Floor vase mid 20th century, signed.
Height 53 cm.
Søholm was founded in 1835 on Bornholm by Edvard Christian Sonne and Herman Sonne Wolffsen. Wolffsen managed the pottery until his death in 1887, after which it was run by his sons, Hans Ancher Wolffsen and his brother, from 1887 to 1908. During this period the factory embraced the Jugendstil movement, producing ceramics with expressive and sometimes grotesque forms, and much of the output remained unsigned.
In 1908 Carl Møller became manager of the pottery and in 1912 he acquired ownership. His time as owner was marked by economic difficulties, especially during and after World War I, and in 1919 he sold the company to a businessman from Copenhagen while continuing as manager. In 1929 Søholm was sold to the Municipality of Bornholm and leased to a consortium of Holst & Knudsen and Keramisk Forbund. After political debate over public ownership, Keramisk Forbund purchased the factory outright in 1933.
Keramisk Forbund later became part of the trade union SID in 1988. In 1989 Søholm Keramik moved to a new factory at Lillevangsvej in the outskirts of Rønne. Production continued until SID closed the factory on 1 February 1996, ending more than 160 years of ceramic production.
Floor vase mid 20th century, signed.
Height 53 cm.
Søholm was founded in 1835 on Bornholm by Edvard Christian Sonne and Herman Sonne Wolffsen. Wolffsen managed the pottery until his death in 1887, after which it was run by his sons, Hans Ancher Wolffsen and his brother, from 1887 to 1908. During this period the factory embraced the Jugendstil movement, producing ceramics with expressive and sometimes grotesque forms, and much of the output remained unsigned.
In 1908 Carl Møller became manager of the pottery and in 1912 he acquired ownership. His time as owner was marked by economic difficulties, especially during and after World War I, and in 1919 he sold the company to a businessman from Copenhagen while continuing as manager. In 1929 Søholm was sold to the Municipality of Bornholm and leased to a consortium of Holst & Knudsen and Keramisk Forbund. After political debate over public ownership, Keramisk Forbund purchased the factory outright in 1933.
Keramisk Forbund later became part of the trade union SID in 1988. In 1989 Søholm Keramik moved to a new factory at Lillevangsvej in the outskirts of Rønne. Production continued until SID closed the factory on 1 February 1996, ending more than 160 years of ceramic production.
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