Stoneware Decorative Objects

A striking rectangular stoneware vase designed by Swedish ceramicist Rolf Palm for Höganäs Keramik, circa 1970. This sculptural piece exemplifies Scandinavian studio pottery at its f...

Vestiges II Sculptural Ceramic Vase by Audrey Vo Van Dimensions: D 26 x W 26 x H 31 cm Materials: Black clay (stoneware) - Coil technique Handbuilt - 2 firings Audrey Vo Van is a Fr...

“Fleur Noir," 2015. Hand-carved, unglazed stoneware. Halima Cassell is an award winning ceramic artist and her work is represented in several international museums including the Vi...

Small Brutal Vase by Sophie Vaidie One Of A Kind. Dimensions: 6 x W 21 x H 26 cm. Materials: Beige stoneware with big chamotte. Also available in a taller size. Please contact us. ...

Concentric horizontal ribs give tactile definition to the bulbous profile of this stoneware vase, finished in mottled blue with warm buff clay showing through along the raised ridges...

This is a very rare and large Covered Vase by Mason's Ironstone pottery, England, dating to the Late Georgian Regency period , circa 1825. This piece is very well potted with a vertically fluted body sat on a low foot with two substantial handles either side. The domed lid has six small air holes in it and a large knob...

A nice MCM drip glaze studio pottery stoneware vase by Del Soto, circa 1971. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 7.5"D x 7"H; it is sign...

Haniwa Warrior 12 sculpture by Noe Kuremoto Materials: black stoneware sculpture Dimensions: D11 x W33 x H59 cm My interpretation of ancient clay figurine...

This miniature, collectible stoneware vase was designed by Gunnar Borg for the Swedish manufacture Höganäs Keramik during the 1960s. Handmade by a Master, with the utmost care and at...

Aquilla vase by Cosmin Florea Unique piece Dimensions: W14 x D 30 x H 66 cm Materials: Stoneware Please note that this item is handmade and therefore unique; variations are to ...

Untitled No. 56 Vase by Marea Hildebrand Handmade Dimensions: D 44 x W 44 x H 51 cm Materials: Stoneware with slip. Marea Hildebrand (b. 1989) is a Zurich-based ceramic artist with...

A refined example of French Art Deco ceramics, this elegant stoneware jug was created by Louis Lourioux in Foëcy, France, around 1920. Distinguished by its harmonious proportions, sc...

Superb large pot, suitable for use as a soup tureen, candy dish, or as a trinket dish. Georges Martin (1932–2020) was a French ceramicist, trained at the École Boulle, renowned for h...

Unique Arq 007 Musgo Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz. Dimensions: Ø 15.5 x 15.5 cm Materials: Hand-sculpted glazed stoneware. The Arq series emerged from our own past product...

Mari Simmulson for Upsala Ekeby Handled vase, model 43130/8, 1960s. Stoneware vase with a gently balustered body and two small handles. Features a textured surface with vertical reli...

This is an ironstone Vase in the blue Hawthorne and fence and bowl pattern, made by Mason's Ironstone of Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, during the first half of the 19th century...

A small blue stoneware vase or pitcher by Berndt Friberg at Gustavsberg in the Selecta-serie, it has a lovely blue har-fur glaze. It is 9 cm tall and in excellent condition. It is un...

Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg, fish sculpture. Decorative fish sculpture in glazed stoneware, model “Stim 7”. Finished in a deep brown glaze with defined, ribbed fins and finely mode...

Mobach, Holland Ceramic Vase / Herb Pot, 1970s. Sculptural, geometric stoneware vase with a matte, hand-glazed surface in soft, muted tones. A characteristic example of Mobach’s mode...

A small Studio Pottery dish by significant 20th century ceramicist Otto Heino. This example features the buttery yellow glaze Heino perfected after his wife’s death, a continuation o...

This is a very decorative dish or plate by Mason's Ironstone, Lane Delph, England in the Bamboo and Basket pattern, dating to the early 19th century, Georgian period, circa 1813-1820. The plate or dish is fairly deep and circular in shape with a notched rim. It is decorated in one of Mason's boldly colored chinoiserie...

A large blue Hedgehog-vase designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand. It is 16 cm (6.4") high and in excellent condition. The vase is marked as the photo shows. Gunnar Nylund is born i...

A rare and highly decorative French Art Deco stoneware vase by Joseph Mougin, created in Nancy, France, during the 1920s. Known as the "Coloquinte" model, this exceptional piece feat...

A group of nine bowls of stoneware/ceramics designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand in the 1950s. The largest bowl is 17 x 10.5 cm in diameter and the smallest is 10 x 7.5 cm in diame...

A lovely bowl of model Argenta 1510 designed by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg, this bowl is 21.5 cm (8.6") in diameter and about 5 cm (2") high. It has a lovely silver-decor of a drago...

A rare and stunning Doulton Lambeth copper clad art pottery vase decorated with fish swimming amidst weed by renowned artist Francis C Pope and dating from the early 20th century. Th...

