Bohemia Amphora Pottery

“Art Nouveau Amphora” at Figge Art Museum, Davenport – until June 16

Today the Lewis Gallery at the Figge Art Museum opens the new exhibition Art Nouveau Amphora that will be on display until June 16. The museum is located in Davenport, just 246km (or 153 miles) from Chicago. The exhibit is a collection of magnificent works of artistic pottery displaying sinuous plants, elegant women, youthful maidens, bizarre mythical beasts, venomous…

Bohemia Amphora Pottery

What does Amphora mean in the Art Nouveau history?

Amphora refers to some delicate pottery produced between 1894 and 1904 in the Turn-Teplitz region of Bohemia during the Art Nouveau times. These ceramic wares were produced between the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries and are also referred to by dealers and collectors as “Teplitz”. There were many companies manufacturing ceramic wares in the Amphora movement,…