Stoneware Decorative Objects

Article: Ceramic pottery vase Origin: Germany, GDR Producer: VEB Haldensleben, Germany GDR Decade: 1970s This original vintage pottery object was designed and produced by...

A grey-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Gunnar Hansson in his own studio, Lomma, Sweden, c. 1950s-1960s.  

A brown and beige-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Wallåkra, Sweden, c. 1950s.

A brown and green glazed stoneware pitcher designed and produced by Höganas Keramik, Höganäs, Sweden, 1930s.

A Swedish Scandinavian Modern wine-red and grey stoneware bowl by Swedish Modernist designer Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand. This model is named "California" or "Californien" in S...

A stunning and unique stoneware rooster sculpture with amazing glaze. Made by Tyra Lundgren. Executed in her own studio in Sweden, 1955. Great condition, but with a couple of chips to the base (pictured). Signed by the artist in two places, and dated 1955-06-20. Provenance: bought from the estate of the artist in 1979. Tyra Lundgren (1897-1979) was one of the most multifaceted artists and modernists of the twentieth century. She was a painter, drawer, sculptor, ceramist, glass- and textile designer, as well as an author and an art critic. She was the first woman who designed glass for Paolo Venini at Murano in Venice and she also served as the artistic leader at Arabia in Helsinki at a time when men tended to hold those kinds of positions. Tyra Lundgren grew up in Djursholm, near Stockholm. Her parents were John Petter Lundgren, professor at Veterinärinstitutet (institute of veterinary sciences) in Stockholm, and Edith Lundgren née Åberg, who was a housewife and raised their six children. The bourgeois home also comprised a nanny and a female cook. The family were very socially active, travelled often, and enjoyed the outdoor lifestyle. Tyra Lundgren’s schooling began at Djursholm coeducational school, where her teachers included Natanael and Elsa Beskow and Alice Tegnér. Her school friends included Greta Knutson-Tzara, Stellan Mörner, and Ingrid Rydbeck-Zuhr. Tyra Lundgren knew from the time she was five years old that she wanted to be an artist. She first became aware of the profession through Axel Fahlcrantz, who rented a studio on the plot of land where she lived with her family. In 1913 she began to attend Högre konstindustriella skolan (HKS, now known as Konstfack, college of arts, crafts and design) where she studied decorative art as well as handicrafts in various forms until 1917. One of her fellow students and friends there was Estrid Ericson, who later founded Svenskt Tenn AB in 1924. Whilst attending HKS Tyra Lundgren also took painting lessons at the Althin school of painting. In 1917 she was accepted as a candidate at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts where, apart from breaks during which she undertook studies abroad, she remained until 1922. She spent a couple of months taking lessons from Anton Hanak in Vienna and from 1920–1923 she was a student of André Lhote in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was primarily active in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France, and Italy. She spent much of her professional life travelling and considered herself to be a European. Greece and Mexico also formed important centres in her artistic life, as did the USA. She had an extensive social network which included focal individuals within twentieth century-European and American artistic and cultural circles. Tyra Lundgren’s main artistic motifs were birds, fish, and people which she depicted through different techniques and materials. Her artistic expression involved a variety of different directions and styles. She was a pioneer of the 1920s Swedish Grace style, the name of which had been coined by the art critic Morton Shand at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. This was a Swedish Art Deco style, characterised by elegance and traditional art which contrasted with the current artistic ideals of functionalism. Tyra Lundgren made her debut at a group exhibition held at Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna in 1921. She went on to show her work at various exhibitions throughout the 1920s. After that period she only very rarely exhibited her paintings. Tyra Lundgren’s painted output can be divided into different periods or stylistic directions. The first of these, and the most extensive, was her post-Cubist period which began in 1920 on her arrival in Paris. Her paintings from this time and right up to the mid-1930s typically comprise portraits, self-portraits, live-model painting, still-lifes, interiors, and landscapes in the Cubist style. Many of the great number of self-portraits she painted were produced in the New Objective style, displaying broad variation in terms of clothes, poses and techniques. Two of these – Huvud med vit duk and Självporträtt both from 1921 – can be seen at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, although the majority of these works are at Gotlands Museum. Tyra Lundgren’s second artistic period comprises the years of 1927 to 1929 and is characterised by the New Objective style inspired by medieval techniques and materials (Giotto, Piero della Francesca). Her motifs were still-lifes and landscapes. At this point she was living in Rome and was close to the circle involved in the Valori plastici: rivista d’arte art journal. This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style. Using light pastel colours her paintings sought light in a sometimes non-figurative expression, but often depicting abstract bird-shapes or other nature-inspired imagery. Her paintings from this period are outsized and display powerful colours, in yellows, reds, and blues. Tyra Lundgren maintained a constant production of drawings, both in terms of individual artworks and sketches for patterns and designs. She also produced the illustrations for her book Fagert i Fide. Årstiderna på en gammal gotlandsgård, published in 1961. During her early years she also produced advertising illustrations. She spent the final years of her life primarily working with lithographs which were printed at Galleri Prisma and depicted images of doves, swallows, magpies and crows. Tyra Lundgren is meanwhile best known for her work as a ceramist and in this sphere she was one of Sweden’s leading exponents. She worked in the porcelain industry as a designer and as an artisan and ceramic sculptor. Her first job was at St Eriks Lervarufabrik in Uppsala from 1922–1924, she then worked at Arabia from 1924–1937, and at Rörstrand and Lidköping Porslinsfabrik. She was the artistic leader at Arabia ahead of the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition and she exhibited her work at the World’s Fairs. During the 1934–1938 period she was connected to the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres porcelain factory in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was a pioneer when it came to giving ceramic art a public space in Sweden. She produced around 20 outsized reliefs in stoneware, so-called monumental reliefs. One of these is Märkeskvinnor, from 1947, for the former girls’ school at Bohusgatan in Stockholm. From the 1940s onwards Tyra Lundgren produced sculptural objects in Chamotte clay and stoneware, with various glazings. Her small birds are well-known and popular with many. When her ceramic efforts became too much for her during the 1970s she then produced models for sculptures in bronze. There are six of these in various places around the globe, including Solfågel in Almedalen, Visby. Tyra Lundgren began to work as a glassware designer at Moser in Karlsbad in 1922 where she designed new table services and modernised older ones. She also worked freelance for Riihimäki factory in Finland during the 1924–1929 period. From 1934 to 1938 she was employed by Kosta glass factory where she mainly designed thick-walled bowls and vases, engraved with classical motifs. She was introduced to the glassmaker Paolo Venini at Murano during the Triennale di Milano of 1936 and they began a collaboration that lasted into the 1950s. As part of this collaboration Tyra Lundgren became the first woman to design glassware and, in conjunction with the glassblower Arturo Biasutto, she developed new techniques of glass production. Her motifs at this point were birds, fish, snail-shaped designs and leaf-patterned bowls using traditional techniques as well as in new designs. It was during this time that she created the so-called tissue-shaped bowls and it remains unclear as to who specifically came up with the design but Tyra Lundgren claimed it was of her making. Tyra Lundgren was active as textile designer for Licium (now HV Licium), the sacred textiles...

