Stoneware Sculptures

Jomon Contemporary Fertility Vessel 10 by Noe Kuremoto Materials: White stoneware Dimensions: D 28 x W 28 x H 44 cm (Dimensions are approximate). "I want my pot to remember what we ...

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

A lovely owl designed by Edward Lindahl at Gustavsberg. The owl is 6.5 cm tall and in excellent condition. it is marked as on the photo. Edward Lindahl was active at the Gustavsber...

Greenlandica. Hand painted unique stoneware figure. Inuit in traditional hunting clothes. circa. 1970s. In perfect condition. Signed illegibly. Dimensions: W 9.0 x H 20.5 cm.

Keith Simpson, who grew up in St. John Washington, a farming Community of about 600 people in eastern WA state, always makes the underdog models of cars. He says, "They are like the ...

Ceramic screen/room divider sculptures by Natasha Dakhli, 2021 _______ Dimensions: H 185 cm x L 140cm _______ Modular rotating sculptures made of enamel...

Article: Ceramic stoneware object Designer and producer: Gerhard Liebenthron Information: Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen 1925-2005 Decade: 1970s This origin...

Exploring new firing and glazing techniques and their myriad effects on traditional forms was an exciting approach for many experimental turn-of-the-century ceramists. Here the acid ...

'Banded Black Convex Fold II' is a unique sculptural vessel by the British artist Steven Edwards. Steven Edwards is a ceramic artist whose work investigates the language of making t...

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ARTIST - Oguz // YEAR - 2024 // ORIGIN - Turkey // MATERIALS - Stoneware, Ceramic // TECHNIQUE - Ceramic 3D Printing, Unglazed, Hand-Finished // STYLE - Organic Modern // DIMENSIONS ...

This sculptural ceramic object explores the raw beauty of organic form and material expression. Defined by its porous surface and fluid, asymmetrical silhouette, the piece evokes nat...

Cream white glazed ceramic horses made by Bruno Gambone in the 1970s, signed Gambone on the bottom. Wonderful set in excellent condition. Only two available, the one in the middle on...

Guangdong Province, China Iron Oxide Body with Celadon Accents A rare and beautifully stylized Shiwan (also known as Shekwan) pottery elephant, dating to the mid to late 19th centu...

Knud Kyhn for Royal Copenhagen. Glazed stoneware figurine of a panther with young cub, decorated in a stunning sung glaze. Signed KK (Knud Kyhn) and Royal Copenhagen stamp, No. 202...

‘Tall Black Crumpled Form No 94’ is a unique sculptural vessel by the British artist, Nicholas Arroyave-Portela. Nicholas Arroyave-Portela’s professional ceramic practise began in...

Beautiful hand carved stoneware face sculpture by James Kouretas. Sculpture has 2 holes in the back most likely for hanging on the wall or could be dis...

Article: Ceramic objects, set of 2 Designer and producer: Rudi Stahl, Germany Information: Rudi Stahl (1918 - 1987) / Höhr-Grenzhausen Decade: 1970s This original vintage studio object set was designed by Rudi Stahl and produced in his own Studio in the 1970s in Germany. It is made of pottery and has a very unique brown tone etc. coloration. The bottom is marked with typical Stahl Producer signature. A very collectible and very rare item of the Stahl Collection. The object has a very sculptural form and in its size of 12 and 21cm in height, it is very impressive. Straightforward and minimalistic design of the 1970s design era. This item is a wonderful addition to every modern home. Dimensions: left Height 21cm Diameter 25,5cm right Height 12,5cm Diameter 16cm Condition: This item is in a very good vintage condition with patina. VITA Rudi Stahl: Apprenticeship in pottery with Wim Mühlendyck (1936 journeyman's examination there), 1937 to 1939 studies at the State College for Ceramics in Höhr-Grenzhausen; from 1940 own workshop there; 1942 master craftsman examination; later he was chief master of the pottery guild of Rhineland-Palatinate. He received numerous awards, in 1975 Rudi Stahl (together with Wim Mühlendyck) was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. Collaboration with, among others, Theodor Bogler.

