Midcentury Modern Bud Vase Sang de Boeuf Celadon Glaze Signed Art Pottery

Vintage art studio pottery ceramic vase is decorated with crystalline glaze in organic, delicate olive and sky-blue palette. The vase was hand thro...

Vintage hand-thrown vase 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; slightly asymmetrical rim adds hand-crafted, Organic Modern mood to the vase design. The vase is personally signed by Douglas Ferguson on the bottom with his name and "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...

Mid Century Modern ceramic vase features an abstract motif in Burgundy red glaze, sponged on in free-flowing patterns and outlined with gold, on light green background. The decor ap...

Mid-century hand thrown art ceramics vase has clean and minimal shape; it was made of white clay with thick band of vibrant multicolored drip lava glaze decoration on the widest par...

Mid Century Modern - Three color glazed ceramic vase - model number impressed on the base - Austria - circa 1950's. Excellent vintage condition - minor rim firing flaw (missing glaz...

This large glazed ceramic vase was made in West Germany in the 1940s. It features a bold green and red mottled glaze with a smooth, glossy finish. The simple, rounded form and heavy ...

Bo fajans, Sweden. Large vase in glazed ceramics. Grooved design, 1960s. Measures: 46.5 x 21 cm. In excellent condition. Signed.

Mid Century miniature glazed studio pottery bud vase - signed/incised initials on the base 'D.R.' - circa 1970's. Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration....