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A large water filter


A large water filter

Lot-No. 784


Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, ca. 1912. Designed by Albin Müller, 1912, manufactured by Reinhold Merkelbach or S.P. Gerz. Salt-glazed stoneware, painted blue, brown and black. Ornamental decoration. Frontal inscription "Berkefeld Filter". Tap missing, h. 49 cm. - The water filter was an invention by the german engineer Wilhelm Berkefeld and was used for the first time in 1892 for the sterilization of water combatting the cholera in Hamburg. Lit.: Schimanski, J., Westerwälder Steinzeug des Jugendstils, 2011, Abb. 114.

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A large water filter


A large water filter

Lot-No. 784

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Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, ca. 1912. Designed by Albin Müller, 1912, manufactured by Reinhold Merkelbach or S.P. Gerz. Salt-glazed stoneware, painted blue, brown and black. Ornamental decoration. Frontal inscription "Berkefeld Filter". Tap missing, h. 49 cm. - The water filter was an invention by the german engineer Wilhelm Berkefeld and was used for the first time in 1892 for the sterilization of water combatting the cholera in Hamburg. Lit.: Schimanski, J., Westerwälder Steinzeug des Jugendstils, 2011, Abb. 114.

A large water filter
A large water filter