Topic: Old Czech handpainted vase

[Anne E.B.]

Here's my latest buy.  Its marked with numbers on the base, but I've no idea who made it yet.  Its an unusual shape and it looks really old.

I found this website when googling, but haven't found mine yet.  This type of pottery seems often to be referred to as "Peasant art", but I think I prefer to call it "folk art", if that indeed is what it is.

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://dbf57.tripod.com/cz9.JPG&imgrefurl=http://dbf57.tripod.com/czechsale.html&usg=__GiEz66gXbAKAXpEslHFikcwW5X0=&h=260&w=256&sz=22&hl=en&start=20&um=1&tbnid=T1q_Sn9zSz_FXM:&tbnh=112&tbnw=110&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dczechoslovakian%2Bpottery%2Bvase%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4SUNA_enGB262GB263%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

[Tigerchips]

Looks very much like a Gouda look-a-like.
http://www.goudadesign.co.uk/goudacopies.html

There's a pottery call BIHL pottery in Czechoslovakia, maybe worth a google.

[Anne E.B.]

Thanks TC, I'll do that.
Nice to hear from you again too