Pair of Sgrafo Modern Porcelain Lamps – 1950s

Pair of Sgrafo Modern Porcelain Lamps, 1950s.
Delicate flattened cone silhouette, underglaze botanical decor, and original lampshades.

• New electrification with braided textile cable
• One switch replaced.
• Dimensions: H 31 cm × lampshade diameter 16.5 cm
• Base: W 15 cm × D 5 cm
• Signs of wear consistent with age on the lampshades, porcelain in pristine condition.
• Sgrafo Modern stamp present under the bases

Sgrafo Modern Porcelain Lamps – underglaze botanical decor

This pair of Sgrafo Modern lamps originates from a factory founded in 1908 in Rudolstadt-Volkstedt, Thuringia. From its inception, the factory was renowned for the quality of its porcelain and the meticulous care taken in its execution. Its owners, Ackermann and Fritze, registered it as a “manufacturer of the highest quality art porcelains.”

In the 1950s, under the impetus of Peter Müller, the workshop developed a characteristic technique known as “sgrafo,” based on superimposing layers of material revealed by incision. This process allowed for the creation of patterns integrated into the very structure of the object, rather than merely applied to the surface.

The original lampshades firmly anchor the set in its era and assert a typical decorative vocabulary, not without an irresistible, well-bred kitsch.

Compact in size, these lamps are distinguished by the quality of their craftsmanship and the finesse of their decor, characteristic of Sgrafo Modern’s most refined productions.