"Exotic Head Vases, " Unique California Pottery Sculptures, circa Late 1940s

Sculpted by August Bischoff and cast by the famous Brandis foundry in Dusseldorf, Germany, which also cast bronzes by important artists such as Arno Breker...

A masterful -- and brilliantly-hued -- example of high style Art Deco sculpture, this large and unique vase depicts several nude figures along its upper edge -- a Triton blowing his shell-horn on one side and a nude merman and mermaid embracing on the other. The sides of the vase are enlivened by a series of jumping dolphins, and the entire surface is glazed in streaky blues, pale greens and rich browns. The artist was Edgardo Simone, an eccentric and brilliant sculptor who worked in bronze, plaster and ceramics over several decades. He was born in Italy and trained in Rome, but spent much of his career in America, specializing in portrait busts. He sculpted the likenesses of Thomas Edison, John Pershing, Henry Ford, Louis Brandeis, Sally Rand, President Franklin Roosevelt...

Article: Ceramic stoneware vase Designer and producer: Richard Uhlemeyer (born October 3, 1900 in Göttingen, November 4, 1954, according to other information November 7, 1954, in...

Unglazed terracotta pottery vase, by Elmer Early Chia Pet, depicting a soldier's head from the Second World War, wearing a red hat. Made by R...