Occupied Japan

During the American occupation of Japan after World War II, from 1945 to 1952, the Occupied Japan label was required on pottery, porcelain, toys, and other goods made in Japan to be sold in the United States. At first most of these goods were inexpensive and often of poor quality, but the quality gradually improved. […]

West Germany

West German pottery was made in West Germany from the end of World War II until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Most was produced from 1954 to the late 1970s. Many of the forms were traditional, but there was some experimentation with asymmetry and exaggeration. West German potters made jugs and vases. They also […]