$995
H 6.7 in W 12.6 in D 6.3 in
Italian Midcentury Ceramic Bull Rimini Blu by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Italian Midcentury Ceramic Bull Rimini Blu by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1960s Beautiful bull made of ceramic and painted in "Rimini blue" color, designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi in ...
Ceramic
Mid Century Mosaic Bull after Genaro Alvarez Ceramic Tile
By Genaro Alvarez
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Striking mid century ceramic mosaic bull in the style of Genaro Alvarez.
Ceramic
Mid Century Italian Rimini Blu Ceramic Bull Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
This striking ceramic bull was produced by Jema Holland in Maastricht during the 1970s and exemplifies the bold decorative spirit of Dutch mid-century design.
Pottery
Ceramic Resting Bull Table Sculpture Signed Vintage Mid-Century
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Hyattsville, MD
USA, c.1970s. Unknown artist, procured from a Washington DC Area estate. A resting Bull sculpture stylized with hole through the head. The Bull is a symbol of prosperity, diligence ...
Ceramic
$1,873
H 12.21 in W 15.75 in D 7.88 in
Bull Sculpture by Michel Hereman, Ceramic Raku, Mid-Century Modern
By Michel Hereman
Located in L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE, FR
Interesting sculpture : a beautiful piece of ceramic and raku, handmade by the artist. This unique piece is the fruit of his creative talent, signed and in perfect condition. DIMENS...
Ceramic
$714 / set
H 5.71 in W 3.55 in D 13.39 in
Roberto Rigon Mid-Century Ceramic Rhinoceros Bull Buffalo Bertoncello Italy 70s
By Bertoncello, Roberto Rigon
Located in München, BY
Set of two mid-century ceramic animal sculptures, a rhinoceros and a bull/buffalo of Roberto Rigon for Bertoncello.
Ceramic
Spanish Bull Shaped Glazed Ceramic Pitcher
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching ceramic bull jug / pitcher, Spain, 1960s. Spanish ceramic bull shaped jug with romanesque inspired decorative details in green, white and brown-black. This kind of tradi...
Ceramic, Majolica
2x Mid-Century Modern massive brass bull bookends, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
2x Mid-Century Modern massive brass bull bookends, 1960s
Ceramic
Ceramic Bull Sculpture attributed to Bruno Gambone, 1980s
By Bruno Gambone
Located in Antwerp, BE
A graphic stylistic impression of a beautiful sculptural bull animal figure, a collector's item for your interior attributed to Bruno Gambon made in Italy 1980s, molded in white clay...
Ceramic
$695Sale Price|76% Off
H 6.5 in W 12 in D 4.25 in
Alvino Bagni Bull Sculpture, Glazed Ceramic, Italy, 1970
By Alvino Bagni
Located in New York, NY
Alvino Bagni bull, ceramic, orange, red, yellow and brown, signed. Medium scale chunky bull sculpture glazed in bold orange red with splashes of dark yellow and brown. Signed with im...
Ceramic
$800 / set
H 6 in W 4.5 in D 9 in
Delightful Pair of Colorful Otto Gerharz Vintage 1970s Ceramic Bulls
By Otto Keramik
Located in LA, CA
A playful pair of Vintage German ceramic bull figurines by master mid century ceramicist Otto Gerharz, one in earthy brown tones and the other in contrasting orange and green tones.
Ceramic
Brown Glazed Bull Sculpture by Ed Ruscha, 1970s Ceramic Art
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Zevenaar, NL
Ceramic bull from the german manufacturer Ruscha. Designed by Kurt Tschörner. The bull is covered with layers of glaze of rusty brown in a marbled effect. Length 32, height 22 cm.
Ceramic
1960s Handmade Colorful Ceramic Tile Mosaic Bull after Genaro Alvarez
By Genaro Alvarez
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Handmade Tile Bull TORO Figurine Sculpture Unmarked. In the style of Mexican artist Genaro Alvarez. Mosaic bull is handcrafted with a rainbow of colorful ceramic tiles. 2.5 H x 4 L x...
