A Private Collection of Danish Porcelain
Focus on Uniques of the Art Nouveau
Valdemar Engelhardt
Valdemar Engelhardt (1860-1915) was a ceramic chemist employed at Royal Copenhagen from 1892 until 1915. An expert in crystalline and flambé glazes, he was responsible for some of the best pieces to come from the manufactory.
"...in this special technique, which is today for almost any manufactory a contest for technical capability, Copenhagen will not be beaten by any other factory, as a maximum Sevres comes close to that...." (Bormann, page 89). With his work and the pieces that he manufactured he had a major share in the success and the status that Royal Copenhagen achieved. Following the Chemist Auguste Clement, who was the founder of the crystal glazes at Royal Copenhagen, he was able to bring this technique to perfection and develop new glazes.
Main information source:Gisela Reineking von Bock, Kopenhagener Porzellan und Steinzeug
Artist Decoration: Valdemar Engelhardt / Miss M. Carlsen
Artist Figurine: Arnold Krog
Date of Production: 1903
Unique Number: F548
Height: 7,5 cm
Width: 23 cm
Depth: 15 cm
Motif: Polar bear drinking from crystalline
glazed bowl
Remarks: Only 30 pieces were made for an artistic
club in Paris. See also Arthur Haydens
"Royal Copenhagen Porcelain" pages
413-415
KRC0521
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: 1903
Unique Number: F 849
Height: 74 cm
Diameter: 20.5 cm
Motif: Green and yellow crystalline glaze
Remarks: Vase depicted as item140 on page 122
of "Kopenhagener Porzellan und
Steinzeug" by Gisela Reineking von
Bock. Was exhibited at the 1991
exhibition in Cologne at the MAK
KRC0520
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: 1893
Unique Number: 833
Height: 24.5 cm
Diameter: 11 cm
Motif: Blue and orange crystalline glaze vase
with snails
Remarks:
KRC0522
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: 1903
Unique Number: F 846
Height: 61.5 cm
Diameter: 22.5 cm
Motif: Blue and brown crystalline glaze vase
Remarks:
KRC0523
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: ca. 1906-1915
Unique Number: K 691
Height: 15 cm
Diameter: 12,5 cm
Motif: Blue and orange crystalline glaze
Remarks:
KRC0524
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: 1893-1894
Unique Number: B 21
Height: 10 cm
Diameter: 7,5 cm
Motif: Blue and brownish crystalline glaze
Remarks:
KRC0525
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: 1893-1894
Unique Number: 962
Height: 17,5 cm
Diameter: 8 cm
Motif: Green and white crystalline glaze
Remarks:
KRC0526
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: ca. 1906-1915
Unique Number: K 180
Height: 17,5 cm
Diameter: 8,5 cm
Motif: Greyish crystalline glaze
Remarks: Factory 2nd, hairline crack
KRC0527
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: 1903-ca. 1906
Unique Number: H 763
Height: 23,5 cm
Diameter: 11,5 cm
Motif: Blue crystalline glaze
Remarks: Top sanded down
KRC0528
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: 1894-1897
Unique Number: D 384
Height: 15 cm
Diameter: 8 cm
Motif: Special Glaze vase
Remarks: With golden gilt at the bottom
KRC0529
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: 1906 - 1915
Unique Number: VE K 834
Width: 40 cm
Depth: 36 cm
Height: 23 cm
Motif: The North Pole
Remarks: Huge dish with two polar bears and
crystalline glaze. Cracks, repaired
KRC0530
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: ca. 1906-1915
Unique Number: K 860
Height: 34 cm
Diameter: 14 cm
Motif: Mulitcolor crystal glaze vase
Remarks:
KRC0531
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: ca. 1897
Unique Number: E 441
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 9 cm
Motif: Green crystal glaze vase
Remarks:
KRC0532
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: ca. 1903-1905
Unique Number: F 958
Height: 21.5 cm
Diameter: 12.5 cm
Motif: Running glaze mushroom vase
Remarks: Vase model number 192
KRC0533
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: ca. 1894-1895
Unique Number: C ???
Height: 15 cm
Diameter: 12,5 cm
Motif: Crystal glaze bottle vase
Remarks:
KRC0534
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: ca. 1903-1904
Unique Number: F 764
Height: 5 cm
Diameter: 5,5 cm
Motif: Blue snakeskin bud vase
Remarks:
KRC0535
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: 1906-15
Unique Number: H521
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 8x8 cm, rectangular base
Motif: Special glaze vase
Remarks: A typical example of a special glaze
that went wrong in the oven. The
vase rest is still sticking to the vase
KRC1217
Artist: Valdemar Engelhardt
Date of Production: 1894-97
Unique Number: none
Height: 59 cm
Diameter: 32.5 cm
Motif: Blue Crystalline Glaze
Remarks:
KRC1242