ELEPHANT by Elfriede Balzar-Kopp, Westerwald, Höhr Grenzhausen - stoneware figure, glazed stoneware 20 cm

Elephant figure by Elfriede Balzar-Kopp, brown glazed

Stoneware, (so-called Cologne brown or Cologne brown) salt glaze. Fully plastic, stylized figure of an elephant, inspired by Ludwig König and Max Laeuger. Signed "Balzar Kopp". H. 20 cm W. 19 cm

Condition: very good - no damage

Elfriede Balzar-Kopp, born in Bendorf in 1904. Training from 1924-26 at the State University. Engineering workshop for ceramics in Höhr- Grenzhausen. Subsequently worked at the State. Majolica factory in Karlsruhe, further training with Prof. Ludwig König, who was also employed at the Karlsruhe factory. Completed the master's examination in 1937. Elfriede Balzar-Kopp ran her own workshop in Höhr-Grenzhausen from 1927 until her death in 1983.