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"Spotted Fawn", Art Deco Sculpture in Brown and Gold by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in tones of brown and gold, this very rare sculpture depicting a spotted fawn was created by Waylande Gregory, the renowned WPA sculptor and innovative ceramicist. ...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Large Art Deco Centerpiece by Winterhalder Made in Cupertino, CA, 1947
By Erwin Winterhalder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly glazed in chartreuse-yellow and Mediterranean blue-green, this unique and important Art Deco bowl was made by Erwin Winterhalder in Cupertino. The artist was born in Swit...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic
Thistle Goblets, Rare Gilded Bronze Pieces by Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1907
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed to celebrate the opening of the Engineers Club in New York City in 1907, by Louis Comfort Tiffany for Tiffany and Company, the firm founded by his father, this rare and lustrous pair of bronze goblets demonstrate the artistry and gorgeous workmanship of Tiffany and his bronze foundry. The construction of the Club was largely funded by Andrew Carnegie...
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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze
"Deer with Weeping Willow, " Superb Art Deco Vase by Primavera, France
By Atelier Primavera au Printemps
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of Art Deco craftsmanship, produced by one of the world's finest workshops in the 1930s, this vase depicts a deer with lifted head, flanked by a weeping willow tree,...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Clay
"Torchbearers, " Art Deco Etched Glass Panel with Nude Males
By Ivan Rigby
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Elegant and beautifully crafted, this etched panel, in purplish-blue glass, is a superb examples of Moderne design with a strong graphic appeal. The artist, Ivan Rigby, was a native ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Rare "Nude and Dove" Serving Bowl from Vallauris, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully composed and gorgeously glazed in jet black and sky blue tones, this rare serving bowl was created by one of the artists producing high quality ceramic ware in the potter...
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Caviar Server Etruscan Style Female Nude, Silvered Brass & Lucite
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Truly striking and beautiful, this large and beautiful caviar server surmounted by a sculpted Etruscan style female nude figure holding a shield is highly rare, probably unique. The ...
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Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
Important Art Deco Ceramic Bowl with Trumpet Shell by Linn L. Phelan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In 1942, two years before becoming the founding potter at the School for American craftsmen at Dartmouth College in 1944 and four years before joining the famed ceramic program at Alfred University, Linn...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Art Deco "Flowering Cactus" Vase by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in shades of moss green and blue-green by Waylande Gregory, this rare and large vase depicts a flowering cactus plant, its foliage highlighted with a metallic silver. Prodigious and indefatigable, Gregory produced a wide range of sculptures and wares in ceramic beginning in his college days, through his years working with Lorado Taft...
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Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Nude Hunters with Deer, " Exceptional Art Deco Sculptural Vase by Jean Mayodon
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A highly unusual vase by Jean Mayodon, one of France's leading artists in the Art Deco era, this piece depicts two scenes of nude male hunters with several deer. One of the hunters i...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Clay
"Nude African Frieze, " Exceptional Art Deco Sculptural Vase by Ebeling, Sweden
By Allan Ebeling
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An exceptional, carved bas relief vase by Allan Ebeling for Steninge Keramik in Sweden, this piece depicts a frieze-like procession of six, nude Africa...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Clay
"Knight in Profile", Unique, Picasso-esque Charger by Stalhane for Rorstrand
By Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vividly glazed in tones of ruddy brown, blue and white, this substantial charger or low bowl depicting a helmeted knight in profile was designed and glazed by by Carl-Harry Stalhane....
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Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
"Baby Satyrs, " Rare Bronze and Alabaster Art Deco Box from Denmark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very rare alabaster box features a bronze lid with four scenes showing baby satyrs. One scene shows a satyr with a rabbit, another shows a s...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
"Nude with Cape, " Large and Important Bas Relief Panel by Mayodon
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large, unique sculptural panel demonstrates, in a bold and dramatic way, Jean Mayodon's fascination with the classical nude, interpreted of course in a modern way. Mayodon was o...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Samson and the Lion, " Large, Rare Art Deco Sculptural Panel with Tile Mosaic
By Valentin Shabaeff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A tour de force example of Art Deco wall sculpture, this depiction of Samson slaying the lion was made by Valentin Shabaeff, a Russian-Canadian artist who settled in Montreal. Shabae...
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Vintage 1930s Canadian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Africans with Jars, " Rare Art Deco Charger by Andlovitz for Societa Ceramica
By Societa Ceramica Italiana
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Much as Gio Ponti modernized and energized the porcelain production of the fabled Ginori company in Italy, so too did Guido Andlovitz revolutionize the work of the old Societa Cerami...