Ceramic
$805
H 7.68 in W 11.03 in D 4.93 in
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Studio Pottery Bull Sculpture in Green Glaze Signed
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This unusual mid-century modern studio pottery sculpture depicts a stylised bull rendered in a bold, abstract form.
Ceramic, Pottery
$210Sale Price|40% Off
H 9 in W 10.5 in D 8.5 in
1950's Ceramic Black Bull Figurine with White Horns, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite pair of Mid-Century Modern figurines of two black bulls with white horns made of ceramics. One bull is looking up, the other one is looking down. The bulls are symbols o...
Ceramic
$380
H 3.25 in W 6.25 in D 2.5 in
Bitossi Rimini Blue Ceramic Bull Sculpture by Aldo Londi, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Bitossi Ceramic Sculpture by Aldo Londi, Rimini Blu, Italy, 1960s An exceptional Mid-Century Italian ceramic sculpture by Bitossi, designed by Aldo Londi in the 1960s. This rare piec...
Ceramic
Bull Sculpture Signed De Santis 1982
By Ivo De Santis
Located in IT
Ivo De Santis (Florence, 1934 – ) is an Italian ceramicist and sculptor, active mainly between the 1950s and 1980s. His works, primarily created in glazed ceramic, embody the refined...
Ceramic
Wedgwood Matte Black Basalt Bull "Taurus" by Arnold Machin
By Wedgwood, Arnold Machin
Located in Doraville, GA
DESCRIPTION A "Taurus" figure or bull made of matte black ceramic designed by Arnold Machin in the mid 1940's for Wedgwood. Because of the resource constraints during the Second Wor...
Ceramic
1970's Porcelain Bull - Pablo Zabel, Chile
By Pablo Studio
Located in Bern, CH
1970s Pablo Zabal Chile decorative porcelain bull. With insert for use as a candle holder. Signed on base: Pablo Zabal Chile. Diameter: ca. 28cm. Height: 25cm. Beautiful eye catch...
Ceramic, Porcelain
$2,500
H 15.5 in W 21.75 in D 2 in
Midcentury Modern Modernist Tile Picture of a Bull by Harris G. Strong
By Harris Strong
Located in Downingtown, PA
Strong Tile Picture of a Bull (1970) A dramatic and bold Mid-Century Modern ceramic tile picture by the renowned American artist Harris G.
Ceramic
$717
H 29.25 in W 24 in D 16.75 in
Vintage Mexican Black Turned Leg Drawered End Table Matador & Bull Tile Top
By Zenon
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome and unusual vintage end table, side table, or bedside table. Undoubtedly made in Mexico. It has a black painted finish, turned legs, a drawer, and an eight-piece signed tile ...
Ceramic, Wood
$831Sale Price|20% Off
H 4.73 in W 4.53 in D 4.34 in
Wall Sculpture Figurine Bull Head Picasso Style Handpainted Glazed Pottery
By Pablo Picasso, Robert Picault, (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This hand-painted wall-hanging bull head, inspired by Picasso's figurative style and likely made by Robert Picault is a striking and artistic piece of decor. Combining the iconic ima...
Ceramic, Faience, Pottery
$1,750Sale Price|30% Off
H 11.63 in Dm 10.5 in
Exceptional Karl Drerup for Vontury 1940s Europa and the Bull Large Vase
By Karl Drerup
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A rare and impressively-sized vase by Karl Drerup (1904-2000) for Vontury. The vessel depicts a hand-painted interpretation of Europa and the Bull. The hand-thrown body is a bit orga...
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-Century Ceramic Bull Sculpture by Marianna von Allesch
By Marianna von Allesch
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking Mid-Century hand thrown ceramic bull sculpture by Marianna von Allesch, circa 1950s-1960s.
Ceramic, Pottery
Late 20th Century Cubist Ceramic Bull Sculpture
Located in Westfield, NJ
Late 20th century ceramic Haegar cubist bull. Sculpture is glazed in black and has a large presence as a cubist sculpture.
Ceramic
Dominique Pouchain Abstract Bull Ceramic
By Dominique Pouchain
Located in Couzon au Mont d'Or, FR
A Dominique Pouchain abstract bull ceramic sculpture.
