Hayno Focken brass planter

A hammered brass planter by German metalworker Hayno Focken.
Marked by Focken and with a wonderful patina.

Focken (1905-1968) was a metalworker and silversmith who was associated with the ideas of the Deutscher Werkbund and Bauhaus in the 1930s.
Focken received his education at the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, along with the Bauhaus, among the most important schools for applied art of the 1920s. At first, he worked with Max Kruger and Karl Muller until he established his own workshop in 1932. Most of his designs, like bowls and crucifixes, were for the use in churches.