It looks quite impossible to be Sawa, but the shape says it is

The reason I say this is because I didn't see any non-sgraffito vases coming from Sawa until now.
I was searching with google for the marking 239-12 and I found this in first instance:

http://fatlava.be/sawa.html

I refined my searches, I just couldn't believe this vase might be coming from Sawa, but the proof became more clear with this:

https://www.google.nl/search?q=sawa+239-12+keramik&hl=nl&client=firefox-a&hs=7T7&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=vqeyUOjnF8Ob0QXGsYHIDQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAA&biw=1422&bih=751

So... Could anybody confirm this vase here is a true Sawa product? I still doubt it, also because it's made with white clay, totally in contrary of what Sawa was using normally.



Oh, I nearly forgot: there's also a signature at the bottom, that says 'EV'.
That 'V' seems to reappear all the time at Sawa-vases...

I learn something new every day.

1. It´s earthenware with white clay i think, looks like salt glazed stoneware,
Marzi & Remy produced this "imitation" (M&R) successfully, Kera Bleu
Series mid 1960s onwards, Scheurich did it too and obviously Sawa and
poss. other companies. .

2. 200 range
J.L.Knödgen / Ilkra white & red clay, same shapes, different markings
F.Schwaderlapp FSR / Sawa red & sometimes white clay
Spang / Spara white clay.
What comes next ? Spara with red clay ?

btw these companies were located at Ransbach.
only Spang still exists.

btw 3 companies, the same location, the same range of form numbers,
sometimes mixed up with Schlossberg, it´s a bit confusing,
the dutch website on Sawa shows at least 1 Spara vase.

That wrong Sawa-, but right Spara-vase must be nr 5 of the series, I guess...

Each time I read your comments, Volker, I learn a lot. Thank you so much. Although your remarks @2. (200 range) I don't fully get.
Am I right when I try to explain it to myself like this:
- Knödgen started Ilkra
- Schwaderlapp owned Sawa
- Spang was responsible for Spara (Spang @ Ransbach)

Did you notice some white clay Sawa pottery before? I totally forgot to mention that: this was the first thing that amazed me when I noticed it had the same marks as the other Sawa vase (which might not be a Sawa vase, if I understand you correctly).

Lots of questions, I'm sorry. But for me this is all new, meanwhile extremely fascinating. Thank for feeding this. :-)

correct, no.5 is a Spara vase, form number 206.

"Knödgen started Ilkra" ? Ilkra stands for J.L.Knödgen at Ransbach, the akronym was created in the 1930s.

"Schwaderlapp owned Sawa" ? Stickers FSR / SAWA stand for Franz Schwaderlapp at Ransbach, there were other Schwaderlapps, (Jasba = Jakop Schwaderlapp at Ransbach-Baumbach), Kurt Schwaderlapp, Willi Schwaderlapp etc.

"Spang was responsible for Spara" ? Spara is an akronym for Spang at Ransbach

"Did you notice some white clay Sawa pottery before"? I didn´t, i´m learning ...
Thank you.

I found another 239-12:



Once again white clay. Signature looks like an 'R' going through the other marks. No sgraffito.

At the same time I found these:

Lovely-set-by-Sawa-in-perfect-condition-brown-with-a-decor-mid-century-ceramics
That's a genuine Sawa collection with also an 239-12 among it.

its definetely a sawa form, i have one myself, but there may be the possibility that a later firm used their mould, but my guess would be they did these themselfes, but a lesser known series of them
the roman numbers of sawa, I also wonder alot of them, I often found VIII for example on the early forms, so I guess its the number of the artist that edged and painted