Ceramic
1960s Large Ceramic Raymor Bull
By Raymor
Located in Nashville, TN
Large ceramic Raymor Bull with tri-color glaze with brass horns. Nothing says you're the boss more than having this on your desk.
Brass
Midcentury Ceramic Wall Plate with Bulls Motif, 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
Midcentury ceramic wall plate with bull motif, 1970s.
Ceramic
Unavailable
H 2.76 in W 5.91 in D 1.58 in
Aldo Londi Pair of Ceramic Bulls for Bitossi White and Terracotta Finishing 1960
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Milan, Italy
This iconic pair of bulls was designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, when he was directing the ceramic factory based in Montelupo Fiorentino. Mostly produced in the common "Rimini Blu" ...
Ceramic, Terracotta
Midcentury Ruscha Large Bull, West Germany
By Ruscha
Located in Pymble, NSW
A rare 1960s Ruscha large bull with the 'Vulkano' glaze, unmarked, West Germany. The glaze was devised by Otto Gerharz in 1959. A very appealing and tactile surface that almost deman...
Ceramic
Small Ruscha Bull by Otto Keramik
By Otto Keramik
Located in Halstead, GB
Ruscha bull from Otto Keramik, 2015 These pieces are made by the Otto Keramik studio, proprietary techniques and moulds dating from late 1950s Otto Gerhardz. They are not the vintag...
Ceramic
Unavailable
H 2.76 in W 8.67 in D 8.67 in
Sculptural Modernist Wall Bull Ceramics by Helmut Schäffenacker
By Helmut Friedrich Schäffenacker
Located in Essen, NW
Schäffenacker Ulm studio Helmut Friedrich Schäffenacker (1921 Ulm - 2010 Ulm) Helmut Schäffenacker was a ceramist who had a decisive influence on the aesthetics of ceramic production...
Ceramic
Midcentury Ceramic Bull Sculpture by Alfaraz
By Alfaraz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful addition to a Mid-Century modern collection.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Bennington Pottery Ceramic Bull Bank, C.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A mid-century ceramic bull bank with patterned back, slot for coins and stopper.
Ceramic
Mid Century Blue Green Ceramic Bull
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1960s ceramic figure of a bull preparing to charge. Great lines with dramatically arched neck and curled tail. Vibrant blue and green glaze.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Bull Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern ceramic bull wall art.
Ceramic, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Gilded Ceramic Bull Sculpture
Located in San Carlos, CA
For your consideration we have a fantastic gilt ceramic sculpture of a charging bull. Life like yet artistic, this bull is showing off its strength and anger, ready to go after you. ...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Bull Art Pottery Ceramic Tray
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century modern, hand-painted, art pottery dish features an abstract bull scene in bold black, teal and yellow brush strokes against a white background. The back of the piece is a...
Ceramic
Marianna von allesch Ceramic Sculpture Bull American Mid Century 1940s
By Marianna von Allesch
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful hand thrown and painted bull sculpture by famed American artist, Marianna von allesch . Signed Biography: Marianna von Allesch was born Maria Anna Steudel in Germany. ...
Ceramic, Paint
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H 5.52 in W 9.06 in D 4.34 in
1970s Mid-Century Modern Fat Lava Ceramic German Bull by Otto Keramik
By Otto Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
a black, white and red fat lava ceramic bull made in Germany in the Seventies by Otto keramik. It's in perfect conditions.
Ceramic
Midcentury Large Ceramic Bull Sculpture
Located in Vienna, AT
Ceramic bull with glaze, marked CW 64. made in Germany in the 1960s original condition.
Ceramic
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H 6.3 in W 11.42 in L 6.3 in
1970s Mid-Century Modern Fat Lava Green Ceramic German Bull by Otto Keramik
By Otto Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A perfect conditions fat lava ceramic bull made in Germany by Otto Keramik.
Ceramic
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H 7.49 in W 12.6 in D 4.73 in
1970s Mid-Century Modern Red and Black Lava Ceramic German Bull by Otto Keramik
By Otto Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A ceramic bull made in. Germany in the seventies. This kind of ceramic, very popular in that period has been called Fat Lava Keramik. Item it's in perfect conditions.
