Ceramic Ceramics

An earthenware confit pot from the Southwest of France with traditional yellow, ochre glaze. Some chips and losses to glaze. These ordinary earthenware vessels were once used daily i...

Rare Art Ceramics Model by Goldscheider from the 1920s: Portrayal of the dancer Lucie Kieselhausen in an exotic costume consisting of a jacket and knee-length skirt with star decoration in brown, blue and yellow, sleeves and skirt part with tiered flounces with a wavy hem, the waisted jacket on the side and on the back with three peaks similar to a bellflower, jagged headgear with long colored feathers curved upwards, floral decorative element on the side of the posing figure at her feet. The figure is based on a black, round base with the artist's signature 'Kostial' on the top next to the figure. The dancer and actress Lucy Kieselhausen (1897 - 1926) was a student of Grete Wiesenthal and was a successful German dancer at the beginning of the 20th century. Lucy Kieselhausen appeared in three silent films: 'Thousand and one Woman' (18), 'The Seventh Great Power' and 'Earth Spirit'. In addition to her dancing activities, Lucy Kieselhausen also wrote the dance drama 'Salambo', which was set to music by Heinz Tiessen. In 1926, Lucy Kieselhausen died in a tragic accident caused by a petrol explosion with a burning jet of flame in her bathroom. Source: Cyranos ch Designed by Josef KOSTIAL...

This is a Chinese handcrafted Red Clay Yixing teapot and cover, which we date to the 20th century, circa 1930. The Teapot and lid are handcrafted in a...

The Kuznetsov factory was in Volkhov, Russia, was established in 1889, one of many owned by the Kuznetsov family, producing faience chiefly for the Ottoman and Central Asian market, ...

The Kuznetsov factory was in Volkhov, Russia, was established in 1889, one of many owned by the Kuznetsov family, producing faience chiefly for the Ottoman and Central Asian market, ...

Spanish glazed ceramic "Lebrillo" with inscription of date year 1926.

This is a cup & saucer duo in the rarely seen, hand painted "Pine Grove" Pattern by the renowned Art Deco designer Clarice Cliff. This piece dates to the late Bizarre period, Circa 1935. The Pine Grove Pattern was Newport pattern 6449, having boldly drawn black, blue and green fir trees with orange/red trunks, the whole design then covered in thin grey, blue & green bands. This pattern is rarely seen but has the distinctive "Clarice" look of the early Bizarre pieces. The cup has the Bizarre black printed stamp on the base and the saucer has the Wilkinson's honey-glaze mark, all fully documented in the book ; Clarice Cliff The Bizarre Affair, written by Leonard Griffin and Louis K. and Susan Pear Meisel...

Early 20th century Traditional Spanish ceramic vase By Unknown Manufacturer, Spain. In original condition with minor wear consisitent of age and us...

Large unique ceramic dish, Art Nouveau. Design Julia Kabel for Kähler approx. 1910 - 1920. Glaze with polychrome, decorated with birds and foliage. Go...

Glazed ceramic vase, Italy, early 20th century. Signed Faenza Di Napoli.

"Pas de Deux," Superb Satyr and nude women pairing inspired by Ballets Russes. Glazed Ceramic Sculpture - Figure By Le Faguays & E. Cazaux Sculpted by Pierre Le Faguays, one of France's most important artists...

Unique hand painted ceramic Aviary. Italian manufacture ORIGIN Italy PERIOD Early twentieth century MODEL Aviary, bird cage MATERIALS Hand modeled and painted cera...

Wedgwood - exceptional and rare antique brick red transferware and flow blue luncheon set for six - hand painted gilded borders and details - consisti...

The Kuznetsov factory was in Volkhov, Russia, was established in 1889, one of many owned by the Kuznetsov family, producing faience chiefly for the Ottoman and Central Asian market, ...

A ruby lustre box with mother-of-pearl lustre interior and decorated with polychrome butterflies in gold, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones circa 1920. This ...

