{"title":"Carstens Tönnieshof (Germany)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarstens Tönnieshof was a German ceramics manufacturer based at Fredelsloh in Lower Saxony. Its post-war story began with Ernst Carstens’s preparations for a new factory in 1945, followed by production in 1947. The enterprise drew on an older Carstens ceramics business, but the Tönnieshof factory belongs specifically to the rebuilding and expansion of the West German pottery industry after the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrude Carstens played an important role in shaping the early range. Her designs contributed to a catalogue that included practical household ceramics, decorative vessels and animal figures. Rather than following a single recognisable form, the factory developed a broad repertoire, giving collectors a wide variety of shapes and surface treatments to explore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1960s and 1970s, Carstens became associated with the expressive glazes now frequently grouped under the collector term Fat Lava. These textured and often strongly coloured finishes formed only part of its output, however, and should not be treated as the definition of every Carstens piece. After Trude Carstens’s death in 1965, Rudolf Christmann took over as artistic director.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe factory’s reach extended beyond its own German production. Local historical research records licensing and advisory agreements with companies in Austria, Chile, Argentina and Australia, illustrating its wider commercial connections without making every related piece a Fredelsloh-made object. Production at Carstens ended in 1984. Surviving marks, model references and documented glaze combinations remain more useful for identifying individual wares than a general resemblance to West German pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRead more in \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fredelsloh-dorfarchiv.de\/handel-gewerbe-industrie\/carstens-keramik\/toennieshof-carstens-keramik-1950\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe Fredelsloh village archive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fredelsloh-dorfarchiv.de\/handel-gewerbe-industrie\/carstens-keramik\/toennieshof-carstens-keramik-bluetezeit\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eits account of the factory’s expansion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/snl.no\/Carstens\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStore norske leksikon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"carstens-tonnieshof-west-germany-vase-in-aubergine-brown-model-1252-23","title":"Carstens Tönnieshof (West Germany) 'Malmö' Vase, in Aubergine\/Brown | Model #1252-23 *RARE FIND*","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePattern\u003c\/strong\u003e Malmö\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduction\u003c\/strong\u003e 1960s\/70s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModel\u003c\/strong\u003e #1252-23, Vase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColour\u003c\/strong\u003e Aubergine, Dark Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e 23cm (9.5\") tall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent condition with no wear that we can see.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carstens Tönnieshof","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51051586420903,"sku":null,"price":282.75,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/5839\/5559\/files\/temp_20a2e922-3201-4aed-b8e2-ce4230483dde.jpg?v=1785476655"},{"product_id":"carstens-tonnieshof-west-germany-vase-in-tan-orange-model-7608-20","title":"Carstens Tönnieshof (West Germany) Vase, in Tan\/Orange | Model #7608-20","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduction\u003c\/strong\u003e 1960s\/70s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModel\u003c\/strong\u003e #7608-20, Vase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColour\u003c\/strong\u003e Tan, with Orange and Red\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e 20cm (8\") tall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent condition with no wear that we can see.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carstens Tönnieshof","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51546800586919,"sku":null,"price":304.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/5839\/5559\/files\/temp_84e3e282-df15-40c3-be24-189714d98ad1.png?v=1792303534"}],"url":"https:\/\/thatretropiece.com\/collections\/carstens-tonnieshof.oembed","provider":"That Retro Piece","version":"1.0","type":"link"}