Robert Maxwell for Pottery Craft USA Bud Vase

Striking modern slip-cast candlestick with overlapping circles motif was created by Robert Maxwell for Pottery Craft USA using his innovative glazin...

Graceful bud vase in shape of an ewer is hand thrown and hand decorated with traditional abstract design in black on mottled coral pink glaze background. The placement of the design is sensitively proportioned to the shape of the vase, creating an optical effect that guides the eye. The vase is signed on the bottom by the artist, Dorothy Stewart.

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...

Striking vintage art pottery bud vase features Organic Modern decor in pink, plum, and brown glaze on soft pale pink background. The porcelain or ceramic vase is hand-sculpted in coi...

Robert Maxwell Set of 3 Ceramic Vases. The measurements given apply to the larger vase. The two smaller ones measure 9cm in diameter and 7.5cm i...

Mid-Century Studio Art pottery weed bud vase, rendered in hand thrown clay with a glazed interior, by Guenther from Stowe, Vermont, 1984. Signed

A beautifully crafted, wonderfully designed, large Mid-century Modern California Studio pottery vase by famed California ceramic artist Robert Maxwell featuring a radiant pale grayis...

Hand thrown stoneware bud vase by California ceramicist Robert Maxwell. The vase has a blue green drip glaze allover a warm brown stoneware vessel. ...