This large ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women to protect their elaborate hairstyles by elevating the head during slumber. This example dates to the early 20th century and is glazed in the blue-and-white style with rich, cobalt-blue color. The headrest is decorated on all sides with mythical fu lion dogs playing with ribbon-tied brocade balls, a motif that evokes the idiom "may you and your descendant achieve high rank." A powerful and benevolent guardian, the fu lion (shizi) is the perfect force to protect against nightmares and bad energy. A geometric meander trims the corners and small dragon-like bats frame coin...

A very stylish Austrian Art Nouveau handled vase with large layered leaf patterning by Paul Dachsel for Alexandra Porcelain Works Turn-Teplitz and dating from the early 20th century....

A very stylish early Art Deco art pottery vase decorated with stylized patterning by James Plant of Hanley and dating from around 1915. The pottery produce...

Arabia, Finland. Art deco bowl in glazed faience. Beautiful marbled glaze. 1920s/30s. Measures: 27 x 5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.

Royal Doulton Series Ware Golf plate. Royal Doulton rack plate with polychrome golf scene and the proverb, "EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY, AND EVERY MAN HIS HOUR", designed by Charles Crombie. The rear of the plate with Royal Doulton trade mark, pattern No. D3395 and impressed into the plate '4.33'. Charles 'Chas' Crombie (1885 - 1967) was an illustrator whose work is well known to the collector. His pictures can be found in many forms, on postcards, calendars, in books and on Royal Doulton ceramics. Royal Doulton Golf...

Edwin Martin for the Martin Brothers. Martin Brothers miniature double gourd vase in a gunmetal coloured glaze. Dated 1904.

Art Deco Limoges tea coffee and dessert set of top quality and beautiful design. This is a grand set, service for sixteen with two pots (regular and...

A very rare specimen of a perforated ceramic pitcher made by Giovanni Lapucci in Monte San Savino, located in the Province of Arezzo, Italy. The La...

Large scale Chinese ceramic vase measuring 22.5 inches tall. Decorated with oxen and figure with Chinese lettering. Dragon handles.

Expressionist glazed pottery vase. Early 20th century. This is a stunning early 20th century pottery vase with a very colorful and expressionist glaze. Amazing shifting colors wh...

Ipsens Denmark. Pipe holder and vase in hand-painted glazed ceramic. 1920s/30s. Marked. Model 326 (vase) measuring: H 8.0 x D 7.0 cm. Model 50 (Pipe holder) measuring: L 9.0 x W ...

Arabia, Finland. Art Deco bowl in glazed faience. Beautiful marbled glaze. 1920s/30s. Measures: 20 x 4 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.

Art Deco woman face mask, enameled ceramic with a wood suppport and a marble base. Production Keramos Signed "Podany" (Rudolf Podany) Austria c. 1920.

Royal Doulton Series Ware Golf plate. Royal Doulton rack plate with polychrome golf scene and the proverb, "EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY, AND EVERY MAN HIS HOUR", designed by Charles Crombie. The rear of the plate with Royal Doulton trade mark, pattern No. D3395 and '18'. Charles 'Chas' Crombie (1885 - 1967) was an illustrator whose work is well known to the collector. His pictures can be found in many forms, on postcards, calendars, in books and on Royal Doulton ceramics. Royal Doulton Golf...

Beautiful 19th C spongeware pottery teapot. Scallop edges on top and bottom.

Lovely porcelain vase with handles, with the iconic Swedish Grace pattern of an elegant, timeless feeling, rim and handles with gold enhancements. Louise Adelborg...

Ceramic bowl with black enamel and spiral pattern drawn in cracked gold. Signed under the base "Jean Besnard FRANCE".

The designs on this French faience group is typical of pottery made in Rouen. Early 20th century French hand-painted Faience vasse from Rouen Marking on the bottom: "Rouen Fait M...

The Kuznetsov factory was in Volkhov, Russia, was established in 1889, one of many owned by the Kuznetsov family, producing faience chiefly for the Ottoman and Central Asian market, ...

Antique Japanese porcelain plate, hand-decorated gold, ivory & black with florals, Circa 1900.

Great French hand painted with lovely floral decoration in blue and green surrounded with gold finish serving bowl or centre piece by Limoge. France.

