Basic Produkte ProduCtS 2014
Since 1993 Kühn Keramik • Bernhard Kühn • Yorckstraße 18, D – 10965 Berlin • Tel.: +49/ [0]30 / 28 384 695, info@ kuehn-keramik.com • www.kuehn-keramik.com
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Kühn Keramik Since 1993
The Old Pharmacy, Curiosities And Karlos A Pottery in The Center of Berlin-Kreuzberg
Bernhard Kühn, Claudia Elsholz und Karlos
Kühn Keramik Workshop and Showroom Yorckstraße 18 – 10965 Berlin-Kreuzberg Germany www.kuehn-keramik.com
The cup rests round and soft in your hands. And while Everything is made out of clay: Playing cards, strongly musing about the reasons why this cup seems harmonious marked and stiff, golden spoons twisted and oversized, and pleasurable, one realises, that the cup is not round. crooked letters above the entrance citing „Jabberwocky“, They are not supposed to be perfectly round. a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll. Much of the world of There are abounding numbers of plates and cups, Kühn Keramik is magic, twisted and peculiar – like the they exist since centuries, they are an industrial p roduct, world of Alice in Wonderland. „Carrols twisted matheproduced in millions of pieces – there is no need to matical world often helps me to get a new and different invent them anew. But there is view on everyday objects“ states a growing demand for individual Bernhard Kühn. This view is heavand sensuous table culture. One ily influenced by his irony, humour wants to know the ingredients of and personal love for the Baroque the bread one is eating, wants to „Alice: How long is forever? era and its abundant achievements know where it is made and who in art. This love manifests itself in has done it. There is a search for White Rabbit: Sometimes, the pieces either white or mellow skilled trade and skilled manujust one second.“ coloured, shimmering gold, matt al work, Kühn K eramik meets this quest. Everything of Kühn silver or shiny platinum, decorated Lewis Carroll, Alice In Wonderland Keramik is handmade – c onducted with motifs collected since years. with great skill and love to details. It is a personal collection found in Presented for the first time to a old pattern books and documents, large and international public at vintage drawings and books of the International Trade Fair in fairytales, but also designs painted Frankfurt, Germany, in 1993 Kühn Keramik has now grown by himself and lovely typesetted greetings. Therefore a posh Paris meets Punk in gothic printing, anchors meet to a small international team, Bernhard Kühn being the founder and creative head, and Claudia Elsholz his love crowns, rabbits bats and pugs. Skulls, skeletons and poison and manager. ironizes the little pictures of saints, putti and angels. While walking our pug „Karlos“ we discovered the Portraits of historical celebrities and popstars are painted old „Anhalter Apotheke“, which had to close down after in an almost naive style. 120 years of existence. The building got constructed in In summer 2012 we moved to our new location. Now 1887 in Wilhelminian style as part of a distinguished dewe can present our whole range of products in a glamvelopment area initiated by the nearby Prussian M ilitary ourous setting and historical décor. We are also happy to Academy, at that time located beyond the borders of Berlin. add precious things to our showroom, which round up our The pharmacy still houses the furniture originating from World of Kühn Keramik. We love to invite and welcome the very first day in 1890. The rooms have ceilings almost people, the dazzling interior s timulates us to stage exhib6 m high, decorated with elaborate stucco and deceptively itons, to serve dinners, to organize convivial gatherings real-looking paintings. The old wooden furniture with its of fascinating and creative friends. These events turn shelves glimmering of old age and furniture polish and into new ideas, into collaborations with artists from all the even older panelling of the walls create the perfect over the world. Our showroom is becoming more and place to present the ceramic art of Kühn Keramik. more important … 2
Kühn Keramik Since 1993
The Workshop
editorial and product pictures Kühn Keramik info@kuehn-keramik.com photography Torben Geeck, torbengeeck@gmx.de graphic and design Benjamin Rheinwald benjamin@benwood.de
