Axel Salto Small Budding Bowl Royal Copenhagen Denmark 20686 1950s

Guido Gambone rhomboid shaped dish with abstract pattern. Signed with Donkey mark, Italy c1950s. A fascinating item. It is decorated in such a way as to give the optical effect of...

Lucie Rie Stoneware cream jug in manganese and pitted white glaze. With impressed LR mark. c1950s. Provenance: European Ceramics, Knaresborough, 2002. Alan and Pat Firth Collection. Lucie Rie DBE (1902-95) was one of the most important figures in Twentieth Century ceramics. Born in Vienna, she originally studied at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna under Michael Powolony. Before the war she exhibited at the Paris World Fair in 1925 and 1937, at which she won a silver medal. Of Jewish descent, she fled Austria for Britain in 1938 and spent the rest of her life in London. It is difficult to underestimate the importance of her work in Britain and indeed worldwide. She brought the style of European modernism to this country and inspired a generation of potters to develop that approach. A good friend of leading British studio ceramicist Bernard Leach, she became and internationally acclaimed ceramicist with innovations in both shape and glaze. In 1948 she hired a young Hans Coper and they worked and exhibited together for many years. She also spent some time teaching at Camberwell School of Art. Her ceramic work is now regarded as some of the finest and most important of the last century, its lasting influence assured. After her death her studio was reconstructed and exhibited by the Victorian and Albert Museum. Her work is held in the most important ceramics...

Just Andersen Art-Deco footed bowl with decorated rim. It is simply designed on an integral pedestal base and supported by four stylized pillars. It was designed and made by one of t...

Vicke Lindstrand engraved smoky coloured glass bowl with Art-Deco style horse and rider and moon. For Orrefors, Sweden c1930s. Signature to base: O...

Nommie Durell landscape, oil on canvas c1950. UK. Signed bottom edge. Exhibited Sally Hunter Fine Art Gallery April 2005 as no 2 in the catalogue. Nommie Durell (1905-89) ...

Olle Alberius Tree of life glass charger with engraved glass and graal colours. Limited edition issue as part of the annual Orrefors Gallery pieces for 1983. Signed on the rim of the charger: Orrefors 9059290 Olle Alberius Gallery 16-83. The Orrefors Gallery was an annual, cataloged selection of pieces of art glass that ran during the 1980s and early 1990s. As well as reproducing some classic designs from earlier times, Orrefors used...

A unique stoneware bowl in Sung earthenware toned glaze by Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen. Each piece is hand-crated and signed by the maker. Signed on the base. Salto 1933.

Axel Salto, Danish 1889-1961 Stoneware bowl by Danish artist Axel Salto made in the 1930s at Royal Copenhagen. The bowl is in the "budding" style and features the iconic Sung glazi...

A large table lamp designed by Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1950s. With makers mark and signature. Designed in Salto's iconic "budding" style. Features a grey glaze with...

A large table lamp designed by Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1950s. With makers mark and signature. Designed in Salto's iconic "budding" style. Features a blue / brown gl...

Rare and decorative ceramic bowl with leaves by the Danish master Axel Salto. In good original condition. Signed. Dimensions: H: 4,5 cm / 1.8" Diameter: 6 cm / 2.35"

Coveted rare exemplar of Axel Salto's "Living Stone" vase model 20715, Signed at base : "Salto, SK8", 1938. This monumental floor Vase is a rare and exquisite example of Axel Salt...