Glazed Vases

A stunningly beautiful art nouveau french blue floral motif vase with handles by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden 19 the 1920s. The floral motif is painted with free hand on two sides of the vas...

Model #3516 Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...

Signed: H. Laurent x Desrousseaux. This pair of vases showcases an important Art Nouveau style, "décor végétaliste," or a plant motif. While employed by other artists as part o...

American Arts & Crafts Roseville for Tiffany Chinese form Pauleo pattern Vase Glazed ceramic Circa 1900 DIMENSIONS Height: 15.75 inches (40.01 cm) Diameter: 10.5 inches (26.67 cm...

The virtuosic blending of color and texture shows how inventive decoration can triumph over nondescript form. Brightly colored drips of slurry clay cascade like melted wax down the t...

Art Nouveau Art Deco earthenware vase, made in Belgium. 1930s Model F-42 Art Nouveau ceramic vase in excellent condition (no crack, no repair to the ceramic). There are 4 pieces Ava...

Royal Copenhagen, Art Nouveau porcelain vase decorated with a flower and dragonfly motif. Dating: circa 1920. Perfect condition. Marked. First factory quality. Dimensions: H 17.0 cm ...

Møller & Bøgely, Denmark. Danish Art Nouveau ceramic vase in the style of Bindesbøll. Glaze in blue and green tones. Approximately 1918. Marked. Perfect condition. Dimensions: Heig...

A Modern Moorcroft Meknes Pattern 576/9 Vase, designed by Beverley Wilkes, impressed and painted factory marks, numbered 66/350, underglaze and gold pen. Lovely Moorcroft Arabic ‘Mek...

A stunning pair Austrian heliosine iridescent glazed art pottery vases by Karl Rudolf Ditmar (1818-1895). The pair of squat double gourd shaped vases are...

Art Nouveau Porcelian Vase stamped Richelieu Hand-Painted The Pictures missing to show the beauty of this Vase. The piece is in excellent condition and a real beauty! A real treasu...

Monumental Art Nouveau period ceramic vase by the Austrian firm of Gerbing and Stephan, circa 1890s, measuring 32.5 inches and depicting exotic bir...

The son of Edmond Lachenal, Raoul Lachenal worked in his father's studio until 1911, when he established a new workshop at Boulogne-sur-Seine. While some of Raoul Lachenal's Art Nouv...

One of the most influential french ceramists, Edmond Lachenal contributed significantly to the development of Art Nouveau. His poor beginnings in Paris led to an apprenticeship at ag...

This vase was made by the renowned Weller Pottery factory of the United States in approximately 1910 in the period Art Nouveau style. The vase is done with a high irridescent cobalt ...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1909, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 25 cm (10") high and in excellent conditio...

A contemporary Moorcroft Green Iris pattern slender tapering cylindrical vase, 2013 Centennial Relaunch of William Moorcroft's 1913 design. From the Legacy collection. Dated 2013, nu...

Moorcroft Pottery 'Blue Heaven' vase, TRIAL VASE, dated 04.11.09 This beautiful vase is decorated with the Blue Heaven design by Nicola Slaney. Blue Heaven is an Art Nouveau-inspired...

A Moorcroft Pottery Phoenix pattern vase, designed by Rachel Bishop, circa 1997, of squat form with slender neck, painted and impressed factory marks, and gilt inscribed signature to...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1920, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 23.5 cm (9.4") high and in excellent condi...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1915, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 28 cm (11.2") high and in excellent condit...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1920, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 28 cm (11.2") high and in excellent condit...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1919, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 27.5 cm (11") high and in excellent condit...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1918, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 30.5 cm (12.2") high and in excellent cond...

BOHEMIAN FLUX: A VASE, kuk Fachschule für Keramik und Verwandte Kunstgewerbe, Turn-Teplitz, c. 1905; the ceramic vase with a dark underglaze ground has a matte orange peel overglaze in ochre, apricot, lapis and celadon; the shape of the vase resembles a Japanese Saki bottle with the addition of four long and slender handles at the top third; incised before firing on the base in script lettering,“P.W.”, stamped before firing with the Fachschule mark and 73, and marked “G2.” in black ink; the vase measures: 13” high. Flux- continuous moving, a glazing method, fusion- the artist who produced this remarkable vase has presented a profoundly poetic and technical meditation on this subject. Moving way beyond the pursuit of creating only functional objects, the student ceramists at Fachschule Teplitz had ingrained in them the Europeans’ fascination for Japanese objects “from the floating world” and the design aesthetic known as Japonisme. Truly modern interpretations of Japonisme had begun to evolve into an internalizing of the aesthetic principles and a shift away from imitation of Japanese style applied to a Western format. This vase is noteworthy in that it illustrates this important Modernist shift in European ceramics. The elements of the saki bottle can be divided into three key components which taken as a whole create a rather feminine line. In keeping with this approach, the Fachschule student presents a slender bare neck, like décolletage, which flares ever slightly and then narrows to a high waist before voluptuously widening down and terminating gracefully to a round base. The ceramist gives special emphasis to pleasing proportions and the complementary relationship to the number 3; the measurement at the widest section of the vase equals the same distance from that point up to where the bottoms of the handles join to the body of the vase as well as the full arms’ length. Instead of inscribing the vase with Japanese calligraphy denoting a saki shop, the student takes a radically modern approach by attaching the vase with four handles. And yet, this act is every bit a form of written identification. The arms are the embodiment of the idea of flux in that they are a substance applied to a surface by the welding together to promote their union. The handles serve a new and surprising function. They are carriers of a concept. Fluidity- flux -can be created when an artist joins disparate elements into a harmonious whole. Flux is also a substance used to promote the fusion of minerals and metals and a term describing ceramic glazing. The presence of silica in glazes creates a glassy finish when fired at high temperatures. Matte glazes result from the presence of crystals under the surface and the balance between silica, flux and alumina in the glaze materials. By deliberately under-firing this vase and playing with a combination of additives forming the flux glaze, the end result appears matte and textured. The orange peel quality and alluring color palette are transformative. The effect evokes a waterfall or another continuous moving flow of water like a stream - in flux. So not only does this artist take a Meiji Period saki bottle and the aesthetic tenets of Japonisme as the formal and theoretical points of departure, the artist infuses the work with the symbolism of skill itself where artistic mastery as the embodiment of flux becomes the subject to ponder. As a fully realized and beautifully rendered piece, the vase attests to the artistic prowess of its creator. No longer a mere student working in the shadows of the teacher and no longer simply imitating or replicating past styles, this emerging artist shows the complete fluid transfer from student to master ceramist. Seen in this light, the vase represents a significant and pivotal achievement in Modern European ceramic ware. Fachschule für Keramik und Verwandte Kunstgewerbe (the Imperial School for Ceramics and Associated Applied Arts, 1875-1917) was a powerhouse of the ceramics industry. Located in the Turn-Teplitz region of Bohemia near the German border of what is today The Czech Republic, this was Europe’s largest pottery center in the first part of the 20th century. The school played an integral role in the center’s internationally regarded success as it provided the foundation of sourcing and training new talent for noted local manufacturers such as Amphora. It was at the Fachschule that master artists from these local ceramics houses enjoyed teaching and lecturing posts, and in true synergistic spirit, the big ceramics...

