An old teapot by Danish pottery Herman A. Kahler in the 1930s. The teapot is an advertising item for tea from Sri Lanka. The text on the pot says: CINGALLA-THE and on the lid is written "INDREGISTRERET VAREMÆRKE" in Danish meaning registered trade mark. The inside of the teapot is factory glazed and in good condition. Art Nouveau pattern in black paint on pot which is made of red clay. Wear to both pot and paint (see pictures).
Height app 6 inches / 16 centimeters to the top of the Sinhalese sitting on the lid.
Kahler Keramik is a Danish ceramic company, originally from Naestved on the island Zealand in Denmark. Kahler's ceramics started with the production of stoves and crockery, and from the 1880s the company began to make art ceramics.
Great ceramists and artists have been working for Kahler, among other Karl Hansen Reistrup, Thorvald Bindesbøll and L.A. Ring.
The story of Kähler started back in 1839 when Holstein potter Herman Kahler opened a small pottery workshop in the town Naestved. The son who was also named Herman made the factory famous. Since then, the craft has been passed from generation to generation.
Herman A. Kahler had his breakthrough at the world exhibition in Paris in 1889 - the same year as the Eiffel Tower is built. Herman has great succes with a lustre glazed vase and the factory's ceramics is exhibited and sold from Tokyo to New York.
In 1975, the era ended as a family-owned company and Naestved Municipality took over the factory, which was later purchased by Holmegaard glassworks. In 2008, Kahler declared bankruptcy, and the architect Frantz Longhi proclaims the rights to Kahler, that today produces vases, candlesticks, frames, furniture and many other ceramic products sold in large parts of the Nordic region (but they are not longer hand made).
Source - Danish Wikipedia (in Danish): https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kähler_Keramik
Product code: Old advertising teapot for tea from Sri Lanka by Danish maker factory Herman A. Kahler circa 1930s