Friedrich von Heider

Designer

Art Pottery

Professor Friedrich "Fritz" von Heider.
Magdeburg, Lower Saxony & Munich, Bavaria.
Keramiker & Künstler / Ceramics expert & Artist
Known dates:  (b.9th Mar 1868 - d.1st Mar 1947). Active 1898 - 1913.
Trained under his father Maximillian von Heider.
Designed steins for: Reinhold Merkelbach #2130, #2131,
Paul Utzschneider
F. Schulze (of Ziesar, Brandenburg)
Reference: Magdeburg Uni  Lechtaler Keramik von Heider  Uni-Heidelberg

Stein 1, Dragon.

Stein 1, Dragon. Basemark. V / H in a goblet.

Stein 2, Dragon. (V3?) Details of lid inlay. Picture supplied by Andre Ammelounx The Stein Auction Company

Stein 2, Dragon. (V3?) basemark. Picture supplied by Andre Ammelounx The Stein Auction Company

Stein 1, Dragon.

Stein 2, Dragon.

Stein 1, Dragon.

Stein 1, Dragon. Details of lid inlay.

Stein 2, Dragon. Side view of the featured stein showing the Dragon's head in the handle, with the wings and tail on the stein body. Again pewter is unique to von Heider. Picture supplied by Andre Ammelounx The Stein Auction Company

Stein 3. This piece has been attributed to Hans und Fritz von Heider of Magdeburg, by the auction house Quittenbaum. This is presumably once they had become independent of the family business in Schongau.