Alessio Tasca, Vase, Ceramic, Italy, 1970s

A blue and grey semi-glazed vase designed and produced by Gustav & Ulla Kraitz, Sweden, c. 1970s “KRAITZ” written on bottom

A blue and grey semi-glazed vase designed and produced by Gustav & Ulla Kraitz, Sweden, c. 1970s “KRAITZ” written on bottom

A blue and brown semi-glazed vase designed by Marianne Starck and produced by Michael Andersen, Bornholm, Denmark, 1960s.

A beige and brown-glazed vase designed and produced by Kjell Bolinder, Höganäs, Sweden, 1969.

Jacob Bang, Danish 1932-2011 Vintage midcentury Scandinavian vase by Jacob Bang. Cylinder form in maroon glazed stoneware with strokes in a darker glaze. Designed by Jacob Bang in...

Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) sculptor, ceramicist, metalworker, multi-media artist and designer Born in Florence in 1915, Marcello Fantoni began studying ceramic art at age 12 at the Art Institute of Florence with ceramicist Carlo Guerrini, artistic director of the famed Cantagalli Factory. He continued years of training in ceramics and the arts, including sculpture with Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti, and figurative art with Gianni Vagnetti, graduating as a maestro of art in 1934. After a stint as art director for a ceramics factory in Perugia, in 1936 he opened the Fantoni Ceramic Studio in Florence. Here he produced ceramic series as well as unique pieces, sculptures and furnishings. In 1937 Fantoni’s pieces were exhibited in the Florence National Arts and Crafts Exhibit where their unique combination of rustic forms decorated with African and marine motifs and painted figures garnered considerable acclaim. By the start of World War II Fantoni’s melding of ancient Italian pottery techniques with decidedly Modernist elements had won him artistic and commercial success both in Italy and abroad. Having participated in the resistance, after the War Fantoni worked for the 500-year old Maiolica factory in Deruta, Umbria, renowned for its signature tin-glazed pottery. In the 1950s he refocused on his Florence studio, dedicating himself to larger sculptural pieces...

A ceramic vase with wood firing by Bruno H' rdy. Signed at the base. Perfect original conditions. Circa 1970-1980. Unique piece.

Cornovaso designed in 1968 by Alessio Tasca. This is a sculptural vase obtained from a loaf of clay passed through a triangular flange and shaped with his hands. With this industrial...