Morform Ceramic Sculpture in Terracotta Stoneware Clay by Catalin Filip. Dimensions: W 35 x D 35 x H 40 cm. Materials: Terracotta Stoneware Clay, textured natural ceramic finish. Mo...

Untitled 19 Stoneware Sculpture by Laura Pasquino One of a kind Dimensions: D 50 x H 49 cm Material: White and beige stoneware, glaze. Laura Pasquino Incorporating references from ...

Large Lingara Planter by Deetee Home Dimensions: W 48.768 x D 48.768 x H 60.96 cm Materials: Stoneware Lingara is an ode to that feeling. To divinity. To rootedness. INSPIRED BY Shi...

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

An exceptional and highly distinctive one-of-a-kind sculpture by French contemporary artist Patrice Valota, Astral Tower I is a powerful ceramic work created in 2021 that embodies th...

A massive stoneware abstract sculpture with a yellow partial glaze. Vaguely resembles a molar tooth or a couple embracing. Quite heavy and apparently unsigned. We have it set on a 54 inch diameter Eero Saarinen for Knoll Marble Top table surrounded by Laverne tulip chairs...

Tall Woven High-Fired Stoneware Sculpture by Milan Pekař and Tereza Sluková One of a Kind Dimensions: D 45 x W 59 x H 115 cm Materials: Stoneware, green glaze, white crystalline gla...

The Nubo Bowl by Pika Studio explores the relationship between sculptural expression and functional design through its soft, organic silhouette and balanced proportions. Handcrafted ...

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.

Stig Lindberg (1916-1982) for Gustavsberg. Horse figurine in glazed stoneware with light green glaze In excellent condition. Signed: Gustavsberg Sweden. Sticker. Dimensions: W 10.0 ...

Fallow deer head, stoneware decorated with oxblood glaze. Incised signature: [Salto 20803] with stamped manufacturer’s mark to underside: [Royal Copenhagen Denmark].

‘Oval Form in Galactic Blue No 88’ is a unique sculptural vessel by the British artist, Nicholas Arroyave-Portela. Nicholas Arroyave-Portela’s professional ceramic practise began ...

Woven High-Fired Stoneware Mirror by Milan Pekař and Tereza Sluková One of a Kind Dimensions: D 65 x H 15 cm (Dimensions may vary) Materials: Stoneware, light blue glaze. Woven Mila...

This sculptural ceramic object is handcrafted in stoneware and finished with a highly textured volcanic surface that highlights its organic form. The piece features a wide, biomorphi...

Signed Ceramic Lizard Sculpture in Box, Turquoise Glaze, USA, 1996 ***NOTE: Our 1stDibs store is closing soon and items will not be available thereaft...

For Kolds Savværk c.1960s Solid Beech Made in Denmark H170 x W70 cm

A striking stoneware sculpture number 21632 designed by the Danish ceramist Knud Kyhn and made at his Royal Copenhagen Studio during the 1950s. It depicts a dramatic monkey or gorill...

Danish stoneware stoat figurine by Knud Kyhn for Royal Copenhagen, 1970s. Beautiful stoat figurine in sung glaze. Made between 1969 and 1974. Perfect condition. First factory qualit...

Frank Schillo. “Ausschnitte,” 2008. Impressed artist’s signature to underside. Dated. Each part ca. 21.8 in. h x 11.2 in. w x 4.2 in. d

The Nubo Bowl by Pika Studio explores the relationship between sculptural expression and functional design through its soft, organic silhouette and balanced proportions. Handcrafted ...

The Domi Mug by Pika Studio explores the balance between sculpture and everyday function through soft forms and playful details. Handcrafted in stoneware, the mug features a minimal ...

Unique Sculptural Ceramic Trace by Austin Coudriet. One of a kind. Dimensions: W 46 x D 23 x H 76 cm. Materials: Ceramic (stoneware), glaze. About Austin Coudriet is a ceramic arti...

