Breetvelt, H.L.A. 

Henri Breetvelt had his own workshop in 1909 till 1916 in Den Haag. Made design-drawings for pottery decorations. Worked at different ceramics factories, like Zuid Holland, Porceleinfabriek de Kroon and Société Céramique. Mark/backstamp see picture.

From 1916 till 1923, Breetvelt worked at  pottery factory/Plateelbakkerij Zuid Holland as independent decorations-designer, invented the pre-burn. Designed mat glaze art pottery vases and wall plates with abstract colourfull decoration in his own workshop inside the factory. Painted almost every piece himself, thousands of unica/unique single pieces, but also in series. "Decor Breetvelt” is mentioned at the bottom when other colleaques painted his design. Even after his death, his designs live on.