GinFor's Odditiques and W. German pottery have been mentioned in Metropolitan Home, House Beautiful (July 2008), Country Living (November, 2008), and Antiques Roadshow Insider (January, 2009).

We offer one of the finest selections of W. German pottery available in the US.
   Mid Century Modern West German Pottery (standard view)


      
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GinFor's Odditiques
(GINny and FORrest Poston's Oddities and Antiques)

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Information About W. German pottery:
Collecting WG Pottery


Thoughts About Values

Research Gallery (previously sold items to help with identification)

W. German Pottery News and Updates


Videos

 










Categories

    West German Pottery (standard view)


Additional Options for WGP:

View by Company:
Bay,  Carstens,  Ceramano,  D&B,  ES,  Jasba,  Otto,  Roth,  Ruscha,  Scheurich,  Steuler, Others (Great items that we don't have enough of to make their own category.)
View by Colors:

View by Size:
Floor Vases (14" and taller)
View by Price:
WGP Under $100
 


   Glass


  Paintings, prints, etc.



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Sample Pages
From Spritzdecor to Fat Lava 
(Pages from "Forms and Bases" are below.)

(Special note: these pages were printed, scanned, then uploaded, so in some photos the quality is less than what's on the actual cds.  Lines and such are not in the originals.)

Samples of company entries showing available company information, form numbers, and photos. (Note that although most form numbers that are known are listed by company on this cd, the "identification" cd lists form numbers in numerical order along with known sizes.  That allows you to research the numbers when you have no idea where to start among the companies.)
Over 100 companies are included!

 

On the left, a page from the Scheurich entry shows additional photos.  Generally, the bigger the company, the more photos are included.  The cd shows about 900 items!

On the right is a page from the designer profile section.

 


Sample Pages
East & West German Ceramics:      
Marks, Bases, Decors, and Form Numbers 

On the left is a small sample of the marks and labels from commercial potteries.  "Spritzdecor to Fat Lava" includes many such items, but "Marks and Bases" includes more commerical marks plus studio pottery and porcelain marks/labels.

On the right is a page showing company bases.  Even when there are no company marks, bases give assorted clues to the maker, including clay color, form/size number, lettering style, placement, etc.


 

On the left, a page from the Carstens "Decors" section shows a list of decor names, date and designer (when known) plus the beginning of the image section.

On the right, a page from the Ceramano "Decors" section shows detail shots of several decors with names (when known).

  

The bulk of the "Marks and Bases" cd covers form numbers in numerical order with the type (vase, handled vase, bowl, etc.), the size designations known, maker, and era/year made.  The combination of form/size numbers is enormous, but it doesn't yet cover everything.  More research brings more information in this huge field.  Still, this section is of great help when trying to identify one of the many unmarked items.  You'll find yourself referring to it again and again, just as I do on an almost daily basis.



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Categories

    West German Pottery (standard view)


Additional Options for WGP:

View by Company:
Bay,  Carstens,  Ceramano,  D&B,  ES,  Jasba,  Otto,  Roth,  Ruscha,  Scheurich,  Steuler, Others (Great items that we don't have enough of to make their own category.)

View by Size:
Floor Vases (14" and taller)
View by Price:
WGP Under $100
 




Send us an e-mail
 Head for the GinFor's Odditiques Home Page

 Information About W. German pottery:
Collecting WG Pottery


Thoughts About Values

Research Gallery (previously sold items to help with identification)

W. German Pottery News and Updates


Videos


A Special Farewell to a Staff Member
Writing, Education,
Odd Thoughts and
other essays (my
"other" site)

Essays and
Special Pages

         
About Us and Contact Information   (Phone, mailing address, etc.)

Meet our "staff "   

To Buy or Not to Buy: Going Where Price Guides End
Get the Picture Straight: The Basics of Selling Glass and Pottery on the Net
Tiffanyfakes.com (Site Review)


Just for Fun

The Cor-purr-ate Story (Glyph's Rise to Power)

A Tribute to Fractured Fairy Tales: Dealing with the Wolf at the Door

Please take the time to let us know what you think about the site, the look, the language, photos, items, prices, etc. If you have any questions, comments, or good ideas for conversation, feel free to contact us. There should be e-mail links on every page, and the actual address is ginfor@earthlink.net  

Guarantee: We have a simple, "If you aren't happy, we aren't happy" policy.  If you open a package and suddenly wonder why you bought it in the first place, you can return it for a full refund of your purchase price and the shipping one way.  Your only risk is the cost to ship it back to us. If it turns out that we made a mistake, then we pay the shipping both ways. I won't say "no questions asked" because we will ask so we'll know how to make fewer mistakes.

Payment terms:  We try not to be overly picky about the details.  If we can put it in the bank and pay some bills without any undo fuss, then we'll probably take it.  We're quite happy to take checks and money orders, and we're signed up with Paypal, which is the easiest route if you want to pay by credit card.  If you have some other method in mind, get in touch, and we'll see what we can work out.  Monopoly money, anything you may have printed in the basement, and chickens are right out.

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