Ceramic
Bull Ceramic by Dominique Pouchain
By Dominique Pouchain
Located in bruxelles, BE
Ceramic statue in the shape of a bull. Stamped Dominique Pouchain.
Ceramic
Bull Ceramic by Dominique Pouchain
By Dominique Pouchain
Located in bruxelles, BE
Ceramic statue in the shape of a bull. Stamped Dominique Pouchain.
Ceramic
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H 7.09 in W 13.39 in D 6.3 in
Italian Mid-Century Rimini Blu Ceramic Bull Designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Vienna, AT
This iconic Rimini Blu ceramic bull was manufactured circa 1960 in Italy by Bittossi and designed by Aldo Londi. Aldo Londi was born in Montelupo near Firenze where he grew up in a ...
Ceramic
Unglazed Earthenware Ceramic Bull Sculpture
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An unglazed decorative earthenware ceramic bull sculpture, circa 1960s.
Ceramic
Ceramic Bull from the 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
not marked excellent condition
Ceramic
Big Bull Ceramic by Dominique Pouchain
By Dominique Pouchain
Located in bruxelles, BE
Ceramic statue in the shape of a bull. Stamped Dominique Pouchain.
Ceramic
Beefed Up Bull Fighting Ceramic Bust Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Mid-Century beefed up bull painted ceramic sculpture, of a bull in peak physical condition with his hands up poised to fight, unsigned, on a black wooden painted base.
Ceramic, Wood
Bruno Gambone Ceramic Bull Sculpture, Italy, 1970s
By Bruno Gambone
Located in New York, NY
Bruno Gambone glazed ceramic or stoneware standing bull, Italy, 1970s. Signed on underside "GAMBONE ITALY". This graphic and sculptural bull is at once whimsical and austere and make...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Ceramic Bull by Alessio Tasca, circa 1960s
By Alessio Tasca
Located in London, GB
Ceramic bull, circa 1960s by Alessio Tasca (1929 - ).
Ceramic
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Blue Ceramic Bull
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Aldo Londi for Bitossi ceramic bull in a rich Rimini blue glaze. Heavily patterned motif throughout the body. High-gloss glaze and nice size!
Ceramic
"Toro" Ceramic Bull by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
By Bitossi
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Rimini blue, blue glazed ceramic Bull (Toro) by midcentury artist Aldo Londi for Bitossi featuring hand-carved geometric designs with vibrant turquoise and cobalt glaze. Made in Ital...
Ceramic
Bull Ceramic by Kurt Tschörner for Ruscha, 1960s
By Ruscha, Kurt Tschörner
Located in bruxelles, BE
Ceramics in the shape of a bull by Kurt Tschörner For shipping, request us for receive the best price.
Ceramic
Vintage S.V. Lindhart Ceramic Bull Made Denmark
Located in Oirlo, LI
Vintage S.V. Lindhart Ceramic Bull Made Denmark This is a beautiful red glazed statue of a buffalo. The statue was produced in Denmark and it is also marked Made Denmark. Design b...
Ceramic
French Ceramic Bull Vide Poche by Albert Thiry
By Albert Thiry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful hand painted vide poche by Albert Thiry from France, 1960's. Unique sculpted bull head on ceramic bowl with four small feet. Ceramic has white-grey glaze with blue and gree...
Ceramic
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Bowl "Bull", circa 1952, France
By Pablo Picasso, Madoura
Located in Girona, Spain
Pablo Picasso ceramic bowl "Bull" ('Taurus') White earthenware ceramic ashtray with white glaze and black oxide Stamped and marked 'Madoura Plein Feu' & 'Empreinte Originale de Pic...
Ceramic
French Ceramic Bull Vide Poche by Albert Thiry
By Albert Thiry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful hand painted vide poche by Albert Thiry from France, 1960's. Unique sculpted bull head on ceramic bowl with four small feet. Ceramic has white-grey glaze with blue and gree...
