The Boehm porcelain studio’s expansion into the UK widened even further during the 1980s. They already had a porcelain studio in Malvern, England, but Helen Boehm wanted to take advantage of a new trend: figurines that combined porcelain with bronze elements. In 1982 she learned of a jewelry foundry in Wales named Ammonite Art Ltd…
As a result of the retail success of their first-decade series of collector plates, the Boehm of Malvern studio went into the genre in a much bigger way during the 1980s. The decision to do this, of course, originated with Helen Boehm who never let a marketing opportunity pass her by. The so-called “collectibles market”…
As related in my first Boehm of Malvern post, the on-site management of Boehm’s British studio changed with the departure of Diane and Terry Lewis in 1979. This second half of my Malvern retrospective covers that studio’s remaining operational years. It appears that the final year of any significant production was 1992. By that time…
During the 1970s the Boehm of Malvern studio produced four categories of collectible porcelain: sculptures, collector plates, one of a kind plaques, and limited edition plaques which are the subject of this post. However, there were far fewer retail plaque designs than plates. Retail limited edition plaques produced by the Malvern studio during the 1970s…
In addition to their porcelain sculptures and one of a kind hand painted plaques, the Boehm of Malvern studio also produced various limited edition plates during its first decade of operation. Between 1973 and 1979 the Boehm of Malvern studio issued a dozen different series of limited and non-limited edition plates; those issued in 1980…
In 1975, four years after opening of the Boehm porcelain studio in Malvern, England, a unique project was undertaken whereby 100 one-of-a-kind hand painted porcelain plaques were created by Boehm artists. Although a few of the artists were from Boehm’s Trenton, NJ studio, all of the plaques were created at Boehm of Malvern. After being…
The story of the first decade of the Boehm porcelain studio in Malvern, England, is entwined with those of two other venerable British makers: Royal Worcester and Connoisseur of Malvern. This initial post about ‘Malvern Boehm’ covers the sculptures produced during the 1970s; the plaques and decorative plates issued during those years will be examined…
Another New Jersey based ‘lost’ porcelain studio belonged to William Joseph Kazmar and his son. In the studio’s relatively short lifespan (1974-1985) they released approximately fifty designs, almost all based on wildlife and focusing in particular on the young of the various species. Like the Bronn studio, all were limited editions but the Kazmar edition…