White Stoneware Alavastron Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki Unique Dimensions: ⌀ 20 x H 40 cm (Dimensions may vary) Materials: Stoneware Available finishes: White, Red, Black, Brown, Blac...

A beautiful stoneware vase with amazing glaze. Designed by Gunnar Nylund for Nymolle, Denmark, 1960s. Great original condition. No chips, cracks or crazing. Incised with signature '...

Carl-Harry Stålhane is one of Scandinavia’s most characteristic ceramic designers of all time. Stålhane was the Artistic Leader of Rörstrand (Lidköping) starting in the mid 50s. At ...

Hydria Hueso stoneware vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz Dimensions: D 16 x H 24 cm Materials: Stoneware The N.3 series is the result of a profound analysis of the different ty...

Moon jar in gloss by Solem Ceramics Dimensions: Ø 42 x H 42 cm. Materials: Red stoneware, white slip, glaze. This Jar is also available in Raw and Obsidian finishes. Solem’s wo...

Superb contemporary vase by Lebanese artist Nayla Sirgi. This masterful piece is distinguished by its organic silhouette, both powerful and delicate. The body of the vase, in texture...

Beautiful stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in an oval, plump form. Vibrant blue hare’s fur glaze, paler on the top half of the body. Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, renown...

Staffordshire, England, circa 1745 – 1760 This charming and unusual figure depicts a seated cat, its body marbled in tones of buff, grey, and warm brown, the patterns flowing like fur beneath a translucent salt glaze. From the crown of its head rises a small candleholder—an enchanting, functional variation that transforms the cat into a decorative light for the Georgian home. The salt-glazed surface has a gentle satin sheen, enlivened by a cobalt wash brushed across the ears and shoulders, a subtle touch of color that draws the eye. The figure is compact and beautifully balanced, exuding both humor and grace: a work of wit and craftsmanship meant to charm and amuse as much as to illuminate. As a pair, this cat with candleholder and its companion cat carrying a mouse form a dialogue of light and life—one playful, one practical—representing the Staffordshire potters’ genius for turning everyday subjects into artful curiosities. Attribution and Significance Within the history of English ceramics, agateware animals represent the marriage of experimentation and domestic charm. They were objects of conversation—proof of a potter’s technical mastery and a household’s refinement. This cat, with its delicate candleholder, captures that artistic playfulness and innovation. The glaze’s clarity, the elegant pose, and the subtle marbling make it not only an artifact of mid-18th-century Staffordshire but also a small masterpiece of whimsy and craft. Scholarly Analysis and Authentication The figure is made from laminated clays of contrasting colors, known as laid agate, a technique perfected in Staffordshire workshops during the 1740s and 1750s. Strata of buff, pale grey, and iron-bearing brown clay were rolled together, pressed into a two-part mold, and luted along the spine before firing. The cat’s body thus shows true through-body marbling: the veining continues through the thickness of the clay, not merely applied on the surface. The candle socket, made from a single buff clay rather than agate, was luted to the head before glazing. This practical choice prevented distortion during firing and was a typical workshop economy seen in other mid-18th-century functional animal forms. The piece was salt-glazed in a wood- or coal-fired kiln into which common salt was introduced near peak temperature. Sodium vapor combined with the silica of the clay to form a thin, glassy coating. Here, the glaze is smooth and even, suggesting the cat was fired within a protective sagger. The underside of the figure is open, revealing the pressed-clay interior. Two or three very small stilt contacts are visible on the bottom ledge, confirming that the figure rested on kiln props during firing rather than being supported from beneath a closed base. The cobalt wash was brushed under the glaze before firing. It fuses permanently into the surface, creating soft haloes of blue wholly consistent with decoration on salt-glazed figures from the Whieldon circle circa 1750-1760. Later 19th-century reproductions employ overpainted enamels that sit atop the glaze. The open underside, authentic stratified body, integrated socket, and original cobalt staining collectively identify this as a genuine product of Staffordshire’s mid-18th-century agateware tradition, most plausibly from the orbit of Thomas Whieldon at Fenton Vivian or a closely related potter. The measured height, modelling, and marbling correspond closely to examples in the Burnap Collection (nos.. 362–363, Nelson-Atkins Museum) and Sotheby’s (2015) — “A Staffordshire agateware cat-form candlestick, circa 1755. Provenance / Condition: Current Condition: Excellent, with one ear repaired at the tip and restoration at the top of the candleholder; the glaze remains bright and continuous across the body and socket. References: Burnap Collection, English Pottery 1675–1825, nos. 362–363. Sotheby’s (2015) — “A Staffordshire agateware cat-form candlestick, circa 1755. Christie’s, London 2010, lot 82. 1stDibs “Staffordshire Agateware Pottery Saltglaze Figure of a Cat,” item ref LU95812370442 Price: $3100 Chipstone Foundation, Marbled Agateware: Techniques and Identification, 2005. Henry Sandon, Staffordshire Pottery, 1970, pp. 52–54. John Howard Antiques, Antique Agateware...

Olé 12 Vase by Hania Jneid Unique Piece. Dimensions: Ø 17 x H 34 cm. Materials: Stoneware, glaze and gold luster. Numbered Olé Vase in the collection Olé, a tribute to the Flamenco ...

