Venus and Eros, Vienna Secessionist Ceramic Lidded Jar w/ Female Nude by Russ

Striking and quintessentially Art Deco, this high-style face jar, enrobed in a pale ivory glaze, was designed by Madeleine Sougez for the famed Primavera cera...

Brilliantly glazed in tones of cobalt, gold, black and white, and decorated with an elaborate geometric pattern overlaid with undulating, organic Art Nouveau motifs, this domed porcelain urn was made by the Fraureuth works in Germany, and reportedly designed by Austrian architect Emanuel Josef Margold. Fraureuth was founded in 1866, and for almost a century produced some of Germany's finest porcelains, including some in the modern, bold style espoused by the German and Vienna Secessionist movements. Margold was born in Austria, studied in Königsberg and Mainz, and later became an assistant to Josef Hoffmann and an employee of the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1907, publisher Alexander Koch in Darmstadt became aware of Margold and published his designs in various magazines. Within a few years, Margold moved to Darmstadt to join the art colony there, and became a prolific designer of jewelry...

A French Art Nouveau covered porcelain jar designed by Georges De Feure and manufactured by Dufraisseix & Abbot, Limoges, for Art Nouveau Bing. In the...

19th Century English Pâte-sur-pâte Allegorical Cache Pot, by George Jones  Blurred two-diamond-shaped English Registry mark, Gilder's # 5646 B A 19th-century English Pâte-sur-Pâte A...