Royal Dux Modernist Brussels Style Bowls

Here is a lovely set of bowls in superb strong pastel colours that I had completely forgotten about until I found the photo in my archived photo files yesterday. These very modernist looking pieces were sold long ago, but I've never seen anything like them since sadly.

The maker was Royal Dux, Czechoslovakia - who you normally associate with animal figurines and very ornate pottery. Information about Royal Dux is hard to find as most of the information and a lot of their records were destroyed during the 1950s.

However Royal Dux produced a whole range of pottery we rarely seem to see in the west, often referred to as the "Brussels"style. There is a fantastic blog about the Brussels style HERE  

The blog mentioned above has some great examples Royal Dux and other Easter European modernism on their site well worth having a long look at.

The colours in my bowls are almost identical to the colours in this picture I found on the Brussels58 blog .

Porcelain Ashtrays by Mark Henry, Jaroslav Jezek from Royal Dux (via Brussels Expo '58)