Description
This donkey salt & pepper shaker holder was designed by Walter Bosse & manufactured by Hertha Baller, Austria, Vienna, in midcentury in 1950s. The donkey is made of blackened brass. The shakers are missing - the listing price reflects this condition issue. Please see all of the photos as they are part of the description. Walter Bosse (November 13, 1904-December 13, 1979) was a Viennese artist, designer, ceramist, potter, metalworker, & craftsman noted for his modernist bronze animal figurines & grotesques. Walter Bosse attended the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule, now the University of Applied Arts Vienna, from 1918-1921, where he studied ceramics under Michael Powolny, & ornament under Franz Cižek. He then attended the Munich School of Applied Arts (Münchner Kunstgewerbeschule). During his schooling he was given the opportunity to sell his work at the Wiener Werkstätte by Josef Hoffmann, who became a mentor to Bosse. Bosse opened his own shop in Kufstein in 1923. He formed a partnership with Hertha Baller, whose company (the Hertha Baller Company) manufactured & marketed the brass figurines, this collaboration was called the Bosse/Baller company. in the early 1950s, Bosse & Baller began exploring a new style of brass called the "Black Gold Line" or "Black Golden Line" of brass figurines. He transitioned all of his efforts to brass & the figures became popular worldwide. (KD) Walter Bosse Zebra Donkey Salt Pepper Holder, Black Brass, Hertha Baller, 1950
