Stoneware Sculptures

#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...

A very cool mid-century stoneware llama by Fabbri Art Co. of San Francisco, circa 1970s. The llama has been beautifully sculpted with deep striking texture in a rich deep greenish co...

"Jupiter Vase" by Lauren Klenow 2024 7" dia. x 6" H Sculptural ceramic flower vase hand made by the artist using a stoneware clay. Lauren Klenow is a New York based sculptor whose...

No.8 stoneware sculpture, Tonfisk by Ciona Lee One of a Kind Dimensions: W 11 x D 5.5 x H 9 cm Materials: grogged stoneware, satin cream glaze Variation...

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...

Frog in a Cup Sculpture Signed by Artist, Ceramic Pottery, USA, 1996 A frog in a cup: the gift for someone who has almost everything, and a sense of humor. Signed and dated by the s...

Small white rituals vase by Lisa Geue Dimensions: D 17 x W 16 x H 16 cm Materials: Terracotta, Kaolin wash, Shino glazes. Non-functional. By researching ancient and indigenous ...

Haniwa Warrior 12 sculpture by Noe Kuremoto Materials: black stoneware sculpture Dimensions: D11 x W33 x H59 cm My interpretation of ancient clay figurine...

Generation 12 vase by Eguzkiñe Egaña Unique Piece Dimensions: D 20.5 x W 20.5 x H 24 cm. Materials: black stoneware and slip In this series of pieces, called...

Sculpture by Hassan Heshmat, Egypt. 1960's. Stoneware. Unique. Dimensions: H: 52 cm/ 20 1/2''

Executed by Michael Powolny for the Wienerberger Keramikwerkstätten, ceramic and stoneware, ochre colored, body holding a dish in her outstretched arms standing above a three-tired C...

A pair of mounted porcelain Karp shaped vases. Gilt - Bronze Mounted Blue Enameled Stoneware, Chinese 18th Century, the Mounts are Louis XV, Circa 1750...

Christina Muff, Danish contemporary ceramicist (b. 1971). Tall hand-modelled cubist stoneware bust. "Fun times in moonshine" from the Kilnfolk series. The glaze is cream-white matte...

This striking vintage studio pottery sculpture by Kaplan is a masterclass in Brutalist-inspired organic modernism. Hand-built from substantial stoneware, the piece features an asymme...

An abstract unglazed ceramic sculpture by Stan Bitters, c. 2006, USA. This piece features a ribbed green form at the top of the sculpture which ombres dow...

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...

Morten Løbner Espenser Ceramic vase Manufactured by Morten Løbner Espenser Copenhagen, 2016 Stoneware and glaze Measurements 25 ø cm x 35 H cm....

Knud Kyhn Royal Copenhagen Baboon Figure, Denmark, 1960s This ceramic figure of a seated baboon was designed by Danish sculptor Knud Kyhn (1880–1969) for Royal Copenhagen. Kyhn was r...

Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 25 cm (10") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition and it has a ...

Stoneware woman posing distributed by Gladding, McBean. Sculpture measures 19" wide, 21" deep and 28" high. Base is 16" diameter. Sculpture is not signed but well documented. Thi...

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...

Large glazed stoneware Falcon designed by the Danish ceramist Knud Kyhn (KK) all the way back in 1940-50. Hugely inspired by the sung glazes applied in Axel Salto's and Bode Willumse...

Article: Ceramic pottery vase set of 2 Origin: Germany Designer: Heinz Siery Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany Decade: 1960s This set of ...

“Gazelle” Tree by Agnès Debizet, 2002 Sculpture in stoneware and porcelain slip depicting a tree and its roots, unique piece signed and dated. Dime...

This series of elephants / mammoths, bears, deers etc was designed by the Danish ceramist Knud Kyhn (KK) all the way back in 1929-36. Hugely inspired by the sung glazes applied in Ax...

Article: Ceramic stoneware object Designer and producer: Otto Meier, Bremen in Germany Information: Otto Meier (born March 18, 1903 in Dortmund, † June 1, 1996 in Worpswede) was...

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

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

Suggestive of an orbital diagram, a celestial body in motion, or the elegant geometry of a molecular structure, this hand-built ceramic sculpture explores balance, movement, and the ...

Esther Shimazu's bald and chunky male sculpture. She uses hand-built techniques to construct clay figures using colored slips, oxides when firing, then hand sands them and rubs in pi...

One day in the middle of the 1950s, Lisa modeled a cat with the tail straight up in the air. The cat was made of dark brown stoneware with carved stripes. This modernist figurine was...

A set of 6 porcelain wall tiles / plaques designed by Olle Alberius at Rörstrand in the late 1960s. These plaques have a decor of birds, flowers and trees in a black and green/yellow...

