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Ceramics For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Aesthetic Movement
Clarice Cliff Bowl in Hydrangea Pattern Bizarre Range, Art Deco circa 1933
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a bowl by Clarice Cliff in the "Hydrangea" pattern, circa 1933.
The Hydrangea pattern is a "Bizarre" pattern, produced in 1933. It is hand, in the green colour-way, with flo...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Carter Stabler Adams Chinese Blue Glazed Bowl on Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and scarce early Art Deco Poole art pottery bowl with integral stand made by Carter Stabler Adams and dating from around 1920, The earth...
Category
1920s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Samuel Alcock Mask & Ivy Cobalt Blue & Green Majolica Pitcher, England, 1875
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rarely found English Majolica mask handled and climbing Ivy water pitcher, marked Samuel Alcock & Co. circa 1875.
A round bellied cobalt blue body ...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Art Deco ceramic thermos with brass cover coffee can germany around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco ceramic thermos with brass cover coffee can germany around 1920s
The cover is polished and stove enameled
The cermaic is original condition
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Mobach Utrecht Dutch Art Deco Hares Fur Glazed Studio Pottery Vase
By Mobach
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Dutch Art Deco studio pottery vase decorated in grey hares fur glazes dating from around 1930. The stoneware hand-crafted vase is contemporary for its period and stands on a flat round base and is of tall cylindrical shape with a round and flat shoulder and slightly raised narrow opening with a flat rim. The vase is decorated in grey streaked glazes with a fine hares fur patterning with a natural glazed base and top rim bringing through the red color of the stoneware. The vase has an incised number 519 to the base and is impressed MOBACH UTRECHT...
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figurine 'Veil Dance', by Stephan Dakon, Circa 1926
By Stefan Dakon
Located in Vienna, AT
Young revue dancer with pageboy hairstyle, dressed in one-piece, light green transparent costume with short pants and tight-fitting, long-sleeved top with large collar standing up ba...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgwood Brown & Green Tortoiseshell Glazed English Majolica Match Striker
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Wedgwood Majolica earthenware pottery match holder and striker, Staffordshire, England – circa 1869.
For the hearth, kitchen or bedside, the holder is ribbed for lighting strike...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Swedish Modern Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand Ceramic Blue Chamotte Vase
Located in Uccle, BE
Creation by Gunnar Nylund (1914–1997) during his tenure as artistic director of Rörstrand from 1932 through the 1950s. The vase has a glossy white glaze over a rough rustic body crea...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Set of 8 Antique Spanish Ceramic Kitchen Canisters / Storage Jars
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of 8 glazed ceramic kitchen canisters / storage pots and jars. Spain, 1930s
Rare find.
Handcrafted in off-white ceramic with dark brown inscriptions and floral decorative painted details in shades of green and garnet.
A highly decorative set of 6 antique kitchen canisters...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic
Enamel Ceramic Sculpture by Abele Jacopi Signed Lenci, Italy
By Lenci
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Enamel ceramic sculpture by Abele Jacopi (1882-1957) signed Lenci. Art Deco period, Italy, circa 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
English Aesthetic Movement Treacle Glazed Moon Vase with Classical Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An impressive English aesthetic movement ceramic twin handled moon shaped vase decorated with classical figures dating from around 1880. The vase is finely made and stands on a wide ...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Frieze of Male Nudes, " Large, Highly Rare Art Deco Vase by Goor for Mougin
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking -- and rare -- vases ever produced by the Mougin ceramics firm in France, this vase ringed by four nude male figures clasping hands...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Pair of Art Deco Hand-Painted Ceramic Vases with Orientalist Motifs by Bretby
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated pair of hand-painted ceramic vases were realized by the esteemed British early 20th century pottery studio, Bretby. Hand-painted in dark chocolate and cream tones, they feature whimsical interpretations of orientalist motifs- including bamboo trees and kabuki masks...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Goldscheider Vienna, 'Summer Evening', Elegant Lady with Wreath of Flowers, 1939
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the late 1930s:
Representation of an elegant lady in a long, close-fitting, off-the-shoulder dress with a ruffled neckline made of rose-colored ...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco La Fenice, Albisola Blue and Black Leaf Decorated Vase, Italy 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Art Deco La Fenice, Albisola Blue and Black Leaf Decorated Vase, Italy 1930s
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Art Déco Figurine, 'Kiss', Posing Dancer, by Stephan Dakon, ca 1928
Located in Vienna, AT
Very Rare and excellent Viennese Ceramic Figure from the late 1920s:
Graceful dancer, posing with her upper body bent forward and with her eyes closed, forming her mouth into a kiss,...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Christopher Dresser Attributed Aesthetic Movement Terracotta Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish aesthetic movement terracotta vase with slip applied floral designs in the manner of Watcombe and design attributed to Christopher Dresser dating from around 1880. Thi...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Ruskin Art Deco Orange Lustre Glazed Pierced Pot-Pourri Lidded Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Art Deco orange lustre glazed art pottery pot-pourri lidded vase with pierced designs by Ruskin and dated 1915. The finely made vase is of round bulbous form standing on a narrow round foot with a recessed base and with a small round raised top...