This commanding studio pottery vase is the work of Virginia artist Marlene Jack, a nationally recognized ceramicist whose practice merges Eastern aesthetic philosophy with American s...

Creation by Gunnar Nylund (1914–1997) during his tenure as artistic director of Rörstrand from 1932 through the 1950s. The vase has a glossy white glaze over a rough rustic body crea...

A beautiful 'Swedish Modern' stoneware vase with white 'Carrara' glaze. Made by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg in Sweden, 1930s. Great condition. Stamped 'Gustavsberg / CARRARA' and ...

Unique stoneware sculpture by Bengt Berglund, in a whimsical, organic form reminiscent of a mushroom. Beautiful jade, brown and blue colored glaze with a glossy surface, gathering in...

Large floor vase by Gunnar Nylud for Rostrand. Sweden. Signed.

Stoneware vase by Jais Nielsen (1885–1961), created for the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory (Royal Copenhagen) circa 1921–1928. Executed in stoneware with a beautiful Sung-inspired gl...

A stoneware vase designed by Andersson & Johansson and produced in Höganäs, Sweden, 1940s.

Unique stoneware vase with amazing relief decor and glaze. Made by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand Ateljé, Sweden, 1960s. Great condition. Signed 'CHS', 'ATELJÉ' and makers mark '...

A beautiful white vase in chamotte stoneware. Art Deco / Swedish Grace. Designed by Gunnar Nylund in 1936 for Rorstrand, Sweden. Great condition. Some firing cracks (from production...

