Hallstatt Keramik. around 1980. Ceramic, coloured and gold painted. H. 17 cm, l. 35 cm, d. 17 cm. Incised on the bottom: Keramik Hallstatt. Ornamental pottery in the shape of a large snail, the shell removable as a lid - Austrian ceramist and sculptor, counts among the most important representatives of Austrian contemporary art. Initially active as a building artist in churches and secular buildings, from 1946 she devoted herself to her 'Keramik Hallstatt', which she built up together with her husband Karl Heinz Wittke.