Once you leave the showroom to the back, passing the old „Toxicarium“ (poison cabinet) you climb a small staircase to the basement, which is rather a lowered ground-floor. Here you enter the workshop, with lots of space and light and the ceiling still more than 3m high – also partially stuccoed! All the ceramics of Kühn Keramik get produced in this small workshop installed in the old laboratory of the more than 120 year old pharmacy. Water comes out of the tap, clay from Westerwald, glaze from Meissen and the motifs printed in a small workshop in Selb, the very center of German porcelain production. Numerous steps of work now have to be executed in order to create a cup out of these raw materials. The team, an international mixture from Germany, France, Sweden, Lithuania and Italy, forms the cups, beakers, handles, bowls and decorative pieces with their hands. They roll out the clay like a dough, cut out the pieces and form them with a mold. They leave their finger prints on the clay, these prints will show later on each cup. Not one is a copy of the other and Bernhard affixes his signature on each piece. Fired for the first time the bisque comes out of the oven. It is an intermediary, rather fragile stage before the piece gets a coating of glaze applied and is then fired again. The heat now raises up to 1100° C and that results in a much stronger and solid article – thus the pieces are even dishwascher safe! A third and fourth burning applies the motifs, gold, silver, platinum and all other specialties of Bernhard Kühn – these parts of the finishing make the ceramic pieces rather sensitive to the dishwasher. The product line of Kühn Keramik comprises at the moment hundreds of different models, starting with Alice crazy small cup – less than 50ml, perfect for a very strong espresso – up to the Babylon huge bird cage, almost 1 meter high. Kühn Keramik accompanies you throughout the day. Getting up and starting the day you’ll find the soap lying in the Valentin oval soap dish, the toilet brush standing upright in its Alice holder POISON and the Alice big beaker holding your toothbrush in the bathroom. Your morning in the kitchen starts with an Alice big coffee cup, an Alice small plate with your breakfast next to it. Alice adds a lot more cups, beakers, bowls and plates to your table. Souvenir, Berlin, Slumberland and Valentin serve with other choices of cups and plates, all able to carry your favourite dishes. Karlos offers glamourous dog bowls, teapots, boxes and amuse gueule with lions guarding your antipasti. The ceramics are intended to be used every day, to get integrated in your private world and become your personal favourite. And at night a gentle small light in our Babylon World Lampshade will protect your sleep. The range includes more than 400 motifs, many drawings, 6 colours, white, gold, silver and platinum. Not one piece that is leaving the workshop is identical to another one. 3
„The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is, that the caprice lasts a little longer …“ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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1022.weng.328
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1022.weng.367
1022.weng.66
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1021.weng.231
1021.weng.289
1021.weng.47
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1023.weng.311
1023.weng.40
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1024.weng.315
1090.we.211
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1090.we.254
1090.we.26
1090.we.54
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1050.weng.328
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1050.weng.53
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1051.weng.140
1051.weng.242
1051.weng.326
1051.weng.43
1051.weng.98
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espresso cup H: 4,5cm D: 6cm crazy small cup H: 3cm D: 5,5cm Supercup H: 5cm D: 12cm soup cup H: 5cm D: 12cm small tea cup D: 11cm big tea cup D: 15cm
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small coffee cup H: 7cm D: 8cm
big coffee cup H: 9cm D: 10cm
ALICE cup white
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office cup D: 11,5cm
ALICE cup white
1052.weng.100
1052.weng.251
1052.weng.265
1052.weng.3
1052.weng.307
1052.weng.368
big cup H: 10,5cm D: 10cm
SOUVENIR cup white
2503.weng.121
2503.weng.128
2503.weng.162
2503.weng.327
2503.weng.338
2501.weng.113
2501.weng.182
2501.weng.23-1
2501.weng.247
2501.weng.250
2501.weng.337
Mammuth cup H: 8cm D: 12cm
small cup H: 10cm D: 8cm
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2610.weng.194
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H: 8cm D: 13cm
BERLIN cup and saucer white
1700.weng.330
1700.weng.339
1700.weng.352
1700.weng.48
1700.weng.61
1710.we.167
1710.we.170
1710.we.188
1710.we.231
1710.we.238
1710.we.66
D: 18cm
1700.weng.316
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very big beaker H: 11cm D: 10cm
ALICE beaker / bowl white
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2005.we.323
2005.we.324
2005.we.400
2005.we.100
2004.we.104
2004.we.206
2004.we.243
2004.we.263
2004.we.180
2004.we.328
2002.we.196
2002.we.197
2002.we.312
2002.we.319
2002.we.368
2002.we.263
2001.we.158
2001.we.159
2001.we.220
2001.we.240
2001.we.243
2001.we.322
2000.we.119
2000.we.138
2000.we.188
2000.we.231
2000.we.232
2000.we.235
2003.we.120
2003.we.138
2003.we.181