A green and brown stoneware vase designed and produced by Curt Magnus Addin, Glumslov, Sweden, 1970s.

A green glazed stoneware pitcher designed by Gunnar Nylund and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s.

A stoneware vase designed by Curt Magnus Addin, Sweden, 1970s.

Beautiful “Relief” jar by Wilhelm Kåge, made in white, unglazed “Carrara” stoneware. Clean form with ornaments of twigs on the sides and lid.

A pair of blue stoneware vases with vertical lines by Axel Sørensen for P. Ipsens Enke. Denmark, Circa 1941

A beautiful and unique stoneware vase with amazing glaze. Made by Stig Lindberg in Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1962. Excellent condition. Incised "Stig L" and Gustavsberg studio han...

Unique stoneware bowl by Bengt Berglund, in an organic form with an undulating edge. Beautiful green and ochre glazed inside, unglazed outside with an embossed graphic pattern.

A brown-glazed vase designed and produced by Nils Allan Johannesson in his own studio in Barsebäck, Sweden. c. 1960s.

One in a new series of Modern TOTEMS consisting of soft round or rectangular forms on small conical feet. The shapes begin as a solid piece. They are then hollowed out, stacked and t...

One in a new series of Modern TOTEMS consisting of soft round or rectangular forms on small conical feet. The shapes begin as a solid piece. They are then hollowed out, stacked and t...

1920’s Art Déco Vase by Léon Pointu (French 1879-1942), in glazed stoneware, the upper body with cream-colored running snakeskin technique on a ri...

A beautiful stoneware vase with amazing hare’s fur glaze. Made by master thrower Berndt Friberg, in the artist's studio at Gustavsberg, Sweden. Great condition. Incised signature "F...

A lovely assembled set of six early 20th century American Albany-slip glazed stoneware mixing bowls of simple but sophisticated forms in varied ...

Large Mason's Ironstone Large Chinoiserie Vase, Circa 1835-40. Great as a lamp base or for flowers-the stricking mazarine blue Mason's Ironston...

Lovely stoneware bowl by Berndt Friberg. Delicate, undulating edge. Caramel colored hare’s fur glaze, darker at the base, light at the top. Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, ...

A gorgeous work by 20th century master American and renowned Minnesota studio potter/artist Warren MacKenzie. The three-footed tenmoku glazed bowl is signed/ stamped along the foot rim by MacKenzie and features a unique decorative pattern. The dark, rich glaze radiates in the light. This work would a great addition to any Warren Mackenzie or modern pottery/ ceramic collection or eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting. A student of both famed ceramic artists Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, Mackenzie is credited with bringing the functional Japanese Mingei tradition and craft to the United States and spreading it through his own art and teaching mentorship during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota. Along with being named a Regent’s Professor, and a fellow of the International Academy of Ceramics, the highly decorated and awarded MacKenzie was the first to receive the Minnesota Governor’s Award in Crafts in 1986. He later received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Crafts Council in 1997 and a year later he was honored with the Gold Medal from the American Crafts Council. His work can be found in numerous collections and museums including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The National Folk Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England Contemporary American Crafts...

Unique stoneware vase with amazing relief decor and glaze. Made by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand Ateljé, Sweden, 1960s. Great condition. Factory second due to no obvious reason. ...

A small vase designed and produced by Nils Allan Johannesson, in his own studio in Barsebäck, Sweden. c. 1960s-1970s. Features brown colored...

A beautiful stoneware vase with blue glaze. Made by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg Studio in Sweden. In production 1958-1962. Good condition. Some spots in the glaze and some metal mar...

Leon Pointu (1879-1942), France. Large Art Deco vase in glazed stoneware. Beautiful cream-colored running glaze on a reddish-brown background. 1930s. Measures: 25.5 x 13 cm. In...

Product Description: Isak Isakkson, the maker of this beautiful vase, is a master in the art of creating glazings that truly blow you away. The artist is still active, has his own i...

A beautiful Art Nouveau / Art Deco stoneware vase / pitcher in the shape of a pumpkin or a melon. Made by Louis Lourioux in Foecy, France, c. 1920s. Excellent original condition. No...

Article: ceramic pottery vase Origin: Germany Designer: Heinz Siery Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany Decade: 1970s This original vintage...

