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Maija Grotell

Maija Grotell attributed Cranbrook Academy of Art
Located in Sharon, CT
glazed decoration, typical of Grotell's Cranbrook Academy of Art style, where she worked and headed the
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Stephen Polchert Porcelain Vessel
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
). Polchert attended Cranbrook Academy in the 1950s and was an assistant and friend of Maija Grotell.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Ceramic Wall Relief by Clyde Burt
By Clyde Burt
Located in Highland, IN
Art, and under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook. His work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Ceramic Wall Relief by Clyde Burt
Ceramic Wall Relief by Clyde Burt
H 37 in W 26.5 in D 1.75 in
Clyde Burt Signed Large Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Ceramic Art Bowl
By Clyde Burt
Located in Studio City, CA
master potter/ artist Cyde Burt who early in his career studied under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook Academy
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware, Pottery

Rare 1955 Cranbrook School Aim High Logo Design by Eero Saarinen Oak Bookends
By Eero Saarinen
Located in St. Louis, MO
Fredericks, Maija Grotell and Eliel Saarinen among others.
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Aluminum

John Glick Pottery Pitcher
By John Glick
Located in Ferndale, MI
study with renowned ceramist Maija Grotell at Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he received his MFA in
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Vintage 1970s American Pottery

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

John Glick Pottery Pitcher
John Glick Pottery Pitcher
H 11 in Dm 7.13 in
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Clyde Burt Ceramic Vessel or Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Clyde Burt Footed Tray Plate in Glazed Multicolored Stonewear
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Clyde Burt Tall Ceramic Vase with Abstract Design
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase with Lid
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Clyde Burt Large Ceramic Charger / Plate
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
School of Art before landing at the Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Signed Monumental Ceramic Charger
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a legendary and influential teacher
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1990s American Expressionist Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Ceramic

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Charger Monumental
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a
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1990s American Expressionist Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Ceramic

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Glazed Bowl/Charger Extra-large
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a
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Late 20th Century American Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Ceramic

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Charger Monumental
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a
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1990s American Expressionist Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Ceramic

John Glick Ceramic Garden Planterette Signed
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
received his Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija
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1990s American American Classical Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic

John Glick Plum Tree Pottery "Wall Mantel Series"
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
received his Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija
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Late 20th Century American American Craftsman Mounted Objects

Materials

Ceramic

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Stephen Polchert Ceramic Vase, 1950
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
1950 signed ceramic vase by Cranbrook Academy alumni and former assistant to Maija Grotell, Stephen
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Stephen Polchert Ceramic Plate
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Cranbrook Academy and studied under Maija Grotell
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Ceramics

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Stephen Polchert Ceramic Plate
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Stephen Polchert Ceramic Mirror
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Rare, signed ceramic frame mirror by Cranbrook Academy alumni and former Maija Grotell assistant
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1990s American Arts and Crafts Wall Mirrors

Stephen Polchert Ceramic Mirror
Stephen Polchert Ceramic Mirror
H 1.38 in Dm 15.75 in
Stephen Polchert Pottery, 1958
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Cranbrook Academy in the 1950s and was an assistant and friend of Maija Grotell.
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery

Stephen Polchert Ceramic Lamp, 1961
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Beautiful, rare, ceramic lamp by Cranbrook Academy alumni and former Maija Grotell assistant
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Toshiko Takaezu: Hawaiian Colors Moon Pot w/ Rattle
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Berkeley, CA
academy under Maija Grotell, Toshiko was colleagues with Harry Bertoia, Jack Lenor Larson, and Lenore
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American Ceramics

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Porcelain

Stephen Polchert Pottery, 1950
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Cranbrook Academy where he served as an assistant to Maija Grotell prior to a lifetime of dedication to the
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery

Tall Mid Century Stoneware Clyde Burt American Studio Vessel
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Art, he worked under Maija Grotell. He taught at the Dayton Art Institute and the Fort Wayne School of
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Vintage 1960s American Vases

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Ceramic

Large Bulbous Clyde Burt Vessel
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
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Toshiko Takaezu stoneware bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
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Toshiko Takaezu stoneware bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
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Toshiko Takaezu stoneware bowl
Toshiko Takaezu stoneware bowl
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Contemporary Toshiko Takaezu Ceramic Art Sculpture Moon Pot with Rattle
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
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By Michael Cohen
Located in Chicago, IL
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Large Toshiko Takaezu Studio Ceramic Moon Pot with Rattle
By Toshiko Takaezu
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Toshiko Takaezu small early Cranbrook ceramic
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Sharon, CT
teacher Maija Grotell is apparent, and this little gem probably dates from her period of study at
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By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Atlanta, GA
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1960s Leza Sullivan McVey Stoneware Modernist Cool Blue Cat Sculpture
By Leza McVey
Located in Palm Springs, CA
the Finnish artist Maija Grotell and became friends with the Japanese-American artist Toshiko Takaezu
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Clyde Burt Large Ceramic Bowl
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase or Vessel with Sgraffito
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Toshiko Takaezu Exciting Abstract Expressionist Ceramic Charger
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Phoenix, AZ
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Frances Senska Signed Mid-Century Modern Montana Studio Pottery 3 Sided Art Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
school class taught by Edith Heath. She later studied with both Maija Grotell and Marguerite Wildenhain
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Toshiko Takaezu Charger
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in New York, NY
). Steeped in both Asian and modernist American traditions (she studied with Maija Grotell at Cranbrook
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Toshiko Takaezu Charger
Toshiko Takaezu Charger
H 2.5 in Dm 12 in
Clyde Burt Studio Ceramic Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in New York, NY
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Clyde Burt Studio Ceramic Vase
Clyde Burt Studio Ceramic Vase
H 6.25 in Dm 4.75 in
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Located in Portland, OR
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Eros (Cupid) Riding a Dolphin Ceramic Sculpture by Robert Lohman
Located in Chicago, IL
include Maija Grotell and and Gaetano Cecere
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Mid Centuty Ceramic Wall Mural by Clyde Burt
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
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Large Abstract Studio Pottery Charger by Clyde Burt
By Clyde Burt
Located in Providence, RI
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Maija Grotell For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the maija grotell you’re looking for. A maija grotell — often made from ceramic, pottery and stoneware — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect maija grotell — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A maija grotell, designed in the mid-century modern or modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one maija grotell that is appealing in its simplicity, but Clyde Burt, Eero Saarinen and Stephen Polchert produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Maija Grotell?

Prices for a maija grotell start at $900 and top out at $4,800 with the average selling for $3,350.