2003.we.224
2003.we.307
2003.we.311
1070.we.102
1070.we.263
1070.we.40
1070.we.73R
1070.we.81
1071.we.48
1071.we.100
1071.we.177
1071.we.206
1071.we.324
1071.we.325
1071.we.66
1072.we.106
1072.we.11
1072.we.62
1072.we.64
1072.we.65
1072.we.98
deep bowl D: 11,5cm
big tea bowl D: 15cm
small tea bowl D: 11cm
Superbowl H: 5cm D: 12cm
crazy small beaker H: 3cm D: 5,5cm
small beaker H: 4,5cm D: 6cm
medium beaker H: 7cm D: 8cm
big beaker H: 9cm D: 10cm
2005.we.195
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slug H: 5cm D: 5cm
SLUMBERLAND White
2030.we.157
2030.we.205
2030.we.231
2030.we.51
2030.we.77
2031.we.100
2031.we.202
2031.we.207
2031.we.208
2031.we.244
2031.we.324
fine beaker H: 9,5cm D: 6cm
2030.we.140
ALICE plate White
3010-3014 plates
3010.we.102
3011.we.31
3012.we.349
3013.we.198
3014.we.216
3010.we.100
3011.we.47
3012.we.40
3013.we.325
3014.we.241
3010.we.308
3011.we.178
3012.we.61
3013.we.98
3014.we.263
3032.we.1
3033.we.206
3034.we.40
3062.we.250
3063.we.104
3064.we.53
3082.we.133
3083.we.324
3084.we.336
Valentine round, oval and long plate
3030-3034 plates
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3031.we.3
3060-3064 plates
3060.we.254
3061.we.402
3080-3084 plates
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3081.we.137
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1022.gegg.62
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1022.migg.374
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1021.blgg.64
1021.gegg.320
1021.grgg.119
1021.ligg.359
1021.migg.61
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1020.blgg.135
1020.gegg.275
1020.grgg.406
1020.ligg.317
1020.migg.403
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1020.rogg.209
1023.blgg.150
1023.gegg.181
1023.grgg.138
1023.ligg.27
1023.migg.20-4
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1023.ro.66R
1090.blgg.329
1090.gegg.40
1090.grgg.309
1090.ligg.349
1090.migg.211
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1090.rogg.306
1050.blgg.322
1050.gegg.256
1050.grgg.320
1050.ligg.17
1050.migg.137
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1051.blgg.255
1051.gegg.339
1051.grgg.309
1051.ligg.308
1051.migg.198
1051.rogg.3
1052.blgg.215
1052.gegg.316
1052.grgg.309
1052.ligg.187
office cup D: 11,5cm
big tea cup D: 15cm
small tea cup D: 11cm
soup coup H: 5cm D: 12cm
Supercup H: 5cm D: 12cm
crazy small cup H: 3cm D: 5,5cm
espresso cup H: 4,5cm D: 6cm
small coffee cup H: 7cm D: 8cm
big coffee cup H: 9cm D: 10cm
ALICE cup colour
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big cup H: 10,5cm D: 10cm
Souvenir cup colour
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2502.grgg.401
2502.ligg.247
2502.migg.390
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2500.blgg.186
2500.gegg.110
5200.grgg.169
5200.ligg.261
2500.migg.245
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2610.migg.388
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Mammuth cup H: 8cm D: 12cm
small cup H: 10cm D: 8cm
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2610.blgg.40
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2610.grgg.334
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slug H: 5cm D: 5cm
SLUMBERLAND colour
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2030.gr.359
2030.li.127
2030.mi.404
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2031.ge.106
2031.gr.415
2031.li.184
2031.mi.362
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2042.blgg.47
2042.gegg.50
2042.grgg.153R
2042.ligg.54
2042.migg.48
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broad beaker H: 4,5cm D: 8,5cm
fine beaker H: 9,5cm D: 6cm
2030.bl.129
big cup H: 8cm D: 13cm
Berlin cup AND saucer colour
1700.gegg.363
1700.grgg.253
1700.ligg.315
1700.migg.40
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1710.bl.64
1710.ge.137
1710.gr.150
1710.li.414
1710.mi.50
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saucer D: 18cm
1700.blgg.30
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very big beaker H: 11cm D: 10cm
ALICE beaker / bowl colour
2005.ge.28
2005.gr.194
2005.li.241
2005.mi.125
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2005.ro.251
2004.bl.103-6
2004.ge.180
2004.gr.252
2004.li.102
2004.mi.352
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2004.ro.3
2002.bl.255
2002.ge.332
2002.gr.23-4
2002.li.334
2002.mi.102
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2002.ro.251
2001.bl.240
2001.ge.109
2001.gr.354
2001.li.241
2001.mi.216
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2000.bl.353
2000.ge.132
2000.gr.99
2000.li.234
2000.mi.355
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2003.bl.129
2003.ge.110
2003.gr.63
2003.li.6
2003.mi.310
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1070.bl.130
1070.ge.127
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1070.li.221
1070.mi.137
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1071.bl.388