A small Satsuma earthenware bowl, painted in overglaze enamels and gilt with three fans. Japanese, circa 1900. Measures: Height 2 inches Diamete...

Early 20th century traditional Spanish ceramic vase. In original condition with minor wear consisitent of age and use, preserving a beautiful pat...

5129 Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers. A Grotesque Bird with a “Knowing” expression and winking eye in a high gloss glaze. This is an early example and whilst a...

The Kuznetsov factory was in Volkhov, Russia, was established in 1889, one of many owned by the Kuznetsov family, producing faience chiefly for the Ottoman and Central Asian market, ...

Royal Copenhagen figurine no. 3539. Girl with a doll. Height 15 cm. 1st. Factory quality. Perfect condition. Early stamp. The design of Ada Bonfils.

A rare and important pair of early 20th century Chinese Export polychrome ceramic foo dogs. Both in traditional dress and modelled with open mouths and seated, one with a paw resting...

The Kuznetsov factory was in Volkhov, Russia, was established in 1889, one of many owned by the Kuznetsov family, producing faience chiefly for the Ottoman and Central Asian market, ...

The Kuznetsov factory was in Volkhov, Russia, was established in 1889, one of many owned by the Kuznetsov family, producing faience chiefly for the Ottoman and Central Asian market, ...

Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland (PZH) Dutch Gouda Art Deco hand painted pottery vase in the Silvia design dating from around 1920. The lightly potted earthenw...

The Kuznetsov factory was in Volkhov, Russia, was established in 1889, one of many owned by the Kuznetsov family, producing faience chiefly for the Ottoman and Central Asian market, ...

A Henriot Quimper French faience hand painted decorative plate, depicting a Breton couple in traditional clothing. Orange foliate border and with Quimper crown crest at the top. A go...

5205 Early Martin Brothers’ Three handled Tyg decorated with a scene of Hounds chasing a Deer. Firing crack to the inside of the rim (doesn’t trave...

A Chinese Export blue and white small jug or pitcher decorated with Chinese landscape scenes featuring pagoda and nature elements.      

Italian Art Deco Matricardi Ascoli Piceno Ceramic Candle Holder, Italy 1920s. The company was founded in 1923 and closed in 1934.  

Beautiful Goldscheider Dancer Sculpture Very detailed glazed ceramic sculpture in great condition! Original Art Deco, Vienna (Austria) 1930s Di...

Ipsen's, Denmark. Large and rare Art Nouveau flowerpot in hand-painted and glazed ceramics. 1920s / 30s. Model number 568. Measures: 24 x 18.5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.

This rare Chinese porcelain platter is boldly decorated and to the top with heroic characters from the 'Wu Shuang Pu', the Table of Peerless Heroes, each ...

Fabulous combination of orange and green French ceramic vase, circa 1930. Excellent condition (no crack, no repair). Size: Height 22 cm, 9.7 inc...

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...

Rare design by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Rimini Blue ceramic footed vase with geometric motifs, Italy, 1960s This stunning glazed ceramic vase has a pattern with circles in dark blue with rhombus inside in shades of green / turquoise color accented by decorative flowers. Excellent vintage condition. This piece is perfect as a gift idea and it could placed alone or with other 'Rimini Blu'Bitossi pieces creating a set. Display it in a cabinet or on a console table, with flowers or just as a cool decorative vase. Measures: 22 cm height x 18 cm diameter (8,66 in height X 7,08 in diameter ) More Bitossi Aldo Londi pieces are avaliable at our 1stdibs marketplace. About Bitossi (Manufacturer) Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass. The company was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.” But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. Starting in the 1950s, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis Postmodern design...

A pair of Masons Ashworth ironstone covered jars on a striking orange glaze with hand-painted Chinese figures, made in England circa 1910. These Maso...

Large late 19th century stoneware jardiniere, a Royal Doulton Isaac Walton Series Ware piece by Charles Noke (English, 1858-1683). This large jardiniere has three handles and is decorated with several detailed figures; characters based on the 17th century English author Isaac Walton's book The Complete...