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Period: 1940s
Swedish Designer, Candelabra, Brass, Metal, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A small brass and black-painted metal candelabra designed and produced in Sweden, 1940s. Holds .4” diameter candles.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal, Brass

1940s Carved Wood Bust of African Man
By Helge Holmskov
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Carved Wood Bust of African Man
Category

Danish Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

1940's Extra Large Porcelain Pheasant Made By Rudolf Chocholka At Keramos Vienna
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Extremely rare, extra large, porcelain pheasant designed and made by Rudolf Chocola at Keramos in Vienna Austria in the 1940's. This big pheasant is marked and numbered: 2536. In abs...
Category

Austrian Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Peter Ipsens Enke, Vase, Stoneware, Denmark, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue-glazed fluted stoneware vase designed and produced by Peter Ipsens Enke, Denmark, 1940s.
Category

Danish Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Small Disko Metal Vase by Just Andersen
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant small vase designed by Just Andersen in Disko Metal. Great art deco styling and patinated body.
Category

Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

1940s Grouping Pair Candleholders & Center Piece Abingdon Pottery Flower Motif
Located in Miami, FL
Grouping of a pair of candleholders and center piece bowl from the mid-1940s by Abingdon Pottery. The two porcelain candleholders hold two candles eac...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Anna-Lisa Thomson, Vase, Glazed Ceramic, Upsala-Ekeby Sweden 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An early cream / yellow vase designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson, for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s. Signed to base. .
Category

Swedish Organic Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Edvin Ollers, Vase, Green Glass, Limmareds Glasbruk, Sweden, c. 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green glass vase designed by Edvin Ollers and produced by Limmareds Glasbruk, Sweden, c. 1940s.
Category

Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass

Art Deco Chrome & Glass Skyscraper Directory Sign
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage 1940's chrome frame building directory sign with beveled glass double panels. This came from the famous Boston (North End) restaurant 'Joe Tecce's' which closed in 2010 after...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Chrome, Steel, Aluminum

Hungarian Painted Ceramic Art Deco Sculpture
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
A rare hand built glazed and painted earthenware Art Deco sculpture, a female Polynesian made in Hungary. Fine hairline cracks on the glaze surfac...
Category

Hungarian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Upsala Ekeby, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green and brown-glazed earthenware vase, designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, c. 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Nittsjö, Vase, Green-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green glazed earthenware vase with floral motifs produced by Nittsjö, Sweden, 1940s. Signed on base.  
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Swedish Designer, Candelabra, Brass, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass candelabra designed and produced in Sweden, 1940s. Fits 0.75” diameter candles
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

WMF 'Württembergische METALLWARENFABRIK', Germany, Art Deco Pen Tray with Box
Located in Copenhagen, DK
WMF (Württembergische METALLWARENFABRIK), Germany. Art Deco pen tray with a box in silver plated metal, 1940s. Stamped. In very go...
Category

German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver Plate

Andersson & Johansson, Pitcher, Stoneware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A grey and orange-glazed pitcher designed and produced 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Eva Jancke Björk, Vase, Glazed Stoneware, Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A caramel brown, glazed stoneware vase designed by Eva Jancke Björk and produced by Bo Fajans Gefle, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Centerpiece by Ercole Barovier for Barovier, Toso & Co. 1940 in Rugiadoso
Located in London, GB
Rugiadoso biomorphic bowl of a shells resting on a pedestal of sea urchins designed circa 1940 by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) and is produced one of the oldest family businesses in t...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Midcentury American Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1940's American patinated bronze statue of a woman with original patina. Measurements: Length: 11" Height: 11.5" Depth: 6"
Category

Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Faience & Brass Pedestal Chocolate Dish, Bonbonniere by Royal Copenhagen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small stylish pedestal for bonbons, chocolates, cookies or sugar. Craquele tin-glazed bowl with hand-painted floral, gold glaze motif and an intricate brass base with fine details. D...
Category

Danish Victorian Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Faience

Upsala-Ekeby, Fluted Vase, Green-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green glazed earthenware vase produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.  
Category

Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Anna-Lisa Thomson, Vase, Beige-Glazed Ceramic, Upsala-Ekeby Sweden 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A beige glazed earthenware vase designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson, for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s. Signed on base. .
Category

Swedish Organic Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Hand-painted ceramic sculpture, Woman with hat. Antonio RONZAN. 1940s
Located in Torino, IT
Ceramic sculpture hand-painted, Woman with hat. Antonio RONZAN. ORIGIN Italy PERIOD 1940s AUTHOR Ceramicist Antonio RONZAN was born in Nove di Bassano on July 4, 1914. He worked f...
Category

Italian Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Ture Berglund, Small Vase, Glass, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A small blown glass vase designed by Ture Berglund and produced by Skansens Glasbruk, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass

Nittsjö, Vase, Yellow Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A yellow glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Nittsjö, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Andersson & Johansson, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable green-glazed and fluted vase designed and produced by Andersson & Johansson, Höganäs, Sweden, c. 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Art Deco Pottery Vase with Camou-Glaze by Niels Peter Nielsen for Dagnaes, 1940s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Vase with spikes and Camouflage glaze designed by the Danish ceramist and founder of Danico Niels Peter Nielsen. This piece was created at Dagnæs Keramik during the 1930s or 1940s in...
Category

Danish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Pottery

Gabriel Keramik, Vase, Ceramic, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A hand-painted red, white and blue vase designed and produced by Gabriel Keramik, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Modern Rare Pair of Vases Gunnar Nylund Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
These pieces were made in Sweden at Rörstrand factory and designed by Gunnar Nylund in the 1940-1950s. This is the small size vase and the large vase called "Charmotte". The name in...
Category

Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Nittsjö, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue-glazed earthenware vase with relief ornamentation, designed and produced by Nittsjö, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Art Deco Cream Ceramic Vase w/ Crimson Detailing by Ilse Claesson for Rörstrand
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Deco ceramic vase was realized by the celebrated designer Ilse Claesson for Rörstrand in Sweden circa 1940. It features a rotund body finished in a sumptuous cream g...
Category

Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Upsala Ekeby, Green-Glazed Vase, Earthenware, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green-glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Nittsjö, Vase, Green Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green, glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Nittsjö, Sweden, c. 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Vicke Lindstrand, Vase, Cream Glazed Earthenware, Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A cream glazed earthenware vase designed by Vicke Lindstrand and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Folk Art Hand Painted Trinket Box in the Style of Peter Hunt Circa 1940s
Located in Peabody, MA
Primitive hand decorated trinket box in the style of the noted Provincetown folk artist Peter Hunt, ca. 1940s. Humorous interior label indicates it is "four of four of a kind" and ...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood, Paint

Höganäs Keramik, Vase, Ceramic, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A beige-glazed ceramic vase designed and produced by Höganäs Keramik, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand Porcelain Crown Window Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and finely made Swedish Rörstrand porcelain bowl the body decorated with a crown window design by Gunnar Nylund (1904-97) and dating from around 1940. The lightly made...
Category

Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Christer Heijl, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green and beige-glazed earthenware vase, designed by Christer Heijl and produced by Töreboda Keramik, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Swedish Designer, Candelabra, Copper, Elm, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A copper and elm candelabra designed and produced in Sweden, 1940s. Hold 0.65” diameter candles
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Copper

Saca Country Girl Sculpture by Leopold Anzengruber Austria, 1940s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
This delightful figurine fully represents the style of the Austrian artist.
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

"Frolicking in the Waves, " Art Deco Porcelain Vase with Nudes by Meissen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and lovely, this flaring porcelain vase designed by Rudi Stolle for the famed Meissen Porcelain works depicts a bas relief frieze of nude nymphs...
Category

German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Ystad-Metall, Candelabra, Brass, Metal, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and black-painted metal candelabra designed and produced by Ystad-Metall, Sweden, 1940s. fits 0.7” diameter candles
Category

Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal, Brass

Jerk Werkmäster for Nittsjö Vase
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Timeless vase designed by Jerk Werkmäster and produced by Nittsjö. Features an off white grayish body with hints of rust colored spots. Very much as relevant today as it was when made.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

20th Century Terracotta Austrian Sculpture Vase Carried by Two Children, 1940s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Austrian sculpture from the 20th century. Terracotta vase carried by two children on an octagonal base. Oriental-style sculpture, finished for the center, finely finished down ...
Category

Austrian Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta

Swedish Designer, Small Candlesticks, Metal, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of small metal candlesticks designed and produced in Sweden, 1940s. Fits 0.8” diameter candles
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Swedish Designer, Candelabra, Iron, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A black-painted iron candelabra designed and produced in Sweden, 1940s. Fits 0.80” diameter candles
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Iron

Swedish Designer, Candelabra, Brass, Metal, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and black-lacquered metal candelabra designed by Gunnar Ander and produced by Ystad-Metall, Sweden, c. 1940s. fits 0.5” diameter candle
Category

Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal, Brass

Rörstrand, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A hand-painted green, yellow and white vase designed and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Gunnar Nylund, Floor Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A floor vase designed by Gunnar Nylund and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Erik Mornils, Vase, Green-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A earthenware vase designed by Erik Mornils and produced by Nittsjö, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Sven Erik Skawonius, Vase, Earthenware, Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green-glazed earthenware vase designed by Sven Erik Skawonius and produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s.  
Category

Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Upsala Ekeby, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green and orange-glazed earthenware vase, designed and produced by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, c. 1930s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Erik Mornils, Vase, Green-Glazed Earthenware, Nittsjö Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green-glazed earthenware ceramic vase designed by Erik Mornils and produced by Nittsjö, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of French Silver Plated Vases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of French Art Deco silver plated vases, with oversized handles. Measurements: 13" height, 14" width (widest point), 12.5" depth.
Category

English Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver Plate

Andersson & Johansson Stoneware Vase for Höganäs, Sweden
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Large vase in a vibrant orange/ rust/ terracota color by Andersson & Johansson for Höganäs. Great simplistic form which showcases the color depths of the glaze. A large size compared...
Category

Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Nittsjö, Vase, Green Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A ceramic vase by Nittsjö. Produced in Sweden, 1940s. Signed. In a highly artistic green glaze. Features a sculptural grips.  
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

GUIDO CACCIAPUOTI - Grés d'arte - Made in Italy 1940.
Located in Milano, IT
An original piece is of great quality and design, signed GUIDO CACCIAPUOTI, made in the 1940s and published in the various books concerning the production of this author.
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Ture Berglund, Bottle, Glass, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A blown glass bottle designed by Ture Berglund and produced by Skansens Glasbruk, Sweden, 1940s.
Category

Swedish Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass

Scandinavian Modern Ceramic Vase with Red & Yellow Leaves, Alingsås Keramik 1947
Located in Grythyttan, SE
This is a small (height 13 cm) hand painted ceramic vase produced at Alingsås Keramik in 1947. The beautiful leaves motif is hand painted using underglaze painted by signature "K". ...
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

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