This Metallic Silver-Gray hand-built ceramic sculpture evokes a proud creature that walks and observes. A Modern TOTEM, abstract with an angled head on two middle bars, balanced on 4...

Large spherical stoneware vase by Ingeborg and Bruno Asshoff (circa 1960s). A multi-hued overflow glaze with mulberry and turquoise sections over olive, o...

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

CLAUDI CASANOVAS Ceramic Manufactured by Claudi Casanovas Olot, 2017 Stoneware and glaze Details Unique piece About Claudi Casanovas (b.1956) is one of the most original and relev...

A masterful sculptural work blending architectural rigor with telluric expression. This exceptional grogged stoneware (grès chamotté) sculpture is an original work by the artist Jo ...

Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand Large polar bear, mid-20th century. Very large glazed stoneware figure of a downward-facing polar bear, shaped in Nylund’s characteristic soft, organic st...

A lovely animal sculpture of a monkey designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand, it is 16 cm high and in very good condition with a lovely glaze. It comes with the original wooden base....

Contemporary abstract stoneware sculptures by Valéry Maillot, 2015. Uniques Pieces, La Borne, France. _______ Dimensions : (1) H 80 cm – (2) (3) H 11...

A sculpture of a Capercaillie Bird in ceramics with a stunning green glaze in ceramic designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand. It is 35 x 27 cm and 29.5 cm tall. It is in excellent co...

CLAUDI CASANOVAS Ceramic model “Lluna Nova” Manufactured by Claudi Casanovas Olot, 2017 Stoneware and glaze Details Unique piece About Claudi Casanovas (b.1956) is one of the most...

A further examination of "The Challis" , these pieces are an offering, a gift, a ritual. Rather than a cup to be used it is a piece to be celebrated. Each one completely unique. Bu...

Glazed stoneware. Footed oval-shaped vase with applied forms & blue glazes. Artist signed on underside.

Talisman Sculpture #3 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras. One of a Kind, Signed and numbered. Dimensions: D 10 x W 15 x H 37 cm. Material: Sandy stoneware with...

Talisman Sculpture #2 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras. One of a Kind, Signed and numbered. Dimensions: D 13 x W 21 x H 52 cm. Material: Sandy stoneware with...

Two ceramic sculptures designed by Bertil Lundgren at Rörstrand in 1970s. The sculptures are in excellent condition and stamped Rörstrand BL. They are all in excellent condition.

This shorter "Modern Totem" sculpture consists of softly rectangular rings stacked one on top of the other, on short angled feet. Another angled foot is replicated above under the to...

"Link" by Lauren Klenow 2024 Tabletop ceramic sculpture consisting of two interlocking geometric shapes. Hand built by the artist in using a textured beige/light brown stoneware cl...

Dogu lady 19 vase by Noe Kuremoto Materials: White stoneware sculpture Dimensions: D19 x W38 x H33 cm Dogu Ladies My interpretation of the ancient Dogu*. A talisman for women. For ...

Jomon Contemporary Fertility Vessel 13 by Noe Kuremoto Materials: White stoneware Dimensions: D 33 x W 33 x H 41 cm (Dimensions are approximate). Milk, Clay, and Ashes I’m a middle...

Holiday vase in dusty black. Designed by Project 213A in 2021 Handmade Stoneware. The oval vase, ruffled on the edges brings about contrast of lightness. This hand made and embelli...

"Brick" by Lauren Klenow 2024 Geometric black glazed ceramic sculpture hand-made by the artist. 3x2.75x7.25"H Lauren Klenow is a New York based sculptor whose work incorporates b...

Stoneware figure crafted by Knud Kyhn for Royal Copenhagen, depicting a peregrine falcon. The bird is modelled with strong naturalistic detail and finished in Kyhn’s characteristic s...

A beautiful set of two glazed stoneware elephant sculptures by Valérie Courtet, made around 2010. The details are truly exquisite, and the quality of the work is exceptional. Each pi...

Unique fish sculpture by the renowned Danish artist Carl Hugo Liisberg (1896-1958). Its executed in glazed stoneware and has a rather naturalistic look to it. The old crown from Saxb...

Christina Muff, Danish contemporary ceramicist (b. 1971). Large hand-modelled, organic-shaped, stoneware sculpture. This piece is covered in a thin layer of white, matte porcelain...

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...

This one-of-a-kind sculptural stoneware piece is defined by its quiet presence and refined material contrast. The form rises from a grounded base into a soft, rounded body, culminati...

A monumental example of abstract expressionism translated into clay.George Roby is an Ohio Potter,he studied at Cranbrook and his work is part of the permanent collection of the Clev...