Ceramic
black glazed ceramic bull by Cloutier 1960's
By Cloutier Freres, Robert and Jean Cloutier
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Robert and Jean Cloutier Ceramic bull sculpture. Black glazed ceramic. Excellent condition. Signed Cloutier RJ. Circa 1960, France. Robert and Jean Cloutier 1930-2008 ans 1930-...
Ceramic
Bitossi Rimini Blue Ceramic Bull, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Bitossi ceramic bull in a "Rimini Blue" finish.
1970s Modernist Yellow Fat Lava Ceramic Bull by Otto Keramik
By Otto Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Ceramic Bull by Otto Keramik is a striking and unique piece of ceramic art that epitomizes the design aesthetics of the era. Created by the renowned German pottery studio Otto K...
Ceramic
1970s Otto Keramik Red and Black Fat Lava Ceramic Bull
By Otto Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish red and black ceramic bull made in Germany in the Seventies by Otto Keramik. Fat lava pottery takes its name from its resemblance to volcanic lava and was very popular in t...
Ceramic
1970s Otto Keramik Orange and Black Fat Lava Ceramic Bull
By Otto Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish orange and black ceramic bull made in Germany in the Seventies by Otto Keramik. Fat lava pottery takes its name from its resemblance to volcanic lava and was very popular i...
Ceramic
1960s Kaj Franck Arabia Glazed Bull Ceramic Milk Pitcher Finland
By Kaj Franck, Arabia
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Arabia Green Bull Cow Milk Pitcher Kaj Franck Finland 8 D x 5.25 Tall x 5.25 W Maker stamped. Preowned original vintage condition. Refer to images provided.
Ceramic
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H 14.57 in W 8.27 in D 1.19 in
Taureau Bull Colorful Wall-Plaque by Roger Capron French Ceramic, 1950s
By Roger Capron
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
A bull taureau decorative wall plaque by Roger Capron in polychrome patern glazed stoneware realized in his Vallauris workshop (France) 1950s. Signed with the underside inscriptio...
Ceramic
Big Old Bull Bison Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
This was likely crafted in Italy, mid-last 20th century. One of a rare pair recently uncovered.
Ceramic, Pottery
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Dish Bull in Landscape Editions Picasso Madoura
By Pablo Picasso, Madoura
Located in Chicago, IL
Pablo Picasso bull in landscape dish editions Picasso Madoura France. Circa 1952. Impressed with mark to underside Madoura Plein Feu edition Picasso and also with edition Picasso. . ...
Ceramic
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H 5.12 in W 9.06 in D 3.15 in
1970s Yellow and Black Fat Lava Ceramic German Bull by Otto Keramik
By Otto Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A perfect conditions ceramic bull made in Germany in the seventies. This particular kind of. ceramic has been called fat lava ceramic, due to similarity to real volcano lava.
Ceramic
André Rosay Ceramic Bowl with Bull, La Borne, France, 1960, signed
By André Rozay
Located in Brooklyn, NY
André Rosay Ceramic Bowl with Bull, La Borne, France, 1960, signed Beautifully rendered, etched and glazed La Borne Ceramic with a "Toro" a classic motif used from Picasso throughou...
Ceramic
Italian Bull Sculpture
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This clay bull was hand-sculpted in Italy. It's festooned in roses and brightly glazed in several colors - the body of the bull itself is matte tones of brown and red, and the saddle...
Ceramic
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H 5.52 in W 12.21 in L 5.52 in
Italian Midcentury Red Glazed Ceramic Bull Designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Vienna, AT
This iconic Rimini Blu ceramic was manufactured circa 1960 in Italy by Bittossi and designed by Aldo Londi. Aldo Londi was born in Montelupo near Firenze where he grew up in a big c...
Ceramic
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H 2.56 in Dm 5.04 in
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Bowl, Picador and Bull, Atelier Madoura, Vallauris, 1955
By Madoura, Pablo Picasso
Located in La Teste-de-Buch, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ceramic bowl by Pablo Picasso executed at the Madoura workshop in Vallauris France in the 1950s. It is title The Picador and is referenced under the number A.R 289 in the Catalogue ...