Category
1910s English Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Metal
"Capricorn, " Important Art Deco Tile with Zodiac Theme by MacLeary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created by Bonnie MacLeary, a Texas-born sculptor famed for her "Aspiration" and "Ouch" bronzes, two of several created in the 1920s, this classic Art Deco tile...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Pair of Stoneware Brown and Black Ceramic Vases by Joseph Talbot La Borne 1940
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Joseph Talbot
Art Deco 1940 French pair of vases
Brown and black stoneware ceramic galzes colors
Original perfect condition
Signed under the base
Height 24 cm
Large 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Art Deco Pitcher and Wash Basin By Società ceramica Richard Ginori
Located in Roma, IT
I am offering for sale an item that is currently not strictly necessary in our homes although it was necessary in the past.
Why propose it to you? Because I am sure that its charm a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Blue and White Art Deco Spritzdekor Ceramic Basket from Czechoslovakia
Located in Amityville, NY
Vintage Blue and White Art Deco Spritzdekor Ceramic Basket from Czechoslovakia. This vessel is executed in the Art Deco "Spritzdekor" airbrushed pai...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Danish Kähler HAK Jug / Pitcher with Uranium Glaze by Nils Kähler, 1930s-1940s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Art Deco ceramic jug or pitcher designed by Nils Kähler and made by Herman A. Kählers ceramic workshop in the 1930s or 40s.
The jug is decorated ...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Jean Luce, Art Deco Black Vase w/ Golden Bands, Glazed Stoneware, France, c 1928
By Jean Luce
Located in New York, NY
Known for his long career spanning a range of 20th Century movements, Jean Luce's Machine Age vase is ringed by gold bands, giving the impression that the vase has been mechanically ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Art Deco Porcelain Powder Box, German, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
An exceptional Art Deco powder jar very desirable and would enhance any collection. The representation of a couple in love has been expertly hand painted, from the lightly blushed ch...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Doulton Jardinière on Stand
Located in Norwood, NJ
Art Deco Royal Doulton fully marked jardinière on stand. Dark cobalt blue with green and brown ground and pink flowers. Planter on stand from th...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Nude African Frieze, " Exceptional Art Deco Sculptural Vase by Ebeling, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An exceptional, carved bas relief vase by Allan Ebeling for Steninge Keramik in Sweden, this piece depicts a frieze-like procession of six, nude Africa...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Clay
1930s Lapis Blue Art Deco Ceramic Refrigerator Water Jug & Matching Stopper
Located in Red Lion, PA
1930s Lapis Blue Art Deco Ceramic Refrigerator Water Jug with Matching Stopper
A stunning example of 1930s Art Deco design, this lapis blue glazed ceramic water jug is both a functi...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Cork
1940s Art Deco Orange, Green Striped Centerpiece by Michael Andersen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Striking Danish Art Deco handmade ceramic decorative bowl by Michael Andersen & Son. Vibrant orange, umber and seafoam green glaze over relief wave-like striped pattern from centre t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Minnie G Thompson Doulton Lambeth Pigment Painted Vase, 1883
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual Aesthetic Movement biscuit fired Doulton Lambeth stoneware vase pigment hand-painted with stylized foliage and geometric designs by Minnie G Thompson...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Charles Lemanceau Rare Art Deco Ceramic Bear Couple "sur la banquise", 1935
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Couple of Bears" by Charles Lemanceau, Sainte-Radegonde, France, circa 1935. This striking and rare French Art Deco ceramic sculpture, titled "Sur la Banquise" (On the Ice Field), depicts a charming couple of bears in an elegant, minimalist style. Created by renowned artist Charles Lemanceau in the mid-1930s, this rare and highly sought-after piece showcases his mastery of ceramic craftsmanship. The sculpture is produced in a distinctive crackle glaze technique, a hallmark of Lemanceau's work and the French Art Deco period.
