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Our Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Ceramic Table Lamp has a beautiful brown glaze over the 3 dimensional, bas-relief design on the front an...

Danish Modern organic shaped stoneware table lamp. Made in various earthern / brown colors. Made in the 1970s by Visby Keramik, signed underneath. This item is in a great vintage c...

Golden chestnut brown, amber and black colored globe shaped ceramic table lamp with two sculptural "slices" on each side. Designed and handmade by Haico Nitzsche for Søholm in the ea...

1970s Brutalist table lamp by Bernard Rooke circa 1970. fine example of work made by Bernard Rooke (b1938) Well known for his Brutalist art forms and organic feel. This lamp was purchased directly from Rooke’s Swilland studio in Suffolk, England during the 1970s and has remained in the family since, we have 2 in stock. Measuring at 15 1/2 from base to light fitting, it’s a good sized example. Signed to the base, 'rooke'. Excellent original condition, currently wired to a uk 3...

An organic and Brutalist style Butterly table lamp. No chips or cracks. Easily retired for all regions. Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway. Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity. In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London. In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living. In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill. By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income. Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking. In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...

Fine and large handmade Danish Mid-Century Modern stoneware table lamp. Various brown colors. Unknown artist. A great vintage lamp well suited for the Modern interior or Scandinavi...

Danish Modern Blue and Brown Ceramic Table Lamp model 940 by E. Johansen for Søholm, 1960s. Mid-Century Modern Danish blue and brown ceramic table lamp designed by Einar Johansen an...

1960s brutalist Danish ceramic table lamp by Bodil Marie Nielsen If you're in the know, you'll instantly recognize this 1960s brutalist ceramic tabl...

Unique Danish Expressionist stoneware table lamp handmade by experimental ceramic artist Bodil Marie Nielsen in the 1960s. Latte colored glaze mix...

Huge unique table lamp made in the 1970s by Danish artist Birthe Troest at her own workshop in Nysted, Denmark. The vessel is beautifully sculpted in stoneware clay and is decorated ...

1970s burnished brass petite table lamp. All over carved geometric design. Newly rewired with new brass socket. Lamp takes one standard bulb (not included). Custom white Phillip Jeff...

Softly blue spotted glazed pottery table lamp in an architectural design. Designed and made by the danish ceramist Einar Johansen in the 1960s-70s. Signed EJ to the base. Beautiful intact vintage condition. It features a new white fluted Danish shade...