In an earlier post I already showed my own collection of vases with the Vulkano glaze, in this post I want to highlight the 313. I think it is rightfully the most famous shape by Ruscha.
I mean, look at it! It's so elegant!
The vase was designed by Kurt Tschörner in 1954. The 313 went through a lot of transformations.
Somewhere in the 1960s, Ruscha decided that the model needed to be changed. The handle got thicker. I suspect this made the jug easier and cheaper to produce, maybe it also prevented that a lot of the vases from failing in the production process.
Later in it's history both the handle and the spout got bigger, which distinctly changed the form of the vase.
The 313 comes in many glazes, well over a hundred I believe. There is a great Facebook page displaying these wonderful glazes. These were produced until quite late, possibly as late as the 1990s (I think this brown/gray version might well be from that age).
Forrest Poston wrote a great article about the 313, where he discusses the changes in shape in more detail. You can find it here.
I would love to own a 313 with the original shape one day, with Vulkano glaze. Decor Filigrain would be fine as well... a girl has gotta dream, right?
