Jeanne Bonnefoy-Mercuriali, Stonewear "Jeux d'Anses" 'Handles Game'

Artist/Designer: Giorgio Ferro; Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.V.E.M.) Additional Information: Provenance: Lobel Modern, New York, New York Private Collection, Bethesda, Maryland. Mark...

Free-blown and formed iridized blue glass vase. Giorgio Ferro was artistic director of Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM) from 1952-1955. Example in Marc Heinemann's book "Murano Glass, ...

Born in Melrose, Ohio in 1922, Clyde Burt would go on to become a major voice in American studio ceramics. He studied at Fort Wayne Art School and later at the Cape Cod School of Art before landing at the Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel to Cranbrook, Burt made it central to his practice and his thrown works express the same endless curiosity as his teacher. Upon returning to Ohio, Burt built a home studio on his family’s farmland near the Little Auglaize River and harvested rich clay from the surrounding area. He started every day at 5:30 in the morning and would work until he knew he “had enough”. Constantly experimenting with glazes, colors and surface decoration, Burt painstakingly recorded his successes and failures in a small notebook...

Emaux de Longwy ceramic vase decorated with real platinum (craquelling). Black glazed. Model: "Anse" Art Deco style, France Signed Dimensions: Width: 32 cm Height: 46...

Hand-blown amber glass vase from the "Anse Volante" series, iridized with large handle, by Giorgio Ferro for Arte Vetraria Muranese or A.VE.M., Murano Ita...

Hand-blown red glass vase from the "Anse Volante" series, irridized with 3 handles, by Giorgio Ferro for Arte Vetraria Muranese or A.VE.M., Murano Italy, ...