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
"Fishermen, " Rare Midcentury Plate with Fishermen by Società Anonima Marina
By Società Anonima Marina
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Colorful and jazzy, this extremely rare plate depicting wasp-waisted fisherman on the coast of Italy was produced by artisans at the Società Anonima Marina (SAM) in the Republic of S...
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Vintage 1950s Sammarinese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
"Pegasus, " Art Deco Sculpture w/ Male Nude by Brunetti, inspired by Walter Crane
By Mario Brunetti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and subtly glazed in tones of grey, green, pink and tan, this stunning Art Deco sculptural rondel depicts Bellerophon, a nude male figure from Greek mythology, restraining a winged Pegasus in a lush springtime landscape. This piece is a rare example of the work of Mario Brunetti, who was part of a circle of sculptors and ceramicists influenced by the enormously successful Lenci workshop in Turin (Torino). Brunetti favoured mythological subjects, but his work is extremely rare. This motif of Bellerophon, shown nude with Greek cap, restraining the rearing Pegasus...
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Secessionist Vase, Ruddy Pink with Wiener Werkstatte-Influenced Glyphs
By Wittenberg Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influences of the Vienna Secession and the Wiener Werkstatte, at a time when Vienna led the Germanic world's interpretation of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, this cyli...
Category
Vintage 1920s German Vienna Secession Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"Nude Among Flowers, " Deep, Wide Art Deco Bowl by California Artist, 1930s
By Mary Erckenbrack
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by Matisse and other European modernists, this large and deep ceramic bowl with sgraffito decoration depicts a female nude and seated m...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Dragon Compotes, " Mid-Century Chinese-Inspired Centerpieces, Glass & Resin
By Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This pair of stunning and unique compotes, composed of glass with resin bases and lids, was designed by Dorothy Thorpe, one of the most prolific and important women designers in Mid-...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces
Materials
Glass, Resin
Figures with Doves, Rare Art Deco Sculptures by de Vegh, Gray, Red and Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This beautifully glazed, rare pair of fine ceramic sculptures, depicting highly-stylized male and female figures, each holding doves, was sculpted by Geza de Vegh for the Phoenix pot...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Blue Flamingo, " Fabulous Art Deco-Chinoiserie Tile by Woman Artist
By Lulu Scott Backus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fabulous mashup of Art Deco and 20th century chinoiserie, this rare and vivid tile, in shades of turquoise and cerulean, was made by Lulu Scott Backus in Rochester, New York. Backus had studied under the famous Charles Binns...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Art Deco Skyscraper Garniture Set with Candlesticks, Carved Limestone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable and unique, this garniture set of three carved limestone pieces -- a centerpiece flanked by two candlesticks, is a stunning example of high style Art Deco sculpture. The centerpiece is clearly inspired by Art Deco skyscrapers and monuments, with stepped-back sides and monumental doorway that suggest it could have served as a small-scale model for a fully-realized structure. The side elements have carved recesses to hold candles. The sculptor was clearly a master of his trade, and used the finest Indiana limestone...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Candlesticks
Materials
Limestone
Two-Handled Jug, Fabulous, Unique Mid-Century Sculptural Piece by Gambone
By Guido Gambone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Both modern sculpture and practical object, this stunning Mid-Century jug with a curving basket handle and a knob opposite the spout was created by one of the era's greatest artists,...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay
"Two Women, " Large, Lovely Mid-Century Sculpture by Lore Friedrich-Gronau
By Lore Friedrich-Gronau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of movement and grace, this entrancing sculpture was designed by Lore Friedrich-Gronau for the famous Karlsruhe ceramic works in Germany in the ...
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Under the Sea, " Large, Rare Art Deco Bowl by Thomson for Upsala Ekeby
By Anna-Lisa Thomson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkably large and dramatic low bowl from the Swedish ceramic firm of Upsala-Ekeby was designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson in the late 1940s. Here she depicts seaweed, coral, sea sh...
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
"Cubist Roses, " Large and Rare Art Deco Vase by Olin for Primavera, France
By Jean Olin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, rare and strikingly handsome, this high vase was designed by Sigismund Olesiewicz (who later took the French name Jean Olin) for Primavera and produced by the famous Longwy wo...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"Figure with Harp, " Art Deco Midcentury Low Bowl by Rudolf Petersen, Rare
By Rudolf Petersen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very fine and highly rare bowl, featuring a seated female figure in classical robes who is plucking an oval harp, exhibits the incised design and rich colors that Rudolf Peterse...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
Large, Two-Handled Art Deco Urn with Stylized Leaves, Deep Orange, 1930
By William Hentschel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A marvelous and important example of William Hentschel's artistry at the famed Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati, this large, two-handled urn depicts stylized leaf forms in a dark brown...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Jewel-Toned Mid-Century Covered Box, Italy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly unusual and brilliantly glazed, this covered box features a sequence of geometric shapes in bas relief that are filled with pools of vivid, jewel-toned glazes in sapphire, eme...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Clay
"Exotic Scene with Female Figure, " Rare and Large Art Deco Platter by Pereny
By Andrew Pereny
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Almost fauvist in its bold use of color, this large (15-inch) platter features a female figure with long tresses framed by boughs laden with fruit or flowers, all executed in a tropi...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Materials
Clay
"Venetian Carnival, " Highly Sculptural Mid-Century Lamps by Eugenio Pattarino
By Eugenio Pattarino
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finished in luscious glazes the color of red wine and bright gold, this rare pair of Mid-Century lamps depict a cluster of Carnival revelers in masks and festive costume. The pair is...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
"Zephyrus and Flora, " Rare and Striking Art Deco Sculpture by Williams
By Wheeler Williams
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived as two nude figures rising out of a bed of cumulus clouds, this sculpture depicts Zephyrus and Flora, Greek gods and lovers. The warm westerly wind of Zephyrus ...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Vase with Stylized Fish, Hentschel for Rookwood, Deep Orange
By William Hentschel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest and most remarkable examples of Art Deco pottery we've seen by the famous Rookwood firm in Cincinnati, this vase gorgeously finished in a rust-hued glaze features a...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"Seated Nude, " Rare Art Deco Vase by Vicke Linstrand, 1940s
By Vicke Lindstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the masters of Scandinavian Art Deco and Mid-Century design in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Vicke Lindstrand is best known for his work in glass for Orrefors in the 1930s and f...
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Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"Allegory of Abundance, " Important MGM Movie Prop, Art Deco Sculpture
By Geza De Vegh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An MGM Studios prop and an important survivor of Hollywood's Golden Age, this piece may be the most ambitious Art Deco sculpture produced by any of America's leading porcelain manufa...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"In the Sauna, " Highly Rare Mid-Century Dish by Der März, Estonia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This charming Mid-Century scene, in a sauna, depicts two nude figures in a moment of cleansing during the Fasting Month, or "Paastu Kuu." Each figure is shown with switches of silver...
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Vintage 1950s Estonian Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Clay
"Gathering Around the Table, " Large, Rare Mid-Century Bowl by Meister
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Deliberately and charmingly naive and Primitive in style, reminiscent of some of the WPA-sponsored work produced in America, this large and very rare decorated bowl was produced by t...
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Vintage 1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
"Spiny Fish, " Rare Art Deco Tile with Quartersawn Oak Frame
By Mosaic Tile Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Cleanly designed and beautifully glazed by the Mosaic Tile Company of Zanesville, Ohio in the 1930s, this Classic Art Deco tile is framed in its original quartersawn oak frame. Founded in the 1890s, the Mosaic company reached its peak in the 1920s and 1930s, attracting major talent such as Frederick Hurten...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Art
Materials
Clay
"Seaside Scenes, " Unique Art Deco Bowl with Fishing Village Scenes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Whimsical and vividly glazed, this fabulous, unique Art Deco bowl depicts two contrasting scenes from a rural seaside village: a father and son fi...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
"Nude Shepherd Playing Pipes, " Unique Art Deco Sculptural Panel, 1940
By Jolan Cser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Somehow naively charming and sophisticated at the same time, this pierced sculptural panel by Jolan Cser, a Hungarian artist, depicts a nude shepherd youth playing the pipes, accompa...
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Vintage 1940s Hungarian Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Seashells and Coral, " Unique Art Deco Vase with Gold Glaze by Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Its gold-on-brown glazes softly glistening in the light, this lovely and unique vase by Waylande Gregory depicts a variety of undersea life, including nautilus shells and starfish on...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"African with Lute, " Sculpture of Female Nude by Archipenko's ARKO School
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted in the late 1920s by Margaret Berger, a student of Alexander Archipenko, this is one of the finest sculptures to come out of his ARKO Modern A...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Art Deco Decorated Plates with Horses, Italian, Late 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with freshness and sophistication, this pair of Italian Art Deco plates depict elegant, stylized horses, one ridden by a blue-coated man in a bicorn ...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
"Lotus Flower Bowl", Rare Art Deco Bowl w/ Attached Frog by Rookwood, Sky Blue
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and striking, this large Art Deco bowl, dating from 1928, depicts a large, open lotus blossom to one side, with a second blossom's center seed...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
"Horse with Flying Tail, " Sgraffito Masterpiece by Glidden Parker, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large, early and rare example of Glidden Parker's ceramic artistry, this striking tray depicting a horse with flying tail and mane depicts his mastery of the sgraffito technique, w...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Materials
Clay
"Women with Baskets, " Rare Pair of Art Deco Decorated Plates, Italy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with freshness and sophistication, this pair of Italian Art Deco plates depict elegant female figures, each balancing baskets on their heads, striding toward a tower in the distance. One in a blue Classical robe, with her Art Deco hair...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
"Nude with Bowl, " Rare Art Deco Sculpture by Solon for Amer, Encaustic
By Leon Victor Solon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic and rare example of Art Deco sculpture, this piece was designed by Leon Victor Solon, an important color theorist and designer who became the artistic director of the American Encaustic Tile...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Pirate with Cutlass, " Early Sculpture by Walter Inglis Anderson for Shearwater
By Walter Inglis Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Walter Anderson is best known for his superb series of watercolor paintings depicting the birds and animals of the Gulf Coast, influenced by the stylization of the Art Deco period, he also collaborated with his brothers in creating ceramic pieces for the Shearwater Pottery...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Wassail Feast" Charger by Pewabic for Detroit Institute of Arts, 1982
By Pewabic Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Crafted by one of America's finest Arts and Crafts potteries long after the era was over, this charger, glazed in a lovely, deep forest green, was made by Pewabic Pottery in Detroit for an annual holiday event hosted by the Detroit Institute of Arts...
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Vintage 1980s American Arts and Crafts Platters and Serveware
Materials
Clay
"Opposition, " Rare Art Deco Cloisonné Tile with Anti-Nazi Theme, 1945
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and remarkable tile produced at the close of World War II in Delft, depicting the Nazi dragon being slayed by the Dutch people, is a superb example of Art Deco cloisonné...
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Vintage 1940s Dutch Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Rare, Large Art Deco Vase with Foliate Motif by Stangl for Fulper
By Fulper Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very rare form, but glazed with the gorgeous mottled and streaky glaze that Fulper Pottery was famous for, this fluted, flaring vase is decorated with deep bas relief leaf and bran...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Clay
"Nude on Horseback, " Art Deco Sculpture by Else Bach for Karlsruhe
By Else Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The large and rare Majolica group consisting of a nude male figure riding a horse was sculpted by Else Bach for the famous Karlsruhe ceramic works in...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Seated Female Nude, " Lovely French Art Deco Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finished in a soft ivory glaze with subtle shifts to dove grey, this lovely, placid nude is depicted in a seated position with her hands clasped and her gaze looking into the distanc...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Clay
"Indian Chief and Family, " Important WPA-Era Sculpture by Seaver, 1930s
By Elizabeth Anderson Seaver 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable ceramic sculpture, probably the best work of Elisabeth Andersen Seaver, one of the famous Cleveland School ceramicists -- depicts an Indian chief with full feather he...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Set of Nine Unusual Art Deco Knife Rests in Porcelain, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming yet sophisticated, this set of unusual, streamlined Art Deco knife rests depict a range of attenuated animal creatures, including a salam...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Superb Art Deco Vase with Tropical Bird Motif, George Condé for Mougin, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very fine and rare Art Deco vase with deeply incised design, depicting tropical birds amidst a profusion of flowers and leaf forms, was designed by George Condé for Mougin Frere...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Art Deco Vase in Pitcher Form by Greber
By Charles Greber
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in metallic black and coral hues, this vase in pitcher form has a classic, Art Deco silhouette, with geometric, fan-shaped setbacks at the bottom. This piece was ma...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"Airplane over the Earth, " Rare Art Deco Bowl by Ravilious for Wedgwood
By Eric Ravilious
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed by Eric Ravilious, one of England's great graphic artists and painters in the pre-war era, for Wedgwood's "Travel" line of table porcelains, this rare bowl shows an airplane...
Category
Vintage 1950s British Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
