Gustav Vater

artist / decorator

Artist / Decorator - Student steins

Studenten Vater. (Gustav Vater)
Zülpicherstraße 85, Altermarkt 47, Ludwigstraße 2, Koln, Bahnstraße 35 & 89 Weiden bei Köln, Prussia (now Weiden, a suburb of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia)
Malerei. / Decorators

Known dates: 1883 - 1930

Probably founded at Zülpicherstraße 85, next to the university, circa 1883. Heinrich Worringen had a shop at Altermarkt 47 and it is believed that for a period around 1907 - 1911, or even later, Gustav Vater shared premises with him. Vater might even have been the supplier of Worringen's porcelain decoration service. At some time, the spelling of Altermarkt was changed to Alter Markt. In the 1920's Vater moved to Bahnstraße, which is now a residential area.

Purchased stein bodies from: Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach, Merkelbach & Wick, Wicke-Werke.

Reference: -

Student stein, dated 1929

Basemark on the student stein above.

Student coat of arms on Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach stein

Wick-Werke (post 1922) stein with Student coat of arms

Student coat of arms on Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach #1526, dated 1903

Student coat of arms on Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach #1526. The Mettlach factory ceased production in 1921.

"Nirsia sei's Panier" This stein was dedicated to someone in the Catholic Theological Association in 1907.

Base mark on the featured stein, above, of decorator together with the impressed mark of Merkelbach & Wick.