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West German Pottery

Submitted by tennebrac on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 12:09am.

Carstens (W. Germany) Floor Vase

The blue hyalyn ginger jar is for size comparison. The Carstens vase is marked and has a Raymor tag. I found it at a very out-of-the-way thrift store in Crystal River, FL.

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That's really a terrific

Submitted by mpratt on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 7:46am.

That's really a terrific floor vase! Love it.

Huge!

Submitted by atomicscott on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 9:41am.

Nice find. You've got to love those out of the way thrift stores.

Fantastic!

Submitted by ameripot on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 10:07am.

The floor vase is a show-stopper. Wish my thrift stores weren't so picked over! Thanks for sharing.

I just saw an antique booth

Submitted by mpratt on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 10:31pm.

I just saw an antique booth that had an amazing display of West German pottery--including some amazing Carstens that was matte and rough. Some of it is really amazing. I just can't broaden my focus past American. First of all, there isn't enough space.

I have seen some very

Submitted by tennebrac on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 1:33pm.

I have seen some very unusual and interesting glazes on W. German pottery, including heavy lava-type pockmarked glazes that can only be described as bizarre!