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The Four Mushrooms Blue ball vase with light blue dots Glossy glaze Height: 20.5 cm Diameter: 20 cm Model: 20, viii Marked: scratched mark 4 mushrooms ca 1946 Cool copy approx. 2000 grams
In May 1920, the pottery De Vier Paddenstoelen was founded in Utrecht by four potters Jan van Ham, Koen Mertens, Cees van Muyen and Eelke Snel. They met at the Utrecht Art Pottery Factory St. Lukas where they worked as plateelschilders and turners. The collaboration was short-lived due to financial worries and internal conflicts. From the summer of 1923, Van Ham continued alone. On 11 January 1941, the company was taken over by Kees van Moorsel. Forced by the Germans to seize the pottery, Van Moorsel moved the pottery to a former carpentry factory on the Rijksstraatweg in Elst. Employees included Jan van Ham, Theo van Spanje, Herman Oldenhof and Leendert Blok. From 1951, the production of decorative pottery was stopped.