Dimensions: Width: 24.4" (62 cm), Height: 13.6" (34.5 cm). Condition: Very good, with some minor imperfections typical of the technique used during this period. This model is illustrated in the Sainte-Radegonde catalog (see photo) and is available in two sizes. The piece presented here is the larger of the two. It is also featured in Les Craquelés Art Déco by Alain-René Hardy & Bruno Giardi (page 109), as well as in Craquelés, Les Animaux en Céramique 1920-1940 by Patrick Malaureille (page 38), which is a reference book on French crackle glaze ceramics...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Art Deco Group Nude with Shepherd Dog, Lorenzl and Postl, ca 1935
Located in Vienna, AT
Very Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the 1930s:
Standing young, unclothed lady with chin-length blond hair, loosely holding in front of her the leash of the German shepherd sit...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Fulham Pottery Aesthetic Movement Salt Glazed Jug by John Pollard Seddon
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good and finely decorated Aesthetic Movement stoneware jug decorated with fan shape and floral designs by John Pollard Seddon and dating from around 1880. The jug stands on a round...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Ceramic, Sign: Pierrefonds, Made in France, 351
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Ceramic: Pierrefonds, made in France, 351
In 1903, Count Charles Henri Olivier Hallez d'Arros founded a ceramics factory in Pierrefonds in the Oise . He was joined, in 1912, by the c...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Two English Pottery Glass Eyed Dog Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Two delightful English Art Deco pottery novelty dog figures with glass eyes made by Fielding’s and Crown Devon and dating from the 1930’s. The small figures portray two small puppy d...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Ewer with Stylized Leaf Motifs by Edith Lupton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and finely made Aesthetic Movement Doulton Lambeth stoneware ewer with geometric and stylized leaf patterning by renowned artist Edith D Lupton and dated 1875. An earl...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Paul Milet for Sevres, France, Large Art Deco Fox in Glazed Ceramics
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Paul Milet for Sevres, France. Large Art Deco fox in glazed ceramics. Beautiful red glaze.
1920's.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Measurimg L 57 x H 18...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Figure, Harlequin with Flute by Josef Kostial, Goldscheider Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Art Deco Goldscheider ceramic figure of the 1920s.
Depiction of Till Eulenspiegel in a uniform costume with brown ribbons, framed by a black zigzag pattern, with matching shoes, a large ruff and a brown fool's cap, leaning on a pedestal covered with a colored cloth and playing a flute.
On a black oval base with the artist's signature 'Kostial' on the back of the pedestal.
Originally from Germany, Till Eulenspiegel allegedly lived as a wandering rogue in the 14th century, born around 1300 in Kneitlingen near Brunswick. He traveled around the Holy Roman Empire and other parts of Europe, as a country traveler he became the protagonist of a Middle Low German collection of swans, which was first published by a Strasbourg publisher without naming an author long after his death around 1510. In later illustrations, the fool's cap became his most important attribute and distinguishing mark, often with 'Donkey ears' and / or bells occupied.
'Eulenspiegel' made his main entrance in English- speaking culture late in the 19th century as 'Owlglass', but was first mentioned in English literature by Ben Jonson in his comedic play The Alchemist.
Designed by Josef KOSTIAL...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic, Made in Belgium
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Ceramic: Sign: Made in Belgium, Boch F. La louviere Fabrication Belge
The Boch manufacture was established in Belgian La Louvière by Jean-François Boch, one of main owners of another...
Category
1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Fruit Service, 1+10 Pcs, Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1930s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in Bochum, NRW
Einar Luterkort (1905-1981) for Upsala Ekeby; 1930 "Jazz" pattern fruit service, with large serving platter and ten small plates, with a different motif...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Jean Besnard Art Deco Ceramic Dish, France 1930s
By Jean Besnard
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Ceramic dish by renowned French potter Jean Besnard.
Partially glazed etched decor.
Made in France in the 1930s.