Ceramic
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H 7.7 in W 7.7 in D 1 in
1. Bull Under the Tree AND 2.Picador -- Picasso Madoura Ceramic Ramie 159 & 160
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Boca Raton, FL
ARTIST:Pablo Picasso TITLE: Bull Under the Tree DATE:1952 MEDIUM:partially glazed ceramic round plate painted in black and white SIGNED:Inscribed, Stamped on back NUMBERED:From...
Ceramic
Jacques Blin French Ceramic Dish Bull Drawing with Iconic Pale Blue Glaze
By Jacques Blin
Located in Chicago, IL
A French ceramic vide poche or small handled bowl by noted French ceramic artist Jacques Blin. The iconic image of a bull or toro is expressed in Blin's wonderful scrafitto markings...
Ceramic
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H 7 in W 12 in D 4 in
A Midcentury Bitossi Sculptural Ceramic Bull in Black and Red by Alvino Bagni
By Bitossi
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage sculptural ceramic bull, produced in Italy, circa 1960s by Bitossi, designed by Alvino Bagni, with unusual glaze over black, detailed with red scroll work patterns. Marking...
Ceramic
Huge Helmut Schäffenacker Bull Wall Panel, 1960s
By Helmut Friedrich Schäffenacker
Located in Munich, DE
The unique wall panel is made with three bulls in grey, green brown ceramic in Jean Miro Style, designed by Helmut Schäffenacker German art pottery / studio in 1960s. Wonderful objec...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Vintage Pottery Bull in the Style of Bruno Gambone
By Bruno Gambone
Located in San Antonio, TX
Vintage pottery / clay bull in the style of Bruno Gambone. This bull has wear but in good condition with no structural issues.
Ceramic
Big Pair Bull Steer Sculptures Handmade , Hand Glazed, Mint Condition
Located in South Burlington, VT
This is a rare pair of handmade and hand glazed large-scale master work ceramic effigies of bull or steersr executed in a sumptuous brown, black, and cream glazing. They are in fine...
Ceramic, Pottery
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H 5.52 in W 9.06 in D 3.94 in
Otto Keramik Vintage Fat Lava Blue and Black German Bull, circa 1970
By Otto Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Stylish ceramic bull made in Germany by Otto Keramik in perfect conditions.
Ceramic
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
Every time you move into a house or an apartment — or endeavor to refresh the home you’ve lived in for years — life for that space begins anew. The right home accent, be it the simple placement of a decorative bowl on a shelf or a ceramic vase for fresh flowers, can transform an area from drab to spectacular. But with so many materials and items to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the process. The key to styling with antique and vintage decorative objects is to work toward making a happy home that best reflects your personal style.
Ceramics are a versatile addition to any home. If you’ve amassed an assortment of functional pottery over the years, think of your mugs and salad bowls as decorative objects, ideal for displaying in a glass cabinet. Vintage ceramic serveware can pop along white open shelving in your dining area, while large stoneware pitchers paired with woven baskets or quilts in an open cupboard can introduce a rustic farmhouse-style element to your den.
Translucent decorative boxes or bowls made of an acrylic plastic called Lucite — a game changer in furniture that’s easy to clean and lasts long — are modern accents that are neutral enough to dress up a coffee table or desktop without cluttering it. If you’re showcasing pieces from the past, a vintage jewelry box for displaying your treasures can spark conversation: Where is the jewelry box from? Is there a story behind it?
Abstract sculptures or an antique vessel for your home library can draw attention to your book collection and add narrative charm to the most appropriate of corners. There’s more than one way to style your bookcases, and decorative objects add a provocative dynamic. “I love magnifying glasses,” says Alex Assouline, global vice president of luxury publisher Assouline, of adding one’s cherished objects to a home library. “They are both useful and decorative. Objects really elevate libraries and can also make them more personal.”
To help with personalizing your space and truly making it your own, find an extraordinary collection of decorative objects on 1stDibs.
Smoking might have fallen out of fashion, but these ashtrays have enduring design appeal.
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The Finnish talent created nature-inspired pieces, from furniture to jewelry, with phenomenal staying power.