Stoneware Sculptures

Article: Ceramic stoneware object Designer and producer: Horst Kerstan, Kandern in Germany Information: Horst Kerstan (born March 29, 1941 in Frankfurt, † March 21, 2005 in Kandern) was a German ceramist, craftsman and internationally recognized artist. Founder of Group 83. Decade: 1980s This original vintage Studio Stoneware Object was designed by Horst Kerstan and produced in his own Studio in the 1980s in Kandern in Germany. It is made of solid stoneware pottery and has a very unique brown beige coloration and structure. the bottom is marked with typical Kerstan Producer signature K and signed with Keratin. a very collectible and very rare item of the Kerstan Collection. the object has a very sculptural form and in its size of 25cm in length, 14,5cm in height and 16cm in depth, it is very impressive. straighforward and minimalistic design of the 1980s design era. This item is a wonderful addition to every modern home. Dimensions: Height 14,5cm Length 25cm Depth 16cm. Condition: This item is in a very good vintage condition with patina. VITA Horst Kerstan: Horst Kerstan grew up in Frankfurt am Main, where he became acquainted with the manufacture of ceramic products through his father Walter Kerstan, who headed the "Ceramic Colors" department of Farbwerke Hoechst AG. After a porcelain painter apprenticeship, he worked from 1956 to 1957 as a porcelain painter in the porcelain manufactory of Hoechst AG, then from 1957 to 1959 in the ceramics department of the Werkkunstschule Offenbach (today: Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main) with Lore Kramer-Koehn, the wife of Frankfurt architect Ferdinand Kramer, the pottery to learn and incidentally at the College of Fine Arts, Frankfurt, the drawing. After Kerstan met the ceramist and painter Richard Bampi...

La Linda Nedra by Elena Rakochy Artist Bio and Statement Elena Rakochy is a sculptor from Chicago, specializing in clay and drawing inspiration from nature and interpersonal connect...

This eye-catching wall hanging adds a nomadic feel to any room. Created through a hand-intensive process of linking hand built stoneware rings of different sizes, this wall hanging i...

Generation 01 by Eguzkiñe Egaña Unique Dimensions: W 23 x L 16.5 x H 30 cm Materials: Black stoneware, slip and rope In this series of pieces, cal...

This bird is created by the prominent artist Gunnar Nylund during the 1960s. Manufactured by Rörstrand, the renowned ceramic company in Sweden, the sculpture carries with it the lega...

Very rare and early unique contemporary white kaolin-engobe stoneware free form sculpture by the Swedish well known artist Eva Hild. Produced in her own studio in 2000s and recently ...

Each of the KHO stones symbolizes the current periods of our lives. The gaps on it are defined as breathing spaces. These forms, which can also be called soul stones...

A scent bottle in pale blue jasperware, with original silver lid. Decorated with Venus and Cupid, as allegories of Night - the one shedding poppies, the other drawing the veil of s...

Article: Ceramic pottery vase Origin: Germany Designer: Heinz Siery Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany Decade: 1960s This original vintage pottery object was desig...

Henrik Allert for Pentik, Finland. Unique polar bear in ceramics, 1970s. Stylish modern Finnish design. In great condition. Measures: 10 cm x 6.5 cm. Signed.

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

The intuitive result of an educated dancer, choreographer and large-scale ceramicist transferring his love for the human body into clay. With extensive studies during the mid 70’s in...

The intuitive result of an educated dancer, choreographer and large-scale ceramicist transferring his love for the human body into clay. With extensive studies during the mid 70’s in...

The intuitive result of an educated dancer, choreographer and large-scale ceramicist transferring his love for the human body into clay. With extensive studies during the mid 70’s in...

The intuitive result of an educated dancer, choreographer and large-scale ceramicist transferring his love for the human body into clay. With extensive studies during the mid 70’s in...

Sculptural Bow by Alexandra Madirazza Dimensions: ⌀ 25 x H 25 cm (These are approximate measurements) Materials: Stoneware Also available in brown...

Sculptural Wall Vase II by Alexandra Madirazza Dimensions: W 40 x D 25 x H 45 cm (These are approximate measurements) Materials: Stoneware Also ava...

Sculptural Wall Vase I by Alexandra Madirazza Dimensions: W 35 x D 25 x H 35 cm (These are approximate measurements) Materials: Stoneware Also avai...

Touched by the smoke and flame, this hand built organic form sculpture was fired in an open-air sawdust and wood kiln with a combination of organic materials and metals that flash an...

Big Sculptural Vase by Alexandra Madirazza Dimensions: ⌀ 30 x H 40 cm (These are approximate measurements) Materials: Stoneware Also available in ...

Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg. Stoneware figurine "Öst" (East) from the series "All världens barn" (Children of the World). Perfect condition. Marked. Dimensions: H 12.5 cm x D 7.5 cm.

A large, biomorphic plaster sculpture with a burnished finish that sits as a solid piece with a dynamic slanted axis. It was previously owned by Sir Terence Conran (1931 – 2020). Con...

A set of two large, biomorphic plaster sculpture with a burnished finish that sits as solid pieces with a dynamic slanted axis. They were previously owned by Sir Terence Conran (193...

The intuitive result of an educated dancer, choreographer and large-scale ceramicist transferring his love for the human body into clay. With extensive studies during the mid 70’s in...

A large, biomorphic plaster sculpture with a burnished finish that sits as a solid piece with a dynamic slanted axis. It was previously owned by Sir Terence Conran (1931 – 2020). Con...

The intuitive result of an educated dancer, choreographer and large-scale ceramicist transferring his love for the human body into clay. With extensive studies during the mid 70’s in...

A late 19th century glazed buff terracotta mask head of a putto or cherub by Lipscombe & Co, modelled after Francois Duquesnoy (1597-1643). The expressive face of this antique sculp...

Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg. Rare "Johanna" figurine in glazed ceramics. Late 20th century. Marked. In perfect condition. Dimensions: 15.5 cm x 10.0 cm.

Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg. Stoneware figurine from "Children of the World" series. Boy with a bucket. In perfect condition. Marked. Dimensions: H 12.5 cm x D 9.0 cm.

Article: Ceramic stoneware object Designer and producer: Gerhard Liebenthron Information: Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen 1925 †2005 Decade: 1970s This original vintage Studio...

Barbara Garrett (1930-2020) pair of Organic Mid Century Modern Pottery Owls. Both pieces with fabulous textured mottled glossy glaze wh...

This eye-catching wall hanging adds a nomadic feel to any room. Created through a hand-intensive process of linking hand built stoneware rings of different sizes, this wall hanging i...

Article: ceramic pottery vase. Origin: Germany. Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany. Decade: 1970s. This original vintage pottery object was designed and produced by C...

#3 Sculpture by Evamarie Pappas Dimensions: D 22.86 x W 17.78 x H 16.51 cm Materials: Stoneware, Underglaze. Non-functional sculpture. For Evamarie Papp...

#2 Sculpture by Evamarie Pappas Dimensions: D 16.51 x W 16.51 x H 50.16 cm Materials: Stoneware. This sculpture is incomplete. it will be fired once again with an underglaze. For E...

#1 Sculpture by Evamarie Pappas Dimensions: D 31.75 x W 48.26 x H 44.45 cm Materials: Stoneware. This sculpture is finished with an underglaze and is non-functional. For Evamarie P...

No.98 stoneware sculpture, Tonfisk by Ciona Lee One of a Kind Dimensions: Ø 13 x H 19 cm Materials: White stoneware, satin cream glaze Variations of size and colour available ...

The stoneware sculpture, designed and crafted by Espen Kalmann, showcases a harmonious blend of form and texture. Kalmann's creation exudes a sense of craftsmanship and artistry, evi...

Grand tour style Parian ware copy after the original "Ariadne and the Panther" (1803) by Johann Heinrich von Dannecker (German 1758 - 1841), depicting the Cretan princess Ariadne, wi...

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...

Portrait Medallion of Edward Bourne, bricklayer at the Wedgwood factory. A bricklayer was kept on staff in order to maintain the kilns. This was modelled by Hackwood as an excercise...

The Hamsa hand or hand of Fatima is known across many cultures to protect its wearer and ward off bad energy. It is also a symbol of patience and claire voyance. The Artist often use...

Perhaps the most complex work in black basalt undertaken on any scale by Wedgwood, the Bacchantes, are adapted from sculptures by Clodion. A large and impressive pair, ful of vigour ...

French Art Deco stoneware bear by Paul MILET, 8, rue Troyon, Sèvres, France, 1930s. Height : 32.5cm - 12.8 in. , Width : 34cm - 13.4 in., Depth : 13.5cm-5.3in. A pinhead lack of cove...

Dark Brown Hermes Sculpture by Common Body Dimensions: W 23 x D 9 x H 32 cm Materials: Dark Brown Stoneware Common body is a sculpture and interior object studio founded by nathanie...

Dark Brown OM Sculpture by Common Body Dimensions: W 38 x D 31 x H 59 cm Materials: Dark Brown Stoneware Common body is a sculpture and interior object studio founded by nathaniel k...

Dark Brown Monumental Head Sculpture by Common Body Dimensions: ⌀ 33 x H 44 cm Materials: Dark Brown Stoneware Common body is a sculpture and interior object studio founded by natha...

Natural Folding Hand Sculpture by Common Body Dimensions: W 31 x D 26 x H 49 cm Materials: Natural Stoneware Common body is a sculpture and interior object studio founded by nathani...

Natural Seated Figure by Common Body Dimensions: W 28 x D 23 x H 32 cm Materials: Natural Stoneware Common body is a sculpture and interior object studio founded by nathaniel kyung ...

Danish Knud Kyhn bear family figurines for Royal Copenhagen The lively bears were created by Knud Kyhn (1880-1969) in 1957. Knud Kyhn worked for for Royal Copenhagen from 1903-1910,...

A classic decorative bust statue. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal on a Marble base. Very decorative and nice to display in your library or any room.

5464 Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers. A Musician Imp modelled playing the Blocks on a later Wooden Base (loose) Crack across the forearm 14.5cm high Circa 1906 Illustra...

Danish Knud Kyhn bear figurine for Royal Copenhagen The lively bear was created by Knud Kyhn (1880-1969) in 1957. Knud Kyhn worked for for Royal Copenhagen from 1903-1910, 1924-1932...

Black Efflorescence I is a unique hand-sculpted stoneware sculpture completely covered in a variety of flowers and blooms, each individually handmade by the British artist Vanessa Hogge. Vanessa Hogge breathes life into her clay in the form of dahlias, chrysanthemums, agapanthus, daisies, agaves and roses. Inspired by her passion for all things botanical, and influences as diverse as Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe and Marianne North...

Joseph Skoby is a Southern Californian whose work is inspired by the nature of his native state. His ceramics, created in his own lush garden, recall his intimate dance with the ocea...

Inspired by a leaf-like botanical form, this sculpture is hand-built in a sand-coloured stoneware with a slightly rough carved surface. It sits on a rectangular ceramic base made of ...

One of a kind black terracotta Greek tragedy decorative mask. French art from the 50's. In good vintage condition. Minor dent on the back. Holes are present in order for the mask...

Bruno Gambone abstract stoneware sculpture cow in cream white glazed ceramic made by Bruno Gambone in the 1970s, signed Gambone Italy on the bottom.