Eskimo Fisherman Vase Edmund Ronaky California Modern

Bertil's work is often haunting, but this bottle vase is ready for display or perhaps for the most adventurous as a container for your personal witch's brew. A entire layer of end of day type scattered glass has been cameo acid cut back to reveal a frosted midnight blue glass underlayer. But, just look at these birds. Ravens, crows... certainly birds of the night. A taller neck than I have seen before and the slight slumping and bubbled inclusions reinforce the visual message that this is both art and handicraft. The fortuitous bold coloration of the birds makes the pattern boldly assert. Marked Kosta Boda Atelier 92 and B Vallien...

The Louisville Pottery company used a variety of stamps and sold to touristy shops with marks including Cherokee, Great Smokey Mountains, Daniel Boone, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky Hand Made and more. Most of them are small pitchers and vases in traditional forms. But, then there are occasional exceptions and over time we have all learned that major designers including Frederic Hurten Rhead (over at Selden Bybee) were working in the area. Research is ongoing to identify the examples designed and/or influenced by well known artists or simply a great relatively unknown designer or two deserving of recognition for their work. The JB Speed Art Museum cataloged a slightly smaller gloss green example Accession number 2007.10.9 with the Cherokee Pottery...

Bode Willumsen operated his own studio in Denmark and his work during the early period was celebrated to such an extent that he was hired at Royal Copenhagen where his related desig...

Lorraine North (1931-2014) produced extraordinary Mid-Century Modern scratch decorated studio pottery in the 1970s and 1980s. It is extremely difficult to find examples of her work available. The forms and decoration speak for themselves. The measurement provided is for the larger lidded form. The ornament is local inspired and includes birds, fish, snails and flowers. The Gulf Coast of Alabama and Mississippi hosts a legion of artists and craftspeople with epicenters in Fairhope, Alabama and Ocean Springs...

Cheerful large ceramic vase by the Italian designers Fratelli Fancuillacci. The primary colors on the earth colored background form two adults and a child walking under an umbrella. Also without flowers in it this is an interesting object...

French Mid-Century Anthropomorphic Vase by Accolay, France, 1950s. This unique anthropomorphic vase was crafted by Accolay in France during the 1950s. Featuring a sculptural form wit...

Double-sided vase on the pattern of 2 characters. Polychrome glazes and scarified decoration. The piece is in excellent condition. About Accolay : Accolay designates both the pla...

This is a colorful sculptural vase made in California by Michael "Mike" Hickman. The sculpture is composed of three stacked vases. Brilliant green, blue, purple, and red glazes are a...