Posts from the ‘Dybbøl Pottery’ Category

May 9

Max Thorsbro Pedersen – Dybbøl Pottery Denmark

I found the interesting little piece of pottery in the first 3 images some time ago, and only just recently stumbled on its maker. Originally I read it as “Dybdahl” but of course it is not even in their style. It is a piece by Max Thorsbro Pedersen from Denmark c1950s from his Dybbøl Pottery in South Jutland Denmark.

I found a little about Max from the Danish website for Broager.dk – a community website for Broager.dk, designed for the use of the citizens of the city and region around Broager. The website has some history of the Ceramics and Art of the area, including how Max Throsbro Pedersen fits in to the story.

“After the closure of the Broager Railway in 1932, the station building in Broager has been used for various purposes, most recently as a station inn. In 1937, manufacturer C H Clausen opened a pottery workshop, Broager Keramik, in the station building with Ingemann Nielsen as potter. In 1945, the pottery passed to Max Thorsbro Pedersen, who employed three journeymen, three apprentices and three ladies, who mainly decorated the pottery.

Broager Keramik produced small and large vases, Aladdin lamps, milk jugs, maternity pots, dishes and dolls’ frames and ashtrays.There is still a lot of ceramics from Broager Keramik, especially in Broagerland, where Broager Church’s twin spiers are stamped on the back of the goods.

In 1959, Broager Keramik closed and Max Thorsbro Pedersen opened a small pottery workshop in Dybbøl“

It is unclear how long the pottery run by Max Pedersen in Dybbol operated until….if anyone knows contact me and I can fill in the gaps. I would also be interested to see more of his work – there doesn’t seem to be much of it around online.