Art Nouveau White Green Organic Bowl Centerpiece, 1950s

Stunning handmade Swedish 1940s Art Nouveau decorative vide poche bowl. Green leaves organically pouring over one side of the light green piece with thin decorative lines of running ...

Sculptural and graphically stunning Scandinavian midcentury modern warm anthracite black and white decorative centerpiece bowl. Hand-carved organic animalistic relief pattern of styl...

Vintage 1940s celadon green glazed round decorative bowl with two large elegantly organic swirling handles by Arthur Percy for Upsala Ekeby. Round and thick walled bowl in excellent ...

Extraordinary modernist item by Swedish Tilgmans Keramik. Fully glazed centerpiece or wall decoration depicting a green faced woman with long stemmed yellow and blue flowers on a striped dark blue background created with the sgraffito technique. Manufactured in 1957 by German/Swedish Paul Harald Tilgman in his workshop in a small town close to Gothenburg in Sweden. Blue patterned glaze on the sides and muted blue leaves on the milky white glazed base. Signed and dated on base. A rare and unique piece in beautiful condition! Sweden, 1957. About Tilgmans Keramik: Paul Harald “Harry” Tilgmann was born in Dresden, Germany in 1904 and emigrated to Sweden during WWII where he started Tilgmans Keramik (= Ceramics) in 1948 in the small town of Utbynäs close to Gothenburg. Tilgman had 16 employees working for him and when he hired the Polish refugee Marian Zawadzki (1912-1978) as artistic director in 1953, Tilgman Keramik started experimenting with the distinct sgraffito technique. The sgraffito technique consists of carving fine lines into the background of a design through a light coloured glaze down to a dark grey clay slip. This created a unique textured ground which has become a style associated with Tilgmans Keramik in particular. The decorative elements also appear to be outlined with a carved line and then hand painted with overglazes where birds, fish, flowers, butterflies and other animals were a common theme. This type of work was the most popular in Mid Century Sweden alongside Tilgmans small animal figurines...

Heavy Brass Art Nouveau centerpiece bowl with flared shape on a stylish base.

Elegant Italian centerpiece from the 1950s. Finished very well. The handle has a brass string that accentuates the beauty of the work. Good condition.  

Large, monumental and heavy art glass bowl. Made from cased green main glass with a center in sculpted pink and clear glass. It shape, colors and delicacy mimics an exotic water lily...

Outstanding hand blown red and white Murano glass bowl with inner air bubbles. Attributed to Seguso Vetri d'Arte. Italy, 1950s. This exquisite Murano glass decorative bowl has red g...