bohemia, the company produced high-quality decorative earthenware, majolica and porcelain. Dressler became internationally renowned for the ceramics it produced in the early 20th century in the Art Nouveau style, also known as "Jugendstil" or "Secessionist". By 1920, the Dressler company became part of the EPIAG, a consortium of independent companies created in 1918 to promote Bohemian ceramics. The Dressler company closed at the end of World War II in 1944 or 1945.