"Imposing Austrian Secession Ceramic Vase.(julius Dressler)"
Rare imposing Austrian vase there is a signature difficult to read and the number 823 surely an inventory number of the production this brand is under the tray of the vase. Under the foot we find the shape number 7135 and the Austria mark and another illegible mark. The piece is probably an exhibition or commission piece.
Julius Dressler was a noted
Bohemianceramics manufacturing company that operated from the late 19th century until the end of World War II.Founded by Julius Dressler in the 1880s in Biela, part of (Tetschen-)
Bodenbach in Northern Bohemia, the company produced high-quality decorative
faience,
maiolica, and
porcelain ware.
[1] Dressler gained international renown for the ceramics it produced in the early 1900s in the
Art Nouveau style, also known as "
Jugendstil" or "
Secessionist