Pair of Ceramic Mexican Bookends

Beautiful and rare set of the coffee pitcher, sugar bowl with lid, and twelve sets of the round dish with coffee cup plus twelve dessert round plates in ceramic, designed by Paul McCobb for the "Contempi" line, Jackson Ceramics, Japan late 1950s. The set is orange and white, a very striking retro combination of colors. All 38 pieces are in very good shape. Paul McCobb was born in 1917 in Medford, Massachusetts. He moved from Boston to New York to pursue his dream of becoming a designer. When it came to designing he was completely self-taught with a very minimalistic approach to object creation influenced by Scandinavian design as well as the “Shaker” style in furniture making. Perspective and scale became the trademark for McCobb's designs, his tables, shelves, lamps, and other daily used articles...

Beautiful robust sculpture of a Goat carved from a solid mahogany block by an Israeli artist (the signature in Hebrew letters is illegible). The goat is st...

Beautifully hand carved sculpture of sleeping man with large "Sombrero", signed by "Olvera México". The sculpture was carved in two separate chunks of Mahogany, one for the hat and a...

Very well-designed stylized decorative piece depicting King David playing the harp with the walls and buildings of Jerusalem suggested in the elements in the background. The work com...

Amazing plaster and mesh female mannequin from the 1950s. Originally full size with limbs. Unfortunately the arms and legs were damaged beyond repair, it has been restored and mounte...

Beautiful large Mexican silver necklace with round polished serpentine speckled stone beads. The central element is a round delicately hand-carved silver piece depicting two large birds standing on a richly leafed tree, besides the stone beads it has two silver round beads and a pretty silver brooch. It is unsigned but was made probably in Taxco, State of Guerrero, Mexico. Taxco is a silversmith´s town with an incredibly rich tradition in gold and silver jewelry...

A lovely pair of signed ceramic fish by Mexican artist Sergio Bustamante. The captivating blue and green body of this fish is dappled with light and comes to an expressive fin an...

French Art Deco bookends by Odyv, France, 1930s. Two pigeons face to face. Measures: Each - Height: 5.5"(14cm), Width : 5.5"(14cm), Depth: 4.3"(11cm). The ODYV brand is a creation o...

Pair of bookends, seal, ceramic, 1950 Measures: H 14cm, W 10cm, W 13cm.

Exceptional early 20th century earthenware bookends in the style of Wiener Werkstatte of stacked Lions. Both beautifully sculptural and functional these unique period pieces have tho...

This astonishing 160 cm tall corn assemblage is made up of authentic ceramic corn cob reproductions. These are dyed using grana cochineal ( a scale insect from which the natural dye carmine is derived -- usually growing on cactus plant). The corn cobs are united by a wire to hang down. Take tradition to evolve, transform, and innovate are all part of Omar Hernández...

Pair of glazed ceramic woman. Art Nouveau period. Vienna, circa 1900.