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1071.gr.252
1071.li.337
1071.mi.319
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1072.bl.255
1072.ge.177
1072.gr.7
1072.li.197
1072.mi.367
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deep bowl D: 11,5cm
big tea bowl D: 15cm
small tea bowl D: 11cm
Superbeaker H: 5cm D: 12cm
crazy small beaker H: 3cm D: 5,5cm
small beaker H: 4,5cm D: 6cm
medium beaker H: 7cm D: 8cm
big beaker H: 9cm D: 10cm
2005.bl.416
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ALICE plate colour
3010-3014 plates
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3010.mi.171
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3011.ge.121
3012.gr.23-2
3013.li.333
3014.ro.352
colour H: 4cm D: 4cm
ALICE eggcups
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6130.ge.275
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6130.gr.173
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6130.li.159
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6030.mi.164
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6130.ro.61
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white H: 4cm D: 4cm
6030.bl.403
6130.we.119
6130.we.120
6130.we.209
6130.we.33
6130.we.34
6130.we.404
toiletbrush holder – soup dishes
Bathroom
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6050.we.263
6048.we.61
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6048.we.115
6048.we.125
6048.we.137
6054.ro.313
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6052.we.206
6052.we.66R
small – medium – big
ALICE Jugs
1047.weng.323
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1045.blgg.128
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1045.grgg.24
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1046.ligg.251
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1046.weng.373
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1046.rogg.40
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1047.migg.198
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ALICE De Luxe
3015-3018.gm
1034.gm
1039.gm.100
1037.gm.66
1033.gm
1053.gm
6030.pl
6031.si
6034.gg
6006.gg
6009.si
3003.pl
Alice.plates.si
1075.si
7009.si
4150.gg
6073.gm.pl.si
7008.gm
big coffee cup – 42 different characters
ALICE PORTRAIT
1024.wegg.CocoChanel
1024.wegg.AlbertEinstein
1024.wegg.AudreyHepburn
1024.wegg.KarlMarx
1024.wegg.Mozart
1024.wegg.JaquesTati
1024.wegg.NinaHagen
1024.wegg.Shakespeare
1024.wegg.Caruso
Bottle stopper
6140.we
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6141.we
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6142.we
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6143.we
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6145.pl
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6146.pl
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6145.si
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6146.si
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6147.pl
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6145.gg
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6146.gg
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6147.gg
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6148.gg.2
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KÜHN & FRIENDS Nathalie Lété Paris big cup H: 9cm D: 10cm
1510.NL.hedgehog
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1510.NL.kitten
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1510.NL.pug
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1510.NL.soup
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1510.NL.squirrel
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1520.RD.devil
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1520.RD.notNow
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1520.RD.rat
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1520.RD.ship
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1520.RD.Sushi
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1530.WB.BoatTrip
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1530.WB.drummer
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1530.WB.heart
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1530.WB.king
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1530.WB.reader
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Rory Dobner London big cup H: 9cm D: 10cm
Wilhelm Beestermöller Berlin big cup H: 9cm D: 10cm
ALICE big coffee cup handpainted H: 9cm D: 10cm
UNIQUE
2104.U26.61R
2104.U28.64R
2104.U29.88R
2113.U2.90-2
2113.U3.90-4R
2113.U4.90-3R
2113.U5.90-1
2104.U33.48R
2104.U9.93R
SOUVENIR small cup handpainted H: 10cm D: 8cm
2104.U10.57R
Napkin Rings
6001.white.set
Teapot otto
6001.colour.set
4008xl.remix
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„… In that case, let our friendship be a caprice.“ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray