1930s Ceramics

Elegant Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1930's: Dancer with shoulder-length hair in a long, wide, gray skirt with floral decoration and a pink...

Depiction of a dancer in Spanish costume: she wears a mantilla, a veil cloth that covers the head and neck down to the shoulders. Often, as here, a high comb is also tucked underneath, the peineta. The cloth is still worn today for festive costumes and is mostly made in lace technique. In addition, the dancer wears an elaborately decorated with floral patterns asymmetrical ruffled skirt. On oval, black-beige marbled base in rare execution. This figure also exists as a group 'Spanish Dance' with dance partner, model number 7557, a more frequent version. Designed by Josef LORENZL (1892 - 1950), an Austrian sculptor and ceramic modeler. His bronze statuettes often show graceful dancers with long...

A rare glazed hand crafted studio pottery tile decorated with two fish by renowned English potter Bernard Leach CBE (British, 1887-1979) and made at the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cor...

Longwy Art Deco French Cloisonné Ceramic Vase. Stunning color with faceted base with blue, gold circular droplets interse...

A rare handcrafted glazed Studio Pottery tile depicting the pottery in St Ives, Cornwall by renowned English potter Bernard Leach CBE (British, 1887-1979) and made at the Leach Potte...

A very fine Art Deco Wedgwood floral cabinet coffee can and saucer by renowned designed Millicent (Millie) Jane Taplin (British, 1902-1980) and dating f...

A rare glazed hand crafted studio pottery tile decorated with a running deer by renowned English potter Bernard Leach CBE (British, 1887-1979) and made at the Leach Pottery in St Ive...

Rare Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figurine: Depiction of a seated dancer in a blue, strapless ball gown with lace flounces, the right leg folded over the left and the left arm on the knee, holding a ball mask...

Very rare Goldscheider Vienna ceramic figure of the 1930s: Young pretty lady, chin-length hair fastened with a hair band, posing in a long green dress with a wide, high-slit skirt decorated with flowers, which she holds up with both arms stretched out to the side, her head turned to the side with a straight look. On a cream-colored oval base shaded on the side. Manufactory: Goldscheider Vienna / Austria Technique: handcrafted ceramics, finest hand painting, glossy finish Designer: Claire Weiss /= Klára Herczeg (1906-1997) Sculptor, childhood in Vienna, apprenticeship as a sculptor at the Vienna Arsenal Foundry, studies at the Budapest Art...

Auguste Mouzin et Cie, Belgium, designed and manufactured this lovely Art Deco bedroom or dresser ceramic set. The set comprised four ceramic pieces: a pitcher, a large basin bowl, a...

This Art Deco Sculpture was produced in Italy and more precisely in Milan, by Guido Cacciapuoti in the 1930s.  The base is in ebonized wood and the sculpture, a couple of fishes is in light blue porcelain stoneware. Under the base there is the label 'Made in Italy, G. Cacciapuoti, Ceramics and...

A Japanese transferware china serving platter by Noritake in the Olympia pattern. At the center is colorful floral spray, with a vine leaf border...

Art Deco Little lama sculpture by Charles Lemanceau at Saint-Clement (Luneville), France, 1930. French Art Deco ceramic. Measures: Width: 10.2"(26cm), Height: 10.2"(25.8cm), Depth: 2...

A gorgeous character beer stein - King. This character beer stein has been made in Germany circa 1930s or older, attributed to E. Bohne, Thuringia Germany. Absolutely gorgeous piece ...

Elevate your interior with this exquisite Modernist Bronze Vase by Noel R., a captivating piece of art from circa 1930, manufactured in France. T...

Antique Primavera ceramic vase for the Parisian Atelier Printemps, marked and numbered 12936 plus made in France, Primavera.

Set of 5 Porcelain Snails Knife signed Limoges, circa 1930.  

An Art Deco Vase made by Longwy in France with the technique of Ceramic Cloisonné that gives an extra dimension to the design by carving heavy lines into the pattern and filling them...

Pair of art deco ceramic figures by Geza de Vegh (1905-1989) the Hungarian-American sculptor who created a range of pieces for the Lenox and Lamberton Scammell porcelain works, both ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this seriously cool, circa 1930s Art Deco wall mounted spice rack stamped by Petrus Regout & Co Maastricht Holland A very collectable and decorative piece of kitchen furniture...

Argenta Vase with nude woman Algot Wilhelm Kåge (6 March 1889 – 25 November 1960) was a Swedish artist and designer, mainly known as a ceramic d...

Anna-Lisa Thomson (1905-1952) is one of the well-known representatives of the illustrious Swedish ceramic design of the 20th century. She was one of the leading designers for the Ups...

Charles Catteau - Boch Frères, La Louvière - Vase with Minimalist decoration with bands, silver on black background - model D1783 - 1933s Beautiful Art Deco vases designed by Charle...

Polar bear at ice POOL, a ceramic bowl manufactured by Ditmar Urbach in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. The bowl was designed to celebrate Nora, the first polar bear in the Prague Zoo. ...

Rare and iconic budded vase by Danish master of stoneware Axel Salto in terra-cotta and celadon green glaze. Made at the terracotta manufacturer "P.Ibsens Enke" in the 1930s. Signed ...

A beautiful ceramic vase in lovely Art Deco-style designed by Einar Luterkort, the vase is designed at Upsala Ekeby in the 1930s. It is 27 cm (10.8") high and about 15 cm (6") in di...

Guido Andlovitz.

Pair of ceramics Sign: Ceramic with enamel : Catherine Barjansky Made in Belgica Boch Ceramic White: Sign: BFK made in Belgium The Boch manufacture was established in Belgian La Louvière by Jean-François Boch, one of main owners of another known company, Villeroy & Boch. The direction of Boch Freres SNC was in 1844 taken by Victor Boch. Production could be started immediately thanks to other Boch family ceramic businesses that sold Victor ready-to-use copperplates. This faience manufacture developed very fast. In 1847 the company won a gold medal at the exhibition of the Belgian industry. In 1855 they already employeed 300 workers in La Louvière (Keramis) and 100 in Tournai (Boch Freres) factory. Around 1860 the production of polychrome pieces was started. In 1904 the first in Europe tunnel kiln was launched. Problems started in 1970s. The company went bankrupt in 1985 and was reactivated as Novoboch and MRL Boch. In 2015 was started Keramis Center, just two rooms showing Royal Boch history. One of the most important designers for Boch Frères Keramis was Charles Catteau. He was French but in 1906 moved to La Louvière. Patterns designed by Catteau were created in following years: The Boch Frères Kéramis factory (Belgium, province of Hainaut, La Louvière) is now well known thanks to the work of the very dynamic Charles Catteau. That of the sculptor Catherine Barjansky is much less so, even if her career is international: Rome, Berlin, New York, Vienna, Paris, Brussels... Catherine is from Odessa, a Ukrainian city located in the Soviet Empire. At the age of twenty, she studied sculpture in Monaco where she met her husband, Alexandre Barjansky, the famous violinist whose name is now inseparable from a Stradivarius! Thanks to her husband's job, she travels a lot. Witnesses to his exchanges with the intellectual milieu of the time, his portraits of personalities dominate his work: a bust of Einstein, kept at the Solvay Institute in Brussels; a bust of Freud; or even Colette, author who prefaced her first exhibition in Brussels. She made a bust of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium...

Ceramic Sign: Made in Austria Keramos 2051 19/M Wiener Keramos, later Keramos AG or Keramos KG , was a Viennese ceramics manufacturer that made a name for itself especially in the interwar period . In addition to their own designs, designs from the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were also produced from 1932 onwards. In over 60 years of company history, around 3000 model designs have been produced by around 60 ceramists. Keramos also carried out commissions from the Wiener Werkstätte, such as vases by Dagobert Peche . History The origins of the Keramos company lie in two companies with the same name. The company Keramos – Invalid Society for Viennese Art Ceramics was founded at the end of 1919 on the initiative of the three ceramists Rudolf Wolf, Heinrich Wolf and Ludwig Rys, who had become invalids in World War I. Production started in September 1920. Art-ceramic lamps, figures, vases and boxes were produced. The company Keramos – Viennese art ceramics and porcelain manufactory was founded in 1920. Josef Hoffmann was a shareholder of Keramos for a long time, as was the sculptor Rudolf Podany, who was engaged from the start and created a large number of designs. From 1921 Anton Klieber was employed, who was also responsible for most of the models. Around 1924 both companies were merged and converted into an AG, commercial director became Otto Köller, the technical directors were the brothers Rudolf and Heinrich Wolf. "Some war invalid ceramists founded a workshop with the help of some artists, which was subsequently financed by the state and later enlarged with its participation and converted into a joint-stock company." The company's headquarters were in the Hofburg , Schwarze-Adler-Stiege, the factory in the 10th district of Vienna, Schleiergasse 17. Artistic collaborators at that time were Eduard Klablena , Otto Prutscher , Karl Perl , Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , IDA Schwetz- Lehmann and Grete Fucik-Fischmeister. On February 23, 1928, the triangular mark was entered in the trademark register. It was now also produced for the Wiener Werkstätte. Difficulties for the company arose from the Great Depression . Around 1932, 50 people were employed and a large number of models from Eduard Klabena and the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were taken over. The works created by Keramos were labeled with their company brands until after 1941. From 1939 the economic situation of the company was better managed by taking over the production of ceramic winter welfare organization badges, the so-called WHW badges. Before 1941 the company is converted into a KG named Keramos, Wiener Kunstkeramik und Porzellanmanufaktur Brüder Wolf KG . Otto Köller was no longer active from this point on. After the end of World War II, Robert Obsieger recommended Robert Mathis as the new head of Keramos, who took over the management of the ceramics manufactory in 1945. In 1949 Mathis introduced a new company logo, which was used alongside the existing triangle mark, the so-called coat of arms mark. Anton Klieber and Rudolf Podany continued to work as ceramists, and new artists such as Josef Lorenzl and Stephan Dakon , both of whom had previously worked for Goldscheider , as well as Rudolf Chocholka, Karl Grössl and Ina Eisenbeisser were engaged. New models such as dancers, children's figures, animals and nudes were created, as well as the well-known wall masks, young people and poodles from the mid-1950s, which corresponded to the trend at the time. In addition, however, traditional designs such as Madonna statues and busts, saints and angels were still made. Utility ceramics such as crockery, vases, lamp bases, candle holders and flower pots also became an important branch of production, and cooperation with the German manufacturer Carstens at the beginning of the 1960s was just as lucrative. In the course of the 1960s, the sales markets for figurative ceramics became increasingly difficult. So until 1982, production was increasingly shifted to everyday ceramics, since ceramic figures were no longer modern due to changing tastes and the spirit of the times. Ultimately, the economic situation at Keramos became more and more difficult and Klaus Mathis, the son of Robert Mathis and then director, who succeeded his father at the helm of the company at the beginning of the 1970s, initiated the liquidation of the company at the end of 1982 . Staff The following artistic collaborators have worked for Keramos over the years: Hans Adametz , Franz Barwig the Elder , Franz Barwig the Younger , Andreas Beck, Hans Bolek, Angelo Bortolotti, Hertha Bucher , Rudolf Chocholka, Stephan Dakon , Ferdinand Doblinger, Eckstein, Franz Eggenberger , Ina Eisenbeisser, English, Stephan Erdös, Alois Feichtinger, Feyslitz, Hans Friedberger, Grete Fucik-Fischmeister, Kurt Goebel, Anton Grath, Karl Grössl, M. Günther, Otto Hafenrichter, Arnold Hartig , Friedrich Herkner, Trude Hillinger, Leopold Hohl, Hostasch, Karl Jamök, Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , Eduard Klablena, Klar, Anton Klieber, Maria Klinger, Josef Kostial, Josef Lorenzl , Wilhelm Otto Lugerth, Viktor Matula, Gusty Mundt-Amman, Novotny, Carl Perl, Rudolf Podany, Friedrich Pollak, Hugo Postl, Adolf Prischl, Otto Prutscher , Max Rieder , Elisabeth Rieger-Hofmann, Walter Ritter , Willibald Russ, Karl Sailer, Schönberg, Schwarz, Ida Schwetz-Lehmann , Sult, Robert Ullmann , Otto Weigand, IDA Weiss-Moricz, Rudolf Wolf. Exhibitions • Jubilee exhibition of the Wiener Kunstgewerbeverein, Austrian Museum , Vienna 1924. • Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Paris, 1925. • Exhibition of Austrian arts and crafts...

André Villien art deco crispware vase with 1930 silver bronze trim decorated with squirrels. Good condition.

circa 1930s French silk brocade clutch with gilt brass & carved carnelian in woven brass clasp. Back with hand grip. Some losses near the top on both sides...

Elegant Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1930's: Dancer with shoulder-length hair in a long, wide, light gray skirt with floral decoration and ...

Early 20th century elegant pair of Italian-made Deruta amphorae, branded at the base. Characterized by a refined hand-painted decoration with Renaissance-inspired motifs. In perfect ...

Rare Goldscheider Art Deco Ceramic Figure Of The 1930: Young dancer with chin-length, dark blonde hair in a form-fitting, short, light-blue dress with a long train attached to the back with white-blue floral decoration, holding it up on both sides with outstretched arms and taking a step to the left. On a beige, slightly curved, stepped oval base with light green painting. Designed by Josef Lorenzl (1892 - 1950), was an Austrian sculptor and ceramic modeler. His bronze statuettes often show graceful dancers with long legs and closed eyes. Lorenzl designed numerous ceramics for Friedrich Goldscheider and Keramos and was one of the most popular artists...

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An early modernist vase. Produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s. Stoneware or earthenware. Designed by Harald Östergren (1888-1974) Other designers of the period include Ettore S...

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Andlovitz Guido design for Lavenia Italy/Laveno set of four cups with four plates good condition for the set except two little defect in two cups that you...

A very fine Art Deco pottery figure of a North American Native figure of a kneeling girl made by Van Briggle Art Pottery in the 1930’s. Van Briggle Art p...

Brilliant handmade hand glazed Art Nouveau planter jardinière, 1930s Wonderful Art Nouveau period/ monumental ceramic planter jardinière, handmade and hand-glazed in brilliant blue ...

Chubby beautiful oxblood red stoneware vase by pioneering ceramicist Carl Halier (1873-1948) for Royal Copenhagen in 1935, Denmark.   

A classic example of Art Nouveau earthenware, And decorated with carefully controlled drip glazes in blue and green shades. Made by the Belgian factory at Thulin (1930s) with m...

A gorgeous character beer stein - Monk. This character beer stein has been made in Germany circa 1930s or older, attributed to E. Bohne, Thuringia Germany. Absolutely gorgeous piece ...

Three children walking side by side: in the middle a blond boy dressed as Pierrot with a pointed hat, arm in arm with two girls, one in a red tutu dress, th...

Two delightful English Art Deco pottery novelty dog figures with glass eyes made by Fielding’s and Crown Devon and dating from the 1930’s. The small figures portray two small puppy d...

Little curly girl in a blue spotted dress, her hands on her hips and looking at a ball in front of her. On a beige, round flat base. Designer: GERMAINE BOURET (1907 - 1953) Dra...

Two large and rare bowls from the ‘Solbjerg’ series, from Nils Johan Thorvald Thorsson (1898–1975) earlier work for Aluminia and marked. Measures: Ø 28.5 x H 19.5 cm. Nils Johan T...

Rare, perhaps unique, this quintessential Art Deco sculptural object -- probably meant to serve as a paperweight -- was sculpted by David Warren Seyler for Kenton Hills Pottery in no...

A stylish Dutch Art Deco studio pottery vase decorated in grey hares fur glazes dating from around 1930. The stoneware hand-crafted vase is contemporary for its period and stands on a flat round base and is of tall cylindrical shape with a round and flat shoulder and slightly raised narrow opening with a flat rim. The vase is decorated in grey streaked glazes with a fine hares fur patterning with a natural glazed base and top rim bringing through the red color of the stoneware. The vase has an incised number 519 to the base and is impressed MOBACH UTRECHT...

Belgium Art Deco vase in enameled stoneware showing Norman knights made by Antoine Dubois in Bergen during the 1930. Perfect condition It's sig...

This spectacular large celadon vase was designed by Guido Andlovitz for the ceramics house, Società Ceramica Italiana, Lavenia where he was the Art ...

Head bust face statue from Belgium by Guiseppe Carli, (1915-1987) ceramic. Signed. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any further questions. ...

Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the late 1930s: Representation of an elegant lady in a long, close-fitting, off-the-shoulder dress with a ruffled neckline made of rose-colored ...

A gorgeous character beer stein - Munich Child. This character beer stein has been made in Germany circa 1930s or older, attributed to E. Bohne, Thuringia Germany. Absolutely gorgeou...

Longwy Art Deco French Cloisonné ceramic vase. Stunning colors with faceted base with blue, burgundy, and orange flowers ...

Precious vase molded by hand in glazed stoneware decorated with relief penguins in different poses, designed by the great ceramicist Roger Guerin for the Belgian house Armogres.

A gorgeous character bottle - traditional Bavarian waitress. This character bottle has been made in Germany circa 1930s or older, attributed to E. Boh...

Want to impress with a unique tea pot? This item is sure to dazzle your friends as it is unique. This vintage « bec verseur » or tea pot was created in France in the 1930s. It is mad...