The Giefer-Bahn pottery was founded in 1947 by Klothilde Giefer-Bahn as the “**Geschwister Bahn**” pottery. Klothilde Giefer-Bahn (*1924 Koblenz) began her apprenticeship with Elfriede Balzar-Kopp in 1938. In 1941 she passed her journeyman’s examination and then began studying at the State College for Ceramics in **Höhr-Grenzhausen**. She completed her studies in 1945 with the state examination as a ceramics engineer. In 1947 she supplemented her training with the master ceramist’s examination, which she completed at the top of her class. The focus of her work was the traditional salt-glazed stoneware, from which she made animal figures, vessels and sculptures. On the occasion of her 80th birthday, the Westerwald Ceramics Museum honored her with a solo exhibition.
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looks more like a place where it was made tbh but im really bad at reading hard to read text
Could be:
Geschw. Beuhn(?)
Höhr-Grenzhausen
Geschwi. Probably stands for Geschwister and the second line is the place it’s made
Geschw. (short for Geschwister = Siblings) Bah(?)
Höhr-Grenzhausen (a city in Germany)
Edit: there is a pottery called Böhmer in Hör-Grenzhausen https://www.keramik-stadt.de/keramikwerkstaetten/keramikwerkstatt-boehmer
Art pottery Giefer-Bahn
The Giefer-Bahn pottery was founded in 1947 by Klothilde Giefer-Bahn as the “**Geschwister Bahn**” pottery. Klothilde Giefer-Bahn (*1924 Koblenz) began her apprenticeship with Elfriede Balzar-Kopp in 1938. In 1941 she passed her journeyman’s examination and then began studying at the State College for Ceramics in **Höhr-Grenzhausen**. She completed her studies in 1945 with the state examination as a ceramics engineer. In 1947 she supplemented her training with the master ceramist’s examination, which she completed at the top of her class. The focus of her work was the traditional salt-glazed stoneware, from which she made animal figures, vessels and sculptures. On the occasion of her 80th birthday, the Westerwald Ceramics Museum honored her with a solo exhibition.
translated with Bing from https://lavaguys-ceramic.blogspot.com/2010/11/kunsttopferei-giefer-bahn.html