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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Christine Steingass, post: 13100421, member: 114460&quot;]This one sent me down a rabbit hole because that little impressed Z-looking mark below the numbers immediately caught my attention.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this is very likely Amphora / Riessner, Stellmacher &amp; Kessel, Turn-Teplitz, and the decoration looks closely related to their later Campina production.</p><p><br /></p><p>The raised geometric decoration, colored enamel cells and almost cloisonné-like treatment are all consistent with documented Campina pieces. Dorotheum has several examples attributed to Amphora-Werke, Riessner, Turn-Teplitz, generally executed in the Czechoslovak period between about 1918 and 1938, although some of the Campina decoration designs themselves date to around 1910.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dorotheum Campina examples:</p><p><a href="https://www.dorotheum.com/en/a/81535/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dorotheum.com/en/a/81535/" rel="nofollow">https://www.dorotheum.com/en/a/81535/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another particularly interesting comparison is this Campina vase. The description notes that its base carries numbers and a “Z” in two places, even though the Amphora hallmark itself is faint/absent:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.mollaris.com/products/amphora-campina-floor-vase-parrot-art-deco-jugendstil-stoneware-decoration-art-pottery-czecho-slovakia-czechoslovakia-1920s-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.mollaris.com/products/amphora-campina-floor-vase-parrot-art-deco-jugendstil-stoneware-decoration-art-pottery-czecho-slovakia-czechoslovakia-1920s-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.mollaris.com/products/amphora-campina-floor-vase-parrot-art-deco-jugendstil-stoneware-decoration-art-pottery-czecho-slovakia-czechoslovakia-1920s-1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That caught my eye because this vase also appears to have the same sort of impressed Z-like mark beneath the number 408.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other visible markings appear to include the impressed 408, the Z-like factory/decorator mark, and a hand-painted 13. I wouldn&#039;t assume yet that 408 alone is the complete model number, since Amphora pieces can carry several different mold, decorator and factory marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also documented Campina auction examples here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dorotheum.com/en/a/83698/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dorotheum.com/en/a/83698/" rel="nofollow">https://www.dorotheum.com/en/a/83698/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Those results show that Campina pieces can vary quite a bit depending on form and decoration, so I wouldn&#039;t try to value this one solely from another Campina vase.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d be very interested to see a sharper straight-on photograph of the faint impressed wording around the bottom. I suspect that may give the final confirmation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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