Jan Bontjes Van Beek Decorative Objects

Glazed ceramic Excellent condition. "Portanier" signed.

Beautiful midcentury hand painted ceramic vase. Italy, circa 1950s.

Ceramic vase "Soleil" by Roger Capron, Vallauris, south of France, 1950s Signed Capron Vallauris.

Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) sculptor, ceramicist, metalworker, multi-media artist and designer Born in Florence in 1915, Marcello Fantoni began studying ceramic art at age 12 at the Art Institute of Florence with ceramicist Carlo Guerrini, artistic director of the famed Cantagalli Factory. He continued years of training in ceramics and the arts, including sculpture with Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti, and figurative art with Gianni Vagnetti, graduating as a maestro of art in 1934. After a stint as art director for a ceramics factory in Perugia, in 1936 he opened the Fantoni Ceramic Studio in Florence. Here he produced ceramic series as well as unique pieces, sculptures and furnishings. In 1937 Fantoni’s pieces were exhibited in the Florence National Arts and Crafts Exhibit where their unique combination of rustic forms decorated with African and marine motifs and painted figures garnered considerable acclaim. By the start of World War II Fantoni’s melding of ancient Italian pottery techniques with decidedly Modernist elements had won him artistic and commercial success both in Italy and abroad. Having participated in the resistance, after the War Fantoni worked for the 500-year old Maiolica factory in Deruta, Umbria, renowned for its signature tin-glazed pottery. In the 1950s he refocused on his Florence studio, dedicating himself to larger sculptural pieces...

A brown vase designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand, it´s 16.5 cm (6.6) high. It´s in excellent condition and marked as 1:st quality. Gunnar Nylund was born in Paris 1904 with pare...

Created by the Swedish ceramist Arthur Andersson in the middle of the 20th century, these voluminous vases are noteworthy for their formal symmetry and their banded designs, which of...

A dark vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, it's 16,5 cm (6,6") high and in very good condition except from some minor marks, it's marked as 1:st quality. Carl-Harr...

Rare pair of Swedish Mid-Century Modern handmade and hand decorated ceramic vases with semi-crackle glaze. By acclaimed Estonian-Swedish designer Mari Simmulson (1911-2000) who desig...

Beautiful ceramic bottle vase decorated with circles. Manufactured by Dümler and Breiden. Germany, 1950s. This elegant pottery vase in brown and gr...

This abstract matt white stoneware vase was named Surrea (surreal) and designed by Wilhelm Kåge in the 1950s and manufactured at Gustavsberg, Sweden. This vase will work perfectly fo...

Ceramic vase by Roger Capron, France, 1950s Signed "Capron Vallauris".

Lots of interesting detail in this beautiful Mid-Century Modern ceramic vase. A glazed ceramic vase embellished circular ceramic circles adorned with green glazed ceramic dots.