Ipsens, Denmark. Ceramic vase in Art Nouveau style. Design depicting plant growth. Glaze in orange and green tones. Model number 710. From the 1930s/40s. In excellent condition with ...

100-year old Swedish Art Nouveau vase handmade by artist Edgar Böckman in the 1920s. Warm grey, rose, magenta colored lustre glaze covering the slender shape with large organic decor...

These matching green pillar vases' bases are painted black and contain various geometric designs that work their way up the shaft of the vase, eventually becoming less concentrated....

Theodor Hermann Schmuz-Baudiss for Konigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur. This monumental vase features a winter landscape at the edge of a forest. A stunning example of this artist's work.

An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires deep reflection and requires transparency. Clemen...

Theodor Hermann Schmuz-Baudiss for Konigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur. This vase features a geometric thistle at the neck and variations of animals at the shoulders, a hawk and a lion/...

Art nouveau in design and era, a fabulously glazed ceramic vase by Horsens Danico Denmark A super little vase to collect Circa 1920's Signed Danico, 221 Denmark Height 4.25 inch, Dia...

Christian Thompsen (1860 - 1921) for Royal Copenhagen. Established in 1775, Royal Copenhagen grew to become one of the major producers of Danish porcelain. 1895 marked the beginni...

Attributed to Lucien Levy Dhurmer for Clement Massier. An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which in...

Art nouveau in design and era, a fabulously glazed ceramic vase by Horsens Danico Denmark A super little vase to collect Circa 1920's Signed Danico, 221 Denmark Height 4.25 inch, Dia...

Model #4619 Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...

Model #1049. Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written abou...

Austrian Art Nouveau Ceramic portrait vase manufactured by Amphora-Werke Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel Turn-Teplitz circa 1899 Austrian Art Nouveau Ceramic portrait Vase "Germania...

Model #464. Similar example shown at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. Ref: The House of Amphora, Scott; Pg 62. Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked...

Attributed to Lucien Levy Dhurmer & Clement Massier. An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which insp...

The Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, established in 1756, had fallen on hard times by the late 19th century, with critics accusing the factory of a lack of creativity and imagination...

An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires deep reflection and requires transparency. Clemen...

Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery factory was loc...

Attributed to Lucien Levy Dhurmer for Clement Massier. An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which in...

The Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, established in 1756, had fallen on hard times by the late 19th century, with critics accusing the factory of a lack of creativity and imagination...

An Art Nouveau Flemish earthenware vase from Torhout, dating to the early 1900s. The simple, attractive shape and incised design are typical of the...

Emile Gallé (1846-1904), French artist and designer. Colossal Art Nouveau ceramic vase of museum quality. Rare item. Approximately 1880. Decorated with floral motifs in relief. Stam...

Model #4544. Hard Earthenware. Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The ...

Signed Lucien Levy Dhurmer & Clement Massier. An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires de...

Handmade Danish 1940s ceramic vase by Herman Kähler Keramik. Cream glaze with hand-painted lined and organically wavy decorations in clear blue. Signed and stamped under base. Rustic...

Attributed to Lucien Levy Dhurmer for Clement Massier. An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which in...

Signed Lucien Levy Dhurmer for Clement Massier. An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires ...

1900-1910 French Art Nouveau Earthenware Vase in faience by Keller & Guérin - Lunéville, raised on 4 feet and decorated with hand-painted flowers enameled in white and azure sky blue...

Moorcroft Collector Club. Limited Edition Moorcroft Vase - Heavens Unseen by Emma Bossons Dated 2002 waisted cylindrical vase Heavens Unseen pattern signed E Bossons limited edition ...

An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires deep reflection and requires transparency. Clemen...

Model #4598. Hard Earthenware. Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The ...

An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires deep reflection and requires transparency. Clemen...

A tall and elegant Austrian Viennese Art Nouveau porcelain vase hand painted with floral designs by Leonard and dating from around 1905. The vase is of tall narrow round shape with a...