Mid Century Ceramic Horse Head Ashtray in the style of Waylande Gregory Studio

Beautiful functional and decorative ceramic piece. This piece displays one main decorative statement, a stylized horse figure in profile from the back in a stunning red glaze that co...

Fun and rare midcentury ceramic ashtray in brown, ivory and gold glaze by Ellen Malmer for Royal Copenhagen, circa 1960s. The piece is in ex...

A really nice mid-century modern Italian ceramic ashtray circa 1960s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips, cracks or crazin...

A great handmade ceramic horse sculpture by Dorothy Kindell, circa 1940s. This rare piece is quite large, in good vintage condition (some minor...

Massive and beautifully glazed stoneware bowl with 'jumping horse' centre motif executed with 'Verdigris green' glaze on a 'splatter' of red glaze. Designed by Swedish ceramist John ...

Art Deco Ashtray in the Shape of a Horse Hand Painted USA, circa 1950 "marked 1950 on the underside" "in nice vintage as found condition"

Beautiful and whimsical ceramic vase handmade by celebrated artist Mathilde Schaefer, wife of noted Arizona artist Lew Davis. This unusual and rare terra cotta vase with a glazed turquoise interior (and other glazed portions: manes, tails, hooves and eyes), is dated 1949 on the bottom in pencil and marked "Desert Kilns Arizona." Also inscribed in pencil on the bottom: “Merry Christmas from Bill Benton.” We are not certain who the recipient was but the vase was owned and given as a gift by Bill Benton, a Senator from Connecticut who wintered in Arizona. He was a friend of Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s when Arizona and Phoenix in particular had a very active art community. Known in Arizona in the 1960s as an instructor of pottery and sculpture at the Desert School of Art in Scottsdale and also as the wife of artist Lew Davis, she was born in New York City and studied with Raoul Josset and Walter Lemcke. In 1938, she began exhibiting at the Art Institute of Chicago. She married Davis and they moved to Scottsdale, Arizona where she maintained a studio. Her sculpture is in numerous collections including that of International Business Machines...

Masterfully created whimsical horse bowl in the manner of 1960s Italian ceramics like Gambone with a gold and terracotta design. Signed.