
17 inch Jaan Mobach Vase with Impressed Mark and Cipher

11 inch Jaan Mobach Vase with Impressed Mark and Cipher
An astonishing 17 inches high, 5.5 inches at the base and 4 inches at the top for the larger and 11 inches high for the other. These vases are in deep umber and have the impressed Mobach mark and the signature of Jaan Mobach on the bottom. Mint condition.
“MOBACH is the grand family of Dutch ceramics. In one form or another the Mobach family has been involved in ceramics for eight generations. The Mobachs were a family of weavers who suffered greatly during the economic depression of the French occupation of Holland (1795-1813). Jaan Pieter Mobach (1766-1826) was forced to abandon his trade and obtained work with the Kremer family, who produced ceramic pipes and roof tiles, as well as utilitarian kitchenware. For three generations the Mobachs worked for the Kremer family, rising to the top management. In 1884, Jaan Pieters Mobach (1826-1898) had a falling out with the Kremer family and founded Mobach Pottenbakker in Bolsward. In 1895 the family ceramics business was moved to Utrecht. The eighth generation, Kasper Mobach (b 1961), continues the family tradition today. ”