French Ceramic Rectangular Dish by Gustave Reynaud for Le Mûrier 'circa 1960s'

French ceramic small serving dish by Gustave Reynaud and Le Mûrier (circa 1960s). Shallow bowl-shaped ceramic piece and handle with French coq motif hand painted in the recess in Le ...

Mid-century French ceramic tray by Gustave Reynaud for Le Mûrier (circa 1960s). Rectangular-shaped tray (similar to a cake pan shape) with raised rim and slig...

Vintage French ceramic decorative stein by Gustave Reynaud, Le Mûrier studio (circa 1960s). A delightful drinking vessel (or preferably a small flower vase perhaps?) with handle in t...

Vintage French ceramic decorative stein by Gustave Reynaud, Le Mûrier studio (circa 1960s). A delightful drinking vessel (or preferably a small flower vase perhaps?) with handle in t...

Decorative vintage ceramic casserole with lid by Gustave Reynaud, Le Mûrier (circa 1950s). On the rustic exterior is a characteristically French rooster in a light mulberry colour wi...

Vintage French ceramic jug by Le Mûrier (circa 1960s). A delightful ceramic piece with curved handle and a spout with lip. A creamy white lustrous g...

Gustave Reynaud, Le Murier Studio Pottery, Mid-Century ceramic, Vallauris, 1960s Very nice decorative ceramic tray decorated with a red rooster. This piece is characteristic of Gu...

Ceramic plate / serving dish by Les 2 Potiers, France, 1960s Les 2 Potiers, Jacques and Michelle Serre, active in France between 1956 and 1970.

Beautiful midcentury handcrafted bowl by Gustave Reynaud for Atelier Le Murier. Earthenware decorated with scarifications on gray enamel and red copper. Wood firing. Hand written ...

Beautiful ceramic plate by French artist Gustave Reynaud from the 1960s. Plate with off-white glaze with blue painted flower motif. Signed on bottom. Great as catch-all or to be hung...

Dish designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden. 1960s. Stoneware. Signed. Measurements: H: 6 cm / 2 1/4" Diameter: 18.5 cm / 7 1/4". Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the town of Mariestad, in the west of Sweden. As a child, he dreamed of being a successful painter. He started working for Rorstrand in neighboring Lidkoping at the age of 18. Initially, he decorated ceramic wares as assistant for the leading artist Gunnar Nylund. Carl-Harry decorated Rorstrand’s exclusive Flambé range as well as producing idyllic floral designs. In the mid 1940s, Carl-Harry Stålhane began to develop his own stoneware. He had his first solo exhibition in 1948, impressing the public with an ability to work in most contemporary styles of stoneware. But after studying in Paris in the late 1940s, Carl-Harry found a style that was truly his own. Inspired by the hunger for new products to meet the post-war economic boom, he developed from being a gifted decorator to a first-rate ceramic artist. He was praised for his "column-like, slender-necked stoneware vases with their peach surfaces", as one magazine put it. Spurred on by a deep love of the ceramic wares of the Far East, Carl-Harry liberated himself from the European tradition of ceramics, finding inspiration in foreign cultures, in Picasso and in constructivist art. The 1950s brought major successes: a diploma and a gold medal at Milan Triennials as well as solo exhibitions in Sweden, the UK and the USA. Carl-Harry commenced his career as an industrial designer in 1954. His Blanca tableware — in elegant white porcelain — was much in demand and gained him international prizes. He designed almost everything from numerous table sets decorations to rustic ashtrays. Carl-Harry Stålhane’s production of unique ceramic works of art increased notably in the late 1950s. In 1960 he reached something of a peak with an exhibition at Galerie Blanche in Stockholm. The exhibition showed robustly dark wares that were hailed as the new ceramics...

Beautiful hand painted pot with lid by Gustave Reynaud from France. White-grey glaze with blue and green painted floral motif. Handle and removable l...