Art Nouveau Gouda Bowl w Semi-Matte Glaze Marked for Plauzid, Corona Decoration

Description

Dutch Art Nouveau Gouda bowl with a semi-matte glaze from Plateelbakkerj Zuid-Holland (PZH), Netherlands - 1922.
A boldly designed bowl with interesting ‘ears’ or handles marked for Plauzid with
Corona
decoration. It brightly colored, semi-matte glaze, Gouda décor is abstract and free-flowing. The word Plauzid was an abbreviated form for Plateelbakkerj Zuid-Holland.
PZH was founded by 1898 in the town of Gouda in South Holland. This signed Gouda pottery has a PZH (Plateelbakkerj Zuid-Holland) date mark resembling a diamond shape for the year 1922 (painted). An impressed mark on its bottom side was reportedly used to inform the decorator which pattern to paint or glaze to apply.
Dimension:
4-3/8” EST (width with handles).
Condition:
This Gouda bowl is structurally in very good antique condition. Its semi-matte glaze is stable with firing idiosyncrasies such as some fizzes on the inside lip.