There's something about art that hangs in space rather than on the wall. This piece, "Hanging Rachis With Tail" consists of graduating stonewa...

Set of 3 Antique South German Stoneware Jugs – 19th Century, Handcrafted A striking trio of 19th-century handmade stoneware jugs from Southern Germany, each with its own distinct ch...

A beautiful stoneware art deco vase. Amazing glaze with hand-painted details in gold. Designed by Gunnar Nylund for ALP (Lidköpings Porslinsfabrik), Sweden, 1930s. Great condition, ...

Beautiful stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in an elegant, cylinder form. Glazed warm yellow hare’s fur glaze. Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, renowned for his stoneware va...

A white, glazed stoneware vase designed by Gunnar Nylund and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s.

A brown-glazed stoneware vase, "ARA" Model, designed by Gunnar Nylund and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s.

A beautiful stoneware vase with handle and amazing glaze. Designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Good condition. Marked as factory second due to a minor chip from...

A blue, glazed stoneware vase designed by Gunnar Nylund and produced by Rörstrands, Sweden, 1950s.

A stoneware art deco vase with beautiful brown glaze. Foot and mouth detailed in gold. Designed by Gunnar Nylund for ALP (Lidköpings Porslinsfabrik), Sweden, 1930s. Great condition....

A brown glazed stoneware vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane and Produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1960s.

A dark gray glazed stoneware vase designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1960s. Signature to underside of the piece.

A blue and black glazed bowl designed by Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen, for Rörstrand, Sweden, c. 1960s. .

Set of three stoneware sculptures by unknown Danish artist. Made by hand. Geometrical shapes with shifting mate glazes. made sometime around the 1960-70s. very good condition with li...

An important homage to love, this large black basalt figure is an impressive example of Wedgwood's artistry and imagination. Cupid, the ancient Roman god of love, is standing amongst billowing clouds with a pair of doves at his feet. Gazing towards earth with one hand shielding his eyes, the other hand holds an arrow. His bow and quiver rest at his side, ready to take aim. "CUPID" is etched into the base. Considered a crowning achievement of Wedgwood, black basalt was created by blending manganese with an iron-oxide rich slurry procured from coal mines called carr. In addition to the impressive color, this combination also provided additional strength and solidity. While it initially proved challenging to fire because of its weight, that same characteristic was advantageous in creating ornaments, lending stability to library...

Pair fo Lava pottery vases made in Germany by Carstens, 1960s. TALL VASE HEIGHT 8.5 IN / 21.59 CM WIDTH 6 IN / 15.24 CM DEPTH 3.25 IN / 8.26 CM LOW VASE DIAM 3.5 IN / 8.89 CM HEIGHT ...

Carl Halier (1873-1948) for Royal Copenhagen, bowl in stoneware with sung glaze. Model number 21822. Marked. First factory quality. Dimensions: D 15.5 x H 3.5 cm.

Stoneware dish / plate made by Norwegian ceramic artist Jens von der Lippe. Earth colored wabi-sabi style.

Large beautiful stoneware bowl handmade at Søholm Stoneware, Denmark in the 1970s. The bowl is hand decorated with a Japanese inspired floral motif depicting a stylized "Lily of the valley" and finished with a wonderful speckled glazing. Soft earth tones. Stamped underneath. The Søholm Pottery on the small island of Bornholm in Denmark was established in 1836 and closed in 1996. They were one of Denmarks finest ceramics workshops. With traditional names such as "Søholm", "Michael Andersen" and "Hjorth's Keramik", Bornholm has managed to place itself heavily on the Danish map within ceramics and handicrafts. Just like Japanese ceramics, Bornholm ceramics...

Beautiful and rare vase made by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg Studio in Sweden, 1940s. Carrara glazed stoneware. Excellent condition. Stamped 'Gustavsberg / KÅGE / CARRARA / Swe...

A stunning stoneware vase with amazing sung glaze. Made by Gerd Bogelund for Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1950s. Great condition. Painted monogram signature "gb" and three waves for R...

This Totem has three stacking parts, a hollow brown rectangle, hollow white rectangle and a brown curved crescent crown on four small feet. The 3 parts are started as solid forms the...

Mottled deep blue with light and dark areas, this amazing matte glaze surface was the result of a mistake in glaze chemistry and boy am I glad! Hopefully I can repeat it and you will...