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Wim Fiege Mid Century Modernist Studio Pottery Bowl, The Netherlands, 1950s. This is a wonderful ‘Engobe’ pottery bowl made by Dutch artist Wim Fiege (1914-1978). He used engobe slu...

Jaap Dommisse (1929-1984) midcentury Cobra style Studio pottery dish, The Netherlands, 1950s. Beautiful and quintessentially midcentury Studio Pottery dish / plate by Dutch artist J...

Extraordinary vintage 1950s large copper centrepiece dish. Featuring a burst of multicoloured lava bubble with a textured surface. This is a good sized dish, ideal for coffee tables ...

A stylish vintage Danish art pottery shallow bowl with stylised slip floral designs by Herman August Kähler (1846-1917). The rounded bowl stands on ...

Nils Kahler design ceramic table lamps for Herman A Kahler, Denmark. Impressive and large scale pair of lamps, organic and imperfect form that is stunning. Rare model in very good or...

A brown and beige semi-glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Kähler, Denmark, 1950s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 13.25 H x 9.25” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inches...

Stunning pieces, both bowls are signed.

Table lamp designed by Nils Kähler and made by Herman August Kähler´s ceramic workshop in Denmark in the 1960s. The lamp base has an incised zigzag pattern and the glossy glaze is...

Stoneware table lamp in blue glaze and brown natural stoneware finish. Designed by Nils Kähler in the 1960s or 1970s. Manufactured in the workshop of Herman A. Kähler Ceramic (HAK)...

Tall ceramic table lamp in the Danish "Skønvirke" style from the 1920s. It's from from the ceramic workshop Danico and most likely by ceramist Eiler Christensen Løndal. "Skønvirke" i...

Dish designed by Tapio Wirkkala, Finland, 1950s. Laminated birch. Signed. Dimensions: W: 19.4 cm/ 7 2/3" L: 36.7 cm/ 14 1/2" Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) can be described as one of the icons of Finnish design and a symbol of the international success of post-war Finnish design. Tapio Wirkkala studied sculpture at the Helsinki Central School of Industrial Design from 1933 until 1936, but he was also a self-studied artist in many areas, including glass design. His success as a glass artist began in 1946 when he designed one of his most famous works, the Kantarelli vase, for Iittala. Wirkkala gained worldwide success in 1951 at the Milan Triennial, where he received three Grand Prix awards: for the exhibition architecture, glass design and wooden sculptures. Tapio Wirkkala felt a deep relationship with nature and his absolute favourite spot was located in Finland's deepest forests. From the beautiful landscape, Tapio Wirkkala could find inspiration for his works, often characterised by organic shapes. Leaves, birds, ice and water are recurring themes in his design. Tapio Wirkkala was also a furniture designer and a sculptor. He started his career as a sculptor in the 1930s but abandoned the traditional sculpture in the post-war years – in the early 1950s, alongside with other works, he started to develop an entirely new relationship with sculpture and a new technique to be used. The result was a series of unique plywood sculptures which combined form and movement in the vibrant, densely lineated surface of plywood. Wirkkala’s sculptures represented exceptional abstractism and gave Finnish sculpture...

Kähler, Denmark, glazed stoneware dish bowl. circa 1940s. Stamped. Measures: 21.5 cm. X 3.5 cm. In perfect condition.