Three "Moon Phase" TOTEMS, Off-White "Moons" on black tripod legs. Full moon, half-moon and quarter moon. Hand built in dark brown clay which shows through the matte white glaze addi...

A wonderful example of the Paradoxides acadoparadoxides briareus trilobite measuring 465mm held by the custom bronze mount, our classic range of specimens set into bronze clasps. The...

A fabulous, rare, and unique large horse and rider sculpture/ candelabra by famed Mexican American California studio art potter Dora De Larios. It was recently brought to our attention by a collector of her work that this piece was featured in a presentation at the Scripps Fine Arts Foundation and it was made in 1959. It is one of her earlier works. Quite rare and special in this respect. De Larios was born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents. She grew up in the artistic Silver Lake district near downtown Los Angeles amongst Mexican and Nisei Japanese immigrants. As a result, De Larios was heavily influenced by ancient American...

Stunning stoneware sculpture by Gunnar Nylund in the shape of a shell. Beautifully executed with close resemblance to a real shell. Muted green glaze with a...

Fragment of the Earth is a hand-built ceramic sculpture by French artist Audrey Vo Van, shaped in black chamotte stoneware. The piece combines smooth, rounded contours with a deeply ...

Exceptional, unique & one of a kind marked / signed masterwork stoneware pottery 'Sphere' by British artist Maggie Barnes, circa 1983. This is a relatively early work by the Artist a...

Raw glazed ceramic horse made by Bruno Gambone from 1975, signed Gambone on the bottom. Very rare in the raw version.

Stoneware Clay, Unglazed Ceramic Ethereal Sculpture by Aleksandra Krasnopolska Dimensions: W 25.5 x D 19 x H 35 cm Materials: Stoneware clay. Unglazed ceramic sulface. Weight: 5,6 k...

Large Woven Stoneware Bowl, Light Blue Glaze, by Milan Pekař and Tereza Sluková One of a Kind Dimensions: D 55 x H 30 cm (Dimensions may vary) Materials: Stoneware, light blue glaze....

‘Irregular Form with Cosmic Galactic Highlights No 121’ is a unique sculptural vessel by the British artist, Nicholas Arroyave-Portela. Nicholas Arroyave-Portela’s professional cera...

Signed: Bareff Guy Bareff's work over the last decade represents a renewed exploration of the visual vocabulary that characterized his powerful œuvre in the 1970’s. His new pieces r...

Cream white glazed ceramic cat made by Bruno Gambone in the 1970s, signed Gambone Italy on the bottom.

French ceramist Eric Astoul (b. 1954, Morocco) infuses his sculptures with the essence of ancient and modern earthenware he has encountered along his travels in France, England, Japa...

Fold is a pair of sculptural works by French artist Kalou Dubus, handcrafted in raw black grogged stoneware. Conceived as two independent yet closely related forms, the pieces evoke ...

A striking and deeply expressive Scandinavian modernist studio ceramic bust of a child, created by Swedish artist Kari Landegren. Executed in fine stoneware with a tactile, matte bis...

Owl ceramic sculpture by Albert Thiry, Vallauris, 1960s, era Blin Capron Rare owl sculpture by French ceramist Albert Thiry, produced in the 1960s. Crafted in chamotte stoneware wit...

“Dune I” Wall by Agnès Debizet, 2017 Monumental wall sculpture comprising twenty elements made of stoneware and porcelain slip with dark cracks surface, unique piece signed and da...

This one-of-a-kind sculptural lamp by French artist Kalou Dubus is titled Cubic. Handcrafted in raw black grogged stoneware, the piece combines a dense, architectural presence with a...

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...

Jomon Contemporary Fertility Vessel 2 by Noe Kuremoto Materials: White stoneware Dimensions: D 40-55 x W 40-55 x H 45-55 cm I want my pot to remember what we forgot. We’ll never t...