An Introduction to Danish Ceramics and Potters
III
Soeholm, Roenne on Bornholm (1835-1996)
 Søhoelm
is the oldest ceramic factory on Bornholm. The factory was founded
by Herman Sonne Wolffsen and Edvard Christian Sonne in 1835, but
from 1841 Wolffsen took over by alone. At the beginning the production
was fience, yellowware, pots, bowls and dishes. During the 2nd world
war they produced pipes (for tobacco). Today only very few of those
pipes has survived. In the 1930th, 40th and 50th dinner service
(with motifs from Bornholm) was produced, most of it by NielsStougaard
(1906-87).
  
A variety of different artists worked at Søholm:
- Hans Ancher Wolffsen (1870-1924 grandson of Herman Sonne Wolffsen
)
- Noomi Backhausen (1938-)
- Henning Seidelin ( 1904-87)
- Maria Phillippi
- Johannes Hedegaard (1915-)
- Nana Ditzel (1923-)
- Haico Nitzsche (1943-)
- Per Rehfeldt (1951-) amongst others
 Today
Søholm stoneware design is a big collector's item for retro
devotees.
No marks were used at the beginning. From 1910 feet were marked
with a crown and a ship, however, most items were only marked 'Søholm'.
A few items were marked 'H. Wolffsen & Son' (from about 1903
to 1915).
The Søholm factory closed in 1996.
Part 1 > Jens
Michael Andersen
Part 2 > L.Hjorts Terracotta
Factory, Roenne, Bornholm
Part 3 > Soeholm, Roenne on Bornholm
Part 4 > P. Ipsens Enke, Copenhagen
Part 5 > Kongstrands Pottery,
Esberg
Part 6 > Potteries and Potters
around Horsens
Part 7 > - The Turn of
the Century
Article kindly supplied by Tove Jespersen Klitgaarden
Antique & Ceramics, Denmark. www.Klitgaarden.net
e-mail: Klitgaarden@tdcadsl.dk
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