Monogrammed JB.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg, The Våga Series, Small White Vase, Sweden c. 1940
Located in New York, NY
In 1917, Gustavsberg hired Kåge to make its dinnerware and other everyday products more beautiful—he would serve as the company's Artistic Director until 1948. During this fruitful p...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique French Art Deco Turquoise Blue Pottery Vase Edmond Lachenal Signed 1930
Located in Portland, OR
Edmond Lachenal (1855-1948), a wonderful Art Deco turquoise blue volcanic glazed ceramic vase, circa 1930, in wonderful antique condition. Edmond Lachenal was considered an innovator...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
'Top-Hat', Goldscheider Art Déco Dancer Posing In Tight Costume, Dakon, c 1928
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Viennese ceramic figure from the late 1920s:
Young, fancy dancer in a tight costume with a shoulderless and backless top held by a pearl necklace and short harem pants, bl...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bode Willumson 1920's / 30's Scorpion Jug private studio before Royal Copenhagen
Located in Mobile, AL
Bode Willumsen operated his own studio in Denmark and his work during the early period was celebrated to such an extent that he was hired at Royal Copenhagen where his related desig...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figure Striding Dancer With Train, by Lorenzl c1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremeley rare porcelain figurine around 1930:
Elegant dancer striding to the side with her upper body turned forward, wearing a knee-length, shimmering gray-pink trouser dress with...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Elizabeth a Sayers Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic Movement Onion Shape Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic Movement onion shaped vase decorated with star like motifs by renowned artist Elizabeth A Sayers dated 1878.
Elizabeth A Sayers while recongized as a highly accomplished and distinguished artist did not spend much time at Doulton Lambeth so pieces by her are both rare and sought after.
This stylish stoneware onion bodied vase...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Simonetto Futuristic Airbrushed Ceramic Italian Centerpiece Soup Bowl, 1930s
By Imola
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Simonetto futuristic airbrushed ceramic centrepiece soup bowl. This fantastic item was produced in Italy during the 1930s by Cooperativa Ceramica Imola and designed by Ange...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pottery Polar Bear Bowl or Ashtray from Ditmar Urbach Czechoslovakia, 1930s
Located in Lucenec, SK
Polar bear at ice POOL, a ceramic bowl manufactured by Ditmar Urbach in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. The bowl was designed to celebrate Nora, the first polar bear in the Prague Zoo. ...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Bathroom Set by Ditmar Urbach, 1920s
Located in Praha, CZ
Set of Art Deco or Bauhaus bathroom accesories by Ditmar Urbach from late 1920s. Two wall lamps (E27 or E26 socket), one shelf, two hooks, two toothbr...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Opaline Glass
1930's Art Deco Deruta Urn with Fox
Located in Hanover, MA
Rare 1930's Italian black glazed majolica urn with asymmetric handles which are silvered along with rim and foot and an orange glazed stylized fox set within an arched niche.
Signed ...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Millie Taplin Art Deco Wedgwood Floral Painted Cup & Saucer
By Wedgwood
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine Art Deco Wedgwood floral cabinet coffee can and saucer by renowned designed Millicent (Millie) Jane Taplin (British, 1902-1980) and dating f...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Ceramic Sign: Boch F. La louviere Fabrication Belge, Made in Belgium 898
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign: Boch F. La louviere Fabrication Belge, Made in Belgium 898
The Boch manufacture was established in Belgian La Louvière by Jean-François Boch, one of main owners of another know...
Category
1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Large unusual Austrian Majolica oyster plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s Austrian Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
French Art Deco Ceramic Bust of a Young Faun
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Art Deco craquelé ceramic bust of a young faun with pointed ears and a garland of leaves on his head. Marble base. Weight: 4.5 lbs. Please refer to photos for more details. ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Marble
Triart Bassano Italian Art Deco Pottery Seated Nude Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A typically Italian Art Deco Triart Bassano pottery figure of a seated nude dating between 1930 and 1950. The lightly potted figure sits on a moulded ro...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Doulton Burslem Luscian Ware Hand Painted Exhibition Vase, circa 1893
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Doulton Burslem Luscian ware tear drop shaped vase handpainted by renowned miniature and historical artist Leslie Johnson dating between 1891 and 1902. The ta...
Category
1890s European Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Aluminia Copenhagen, Hollow Dish with Polychrome Peacock Tail Decoration, Signed
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
BJ Berthe Jessen (BJ) Aluminia Copenhagen.
Hollow dish with polychrome peacock tail decoration, signed
Danemark - design Royal Copenhague.
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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Ceramics, which includes pottery such as earthenware and stoneware, has had meaningful functional value in civilizations all over the world for thousands of years. When people began to populate permanent settlements during the Neolithic era, which saw the rapid growth of agriculture and farming, clay-based ceramics were fired in underground kilns and played a greater role as important containers for dry goods, water, art objects and more.
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