American Mid-Century Modern Douglas Ferguson Pigeon Forge Pottery Vase Signed

Mid-Century signed California studio pottery pot / vase, circa 1970s. The vase is in very good vintage with no chips or cracks and measures 7"D x 9"...

Modernist Ikebana vase with a suiban structure and smooth surface. Blue celadon glaze and Unknown signature in bottom. Japan, 1960s. Mid-Century, Hollywood Regency, Art Deco, Eclect...

Large mid-Century signed California studio pottery vase, circa 1970s. The vase is in very good vintage with no chips or cracks and measures 9"D x 8.5"H. The piece is signed on the un...

A very nice MCM California studio pottery stoneware vase, circa 1970s. The vessel is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 3"W x 3"D x 6.75"H. Signed o...

Douglas Ferguson Designed Bag Vase Made in Pigeon Forge

Vintage hand-thrown bowl features complex Crater glaze in off-white and espresso brown colors. Minimal color palette and streamlined shape of the piece allow the textured glaze with variations from semi-matte to high gloss to take the spotlight; asymmetrical biomorphic shape adds hand-crafted, Organic Modern mood to the bowl's design. The bowl is signed on the bottom with "Pigeon Forge Pottery Tenn". The Crater glaze has become one of the most recognizable glazes made by the Pigeon Forge Pottery. Often commonly referred to as "Volcanic" or "Lava" glaze, the Crater glaze was developed and made in several colors. We are offering a vase and 4 more bowls in different shapes by Douglas Ferguson, done in variations of Crater glazes, in separate listings. Douglas Ferguson (1912-1999) was an established Tennessee pottery artist; he received a degree in Art Design Studies from Mars Hill College and worked in the Ceramic Research Laboratory for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Norris, TN, from 1935 to 1947, where he experimented with local clays. In 1946 he started Pigeon Forge Pottery in an old tobacco barn with his wife Ruth and Ernest Wilson, his colleague at the Ceramic Research Laboratory. He formulated many of his own glazes, including crystalline and Crater glaze. In 1957 he created the Clingman Dome tea set, named by Ferguson for the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, which the state of Tennessee presented to Queen Elizabeth. Ferguson became a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild in 1948 and remained active until 1998, receiving Life Membership in 1991. He earned two awards from the Tennessee Arts and Crafts Festival in Nashville, received the Rotary Certificate of Distinguished Service, and was featured in books on Appalachian craftspeople by Bernice Stevens, Edward Dupuy and Helen Bullard. In the fall of 1952, Ferguson attended a ceramics symposium by international artists at Black Mountain College; in 1963 he participated in the American Craft Council and the Ceramic National exhibitions. In the 1970s - 80s Ferguson created a fountain with traditional Appalachian quilting...

A double-mouthed stoneware ceramic vase by Douglas Ferguson of Pigeon Forge, signed, probably 1950 - 1970. In a gentle glazed taupe and featuring soft and yet elegant lines, this pie...

Unusual Art pottery vase with lid by Ken Ferguson. Painted with nude female forms. Some areas of loss on inside of lid. No cracks. Very good overall condition. Signed with "F" stamp used...