Matte White Speckled Moon Jar by Jason Fox. A Southern Californian for over half his life, Contemporary Ceramic Artist Jason Fox draws upon his classical education in Architecture a...

Elevate your interior design with the Golden Winter Wood Vessel from The Shine Studios. This large hand-sculpted masterpiece is covered in metallic gold, featuring a captivating blac...

Louis Lourioux 1874-1930. Beautiful and decorative stoneware vase decorated in turquoise-green glaze with a caramel-colored band. Signature with the wolf stamp. France approx. 1...

A further examination of "The Challis" these sculptural pieces become an offering, a gift, a ritual. Rather than a cup to be used it is a piece to be celebrated. Each one complete...

Coupe Noire by Cica Gomez Dimensions: Ø 22 x H 11 cm Materials: Stoneware Usual objects. My work is first driven by the search for the line. The one ...

We have gathered a Groupe of 2 pieces, made at Rörstrand during the midcentury. The pieces are designed by Carl Harry Stålhane. Their slick minimalistic and elegant form make a perfe...

This vase embodies a raw, punk sensibility translated into refined stoneware craftsmanship. The cylindrical body is hand-built in glazed stoneware, its surface treated with a drawn, ...

Unique stoneware bowl by Stig Lindberg, in a smooth, delicate and asymmetric form. Glazed with beautiful eggshell white and pale apricot and grey streaks.

A striking vintage studio pottery vase featuring a sculptural faceted form with rich oxblood red and earthy brown glaze decoration. The vessel’s hand-thrown character is enhanced by ...

Hand thrown stoneware table planter. The planter features a ribbed exterior with incised detail and a painted black glaze atop the unglazed vessel.  Signed "Slater" on the underside....

Butter milk anatomía sutil stoneware vase by Camila Apaez One of a kind Materials: Stoneware Dimensions: 25 x 8 x 22 cm Options: White bone, butter milk, charcoal black This y...

Rare piece executed by the artist during a stay at the Chateau de Ratilly, home and workshop of the potter Norbert Pierlot from which he borrowed both the clay and the milky glaze. ...

Wood fired stoneware sculpture by Amanda Gentry. Made in 2018

A large and impressive Art Deco Doulton Lambeth floral decorated presentation vase made by renowned artist Vera Huggins and dated 1938. The large stoneware vase stands on a narrow round skirted foot with a wide bulbous body with a pinched neck and short everted rim. The body of the vase is decorated around the upper body with incised repeat large floral blooms set within an incised shaped border. The flowers are hand painted in tones of pink, brown and green and set against a pale green mottled ground with the borders in brown and the lower vase decorated in streaked flow blue glazes. The pattern around the top incorporates the initials E.F. along with the date 21.9.38 and believe that this was a unique presentation piece for a special event. The vase has impressed makers marks to the base and is numbered 23024 and unusually has a full Vera Huggins signature (suggesting it may have been a personal gift from her) along with assistant marks for Winnie Bowstead...

Fleur Bulbonneuse by Agnès Debizet Dimension: H 27 x Ø 37 cm Material: stoneware, porcelain slip, glass Type: one-of-a-kind Year: 2017 Debizet relies on an interdisciplinary array...

Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1977. Stoneware. Signed. From a private Swedish collection. Berndt Friberg is among the most skilled Swedish ceramicists of the 20...

Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1956. Stoneware. Signed. H: 47 cm / 18 1/2’’ D: 11 cm / 4 1/2’’ Provenance: From a private Swedish collection. Berndt Friberg was...

A charming and highly decorative group of three small vintage ceramics by the celebrated Kähler workshop of Næstved, Denmark, circa 1960s. The collection comprises two sculptural sq...

"Isolated N.6" stoneware vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz One of a Kind Dimensions: D 9 x H 13 cm Materials: Hand sculpted, Stoneware with grog The pieces are handbuilt white...

Olé 3 Vase by Hania Jneid Unique Piece. Dimensions: Ø 19 x H 20 cm Materials: Stoneware, glaze and gold luster. Numbered Olé Vase in the collection Olé, a tribute to the Flamenco cu...

Hand built ceramic sculpture in mottled black glaze. This piece, one in a series of Modern TOTEMS has a crimped curve open top, an elongated center form, tripod legs and a luscious b...

A large, rare stoneware vase by Josef Simon (born in Hungary 1935- died in Stockholm 2015), Sweden 1960s. The vase is partially glazed with dark and light blue shades. Signed: Simo...

Vase ‘Pungo’ designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s. Stoneware. Stamped. Measurements: H: 24 cm / 9 1/2" W: 13 cm / 5” D: 11 cm / 4 1/4". Stig Lindberg’s “Pungo” vases...

This pair of early 19th-century Wedgwood caneware saucers shows the elegant restraint that defines the firm’s neoclassical production of the Regency period. Made in the characteristi...

Willhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg “Argenta” series, mid-20th century. Bowl in the classic turquoise glaze with silver inlays, characteristic of Kåge’s iconic Argenta work for Gustavsberg...