Ceramics

LENCI “Donna Sarda”Ceramic 1940 Italy

Beautiful and hard to find pair of tall Swedish Rörstrand blue white earthenware vases decorated with alternating medallions of bucolic scenes a...

Glazed Ceramic Jardiniére. Art Nouveau period, France, early 20th century.

Ceramic vase signed Ernst Wahliss, Vienna, Art Nouveau period, circa 1890.

Kähler Art Nouveau ceramic bowl. Decorated with polychrome glaze in a typical art nouveau pattern. Signed HAK for Herman A. Kähler. Approx. 1900-1910.

A marble vase from the 1970s. Made of faiance Very good condition. Dimensions: Height 20 cm, diameter 18 cm.

Pucci_Umbertide vase tulipano ceramic 1950 Italia.

Gorgeous Neapolitan XL tile panel by the firm, Recuperando, Italy. In a beautiful color palette showing lots of details. This large panel (140 cm) consists of 49 tiles of 20x20 cm. ...

Pair of Barbotine ceramic dishes, Art Nouveau Period, France, circa 1890.

Set of three Art Nouveau jugs from Villeroy & Boch, 1890-1900. A very rare set of jugs with floral decor in different sizes. All cocoa pots are equippe...

A piece of Kansas City Art Deco history. This antique bowl, from the late 1800s-early 1900s was created for the Baltimore Hotel in Kansas City MO. Just ...

Charming Art Nouveau Majolica handled platter with two pink wild roses signed Jerome Massier Fils, circa 1900.

Enamel ceramic planter. Art Nouveau period, France, early 20th century. Attributed to Delphin Massier. Planter dimensions: 48 cm diameter, 38 cm height. Base dimensions: 39 cm d...

French Majolica plate with a purple butterfly on the centre surrounded by fruits, circa 1890.

Sarreguemines ceramic vase, Art Nouveau Period, France, circa 1890.

Ronzan baby tiger ceramic, 1950, Italy.

A very finely made antique Royal Worcester porcelain candle snuffer modeled as a monk reading a bible and dated 1904. The candle snuffer is po...

Majolica butterfly plate Josef Steidl Znaim, circa 1890.

This elegant inkwell set by Wedgwood & Bentley is crafted of black basalt, one of Wedgwood’s finest inventions. The set is comprised of two canisters, both held within an intriguing double stand. One is designed to hold ink and features a top with slots for quills or pens, and the other is a powder Shaker with a shell-ornamented lid. Black basalt refers to the fine-grained stoneware that Josiah Wedgwood, inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt...

A large Mid-Century Italian ceramic standard white poodle "Spaghetti" dog sculpture. With its sweet face and wonderfully executed fur, this poodle sculpture is a perfect companion f...

An impressive, large Doulton Lambeth vase made ca. 1885-1900 by Mark V. Marshall, assisted by Florrie Jones. Mark V. Marshall’s vase fuses and contrasts Medieval Gothic art with Belle Epoque Art...

An Austrian Ernst Wahliss Art Nouveau figurine, circa 1880 Ernst Wahliss (1837-1900), Austrian Art Nouveau ceramic sculptural figure of a semi draped ...

This rare Pre-Columbian vessel from the ancient Diquís culture of present-day Costa Rica possesses the features of a bird. The three-pegged jar was a common type of burial vessel, me...

6 ceramic vintage kitchen jars Hand painted Spanish crafts.

Pair of Mettlach vases by Villeroy & Boch, circa 1900, stoneware with ornamental decor. In very good condition. The vases will ship from Germany. Shippin...

ViBi sculpture ceramic, 1950, Italy.

Lenci elephant couple ceramic, 1950, Italy.

Keith Simpson has made these types of ceramic vehicles intermittently over the past years. He likes to make the underdog car models. Keith says, "They are like the cars that you migh...

Large pitcher from Rosenburg den Haag, the Netherlands. It´s Art Noveau at it´s best and the painting is really good. It is in very good condition e...

Most elegant mocha set for six persons made of cream white ceramics / glazed and partially black painted / very interesting stylized monochrome pattern: It is strongly influenced by designs created by Dagobert Peche ! We're presenting here: Lidded mocha pot...

A set of three pink, green, and gold ceramic saucers. This set is beautifully decorated in pink and green flowers, with gold details. Mix and match thi...

Stamped: GRE`S DE RAMBERVILLERS Rambervillers is a city in Alsace-Lorraine, in eastern France, where in the late 19th century Alphonse Cyte're esta...

Crocefix Ronzan ceramic, 1950, Italy.

A Boch Freres Keramis art pottery vase produced at La Louvière, Belgium during the Art Deco period, circa 1930. This glazed earthenware vessel bears the company's decor number "D.236...

Galvani Pordenone soup tureen centerpiece 1930 ceramic, Italy.

Elegant vase  made of cream white ceramics / glazed and partially black painted very interesting stylized pattern Bibliography: Waltraud Neuwirth, Markenlexikon fuer Kunstgewerb...

Unique earthenware goblets, figurative, glazed monochromatic.

An early Meissen porcelain teapot made circa 1715, decorated by a Dutch hausmaler circa 1730-1740. The teapot is decorated in a Kakiemon pa...

Essevi “Sandro Vacchetti “ ceramic, 1940, Italy.

Albisola “La Fenice” vase sculpture ceramic, 1930, Italy.

Gorgeous Italian butterfly glazed ceramic vase from the Liberty period in pastel colors. Italy, circa 1920s-1930s. This highly decorative ceramic vase is in excellent condition. Mera...

French Majolica plate with a purple butterfly on the center surrounded by fruits, circa 1890.

Art Nouveau vase Madeleine Lyee and marcel Guillard perfect condition golden color with grape motif signed on its based ceramic and enamel. Art nouveau, modernist art or modernism wa...

Large Majolica basket with iris flowers signed Sarreguemines, circa 1920.

Beautiful Art Nouveau earthenware vase made at Michael Andersen & Son in the 1920s. The vase features a stunning lustre glaze in light blue, black and turquoise colors and are decora...

An artist working in the Art Nouveau style, Majorelle made a splash at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris and was one of the founders of the E´cole de Nancy. This intricately p...

Entitled Winter and Spring this Meissen Porcelain figural group features a cloaked putto staying warm by a fire (Winter) and another gathering flowers (Spring). Part of the company's...

Pair of enamel ceramic planters, Art Nouveau period, Germany, circa 1900.

An Italian contemporary large ornamental plate centerpiece, the plate is signed by Tarshito author in the 2004. Tarshito architect first artist after...

Gallant Rococo scene of loving couple Manufactory: Goldscheider Vienna / Austria Dating of manufacture: made circa 1930 Material: ceramics / painted / glossy finish Technique of manufacture: ceramics modelling Designer: Josef Kostial...

Amphora earthenware shaped vase, Viennese, Austria, from the beginning of the 20th century, circa 1900 with four stylized handles.

Set of seven ironstone pharmacy jars fabricated in thick ironstone. The intended contents of each jar is stenciled in Latin. Some jars display hand painted letters and numbers, which is extremely charming. Jars were glazed before firing and all are lidded. Stamped "Czechoslovakia" on the bottom. The small size is 3.5 inches diameter by 5.5 inches tall and the taller jars...

Excellent Viennese Art Nouveau Item Modelled by Ferdinand Doblinger (1872-1935), circa 1910. Manufactured by 'Wiener Kunstkeramische Werkstätte...

Michael Powolny Art Nouveau centrepiece with three cherubs - most lovely ceramics item! Modelled by Michael Powolny (1871 - 1954), circa 1907. Hallmarked: Manufactured by Wiener Keramik (Vienna Ceramics) (WK / hallmarked). Material is ceramics (multicolored painted / glossy finish). Model 113 (model number is impressed / bottom glazed) Monogram of "Michael Powolny (MP)" is impressed, too. Made 1912. ________________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Most lovely three naked male cherub's figurines holding a round plate attached to their heads / the mentioned plate is blue painted at bottom side / the surface of tiered round socle is partially moss green shaded. ________________________________________________________________________________ Height: 21.0 cm (= 8.66 inches) Diameter of platter: 24.5 cm (= 9.64 inches) ________________________________________________________________________________ Bibliography: Waltraud Neuwirth, Markenlexikon für Kunstgewerbe (3), Wiener Keramik / Modelle 1906-13; pages 100-101 Elisabeth Frottier, "Michael Powolny, Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900-1950", Vienna 1990, page 200, List of Work (= Werkverzeichnis) number W 113 (WV 61), Model 113 ________________________________________________________________________________ Experts of Fine Arts assess Michael Powolny's work nowadays as result of activity of one the most important ceramics sculptors / designers of Austrian Art Nouveau. Most of Powolny's successors were strongly under his sway since Powolny had left 'large steps' in Viennese Art of Ceramics. Excellent condition. ____________________________________________________________________________________ About Michael Powolny (Sculptor). As both a designer and a teacher, the Austrian ceramicist and glassware designer Michael Powolny was an important figure in the development of modernist aesthetics in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. His romantic sculptural pottery figures embrace the lush, dynamic stylings of Gustav Klimt and other progressive artists, while his functional pieces — such as glass bowls and vases — employ the simple linear and geometric ornamentation that marked the work of Josef Hoffmann and other members of the Wiener Werkstätte Community of designers and craftsmen. Powolny received classical training in ceramics from his father, a potter, and at the Vienna School of Applied Arts, but later joined in the modernizing movement in the Austrian arts at the close of the 19th century. In 1897, Klimt, Hoffman, Koloman Moser and other artists and architects founded the Vienna Secession, a group that fought for freedom of expression against the city’s tradition-bound arts establishment. Powolny’s work reflects the changing times. He used classical figures in his ceramics — female nudes, cherubs — yet would dress them in modern ornament such as garlands of abstract, geometric flowers. Pieces from Powolny’s ceramics company were sold through the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshops) founded by Hoffmann and Moser, and Hoffman later hired Powolny to create ceramic ornamentation for his architectural masterpiece, the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. Powolny would go on to design glassware that combines elegant, tapering forms with precise linear decoration. His most influential work may have come as a professor at the School of Applied Arts, where he taught both Lucie Rie, the great Austrian-British modernist ceramicist, and the American potter Viktor Schreckengost, creator of the “Jazz Bowl...

Emerald green tulip ornamented ceramic "tapas" serving dish made by Andreas Schneider, Norway 1910s. Art Nouveau meeting Art Deco.

Pair of glazed ceramic vases. Art Nouveau period, France, early 20th century.

Keith Simpson has made these types of ceramic vehicles intermittently over the past years. He likes to make the underdog car models. Keith says, "They are like the cars that you migh...

Arthur Craco (1869-1955) large ceramic vase, circa 1900 in the style of Hector Guimard.