Cybis Porcelain Tableware

Tableware (plates, bowls, cups, etc.) isn’t the type of product one normally associates with Cybis, but during the 1940s – and, to a much lesser extent, the 1980s – there were more such items than you’d probably expect.  Let’s take a look at the known Cybis tableware items by genre. Plates In this case, ‘plates’ [...]

A Pair of 1940s Cybis Lady-Handle Mugs

A Pair of 1940s Cybis Lady-Handle Mugs

Although a separate post examines the early (1940s) Cybis porcelain retail pieces, an unusual experimental design from approximately the same period has been discovered. These two items are unusual both in subject and in how they are marked. In the 1940s and 1950s it wasn't unusual for the Cybis studio to utilize molds purchased from [...]