American Ceramics

A wonderful example of California Funk pottery: a hand thrown salt-glazed cup utilizing an expressive nose as a handle. Signed and dated BC 70.

Crafted by one of America's finest Arts and Crafts potteries long after the era was over, this charger, glazed in a lovely, deep forest green, was made by Pewabic Pottery in Detroit for an annual holiday event hosted by the Detroit Institute of Arts...

A blackware charger decorated with a repeating feather motif. The charger is signed on the base Maria and Santana, circa 1943-1954.

This is a group of three sponge ware vegetable bowls all in mint condition. The pair of bowls are 8.5" long x 6" wide. The third bowl is 6.5" wide x 9" long. These three bowls are so...

A large polished blackware bowl by Santana and Adam Martinez. Signed on base.

A black and white square plate / wall hanging by Jun Kaneko. Signed and dated "Kaneko 93" on back.

A Arts & Crafts style vase by Bob Sunday.

Johnathan Adler handmade ceramic couture bowl circa 1980s made for a friend early and rare.

A classic and rare example of Art Deco sculpture, this piece was designed by Leon Victor Solon, an important color theorist and designer who became the artistic director of the American Encaustic Tile...

A black and white circular plate/wall hanging by Jun Kaneko. Signed and dated "Kaneko 93" on back.

Rare and striking, this large Art Deco bowl, dating from 1928, depicts a large, open lotus blossom to one side, with a second blossom's center seed...

Gorgeously glazed in tones of brown and gold, this very rare sculpture depicting a spotted fawn was created by Waylande Gregory, the renowned WPA sculptor and innovative ceramicist. ...

An absolute stunning and large-scale stoneware sculpture with great color and form. Signature is a bit illegible but last name reads what seems Beard with an initial before it. It st...

A large ceramic bowl by Marguerite Antell, a Rochester NY potter.

Clearly influenced by Matisse and other European modernists, this large and deep ceramic bowl with sgraffito decoration depicts a female nude and seated m...

Studio made charger in gunmetal and gold glaze with graphic design by Gary McCloy for Steve Chase, American 1980's (Signed with original “Steve Chase Assoc.” label on bottom)     

Before he became known for his prolific production of brightly-colored ceramic sculptures and ware after World War II, Waylande Gregory created a series of classic Art Deco pieces su...

FAPG 20247D John Bennett (1840-1907), New York Plaque with pink and blue phlox, circa 1881-1882 Earthenware, painted and glazed Measures: 14 7/8 in. diameter, 1 13/16 in. high Signed and inscribed (on the back): J B[monogram] ENNETT / E 24 NY. / MC [or] CM If the Herter Brothers was the most distinguished and successful cabinet making and decorating firm in New York in the 1870s-1880s, the transplanted Englishman John Bennett was probably the most gifted ceramicist working in New York in the Aesthetic period. (Bennett was included in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s landmark exhibition, In pursuit of beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement, in 1986–87, and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen’s chapter, “Aesthetic Forms in Ceramics and Glass,” pp. 216–19, significantly informs this essay). Born in England, the son of a potter who worked in the Staffordshire district, Bennett came under the influence of John Sparkes, head of London’s Lambeth School of Art. Soon thereafter, he was hired by Henry Doulton of the eponymous firm to teach artisans there the new art of underglaze faience decoration, which was part of a revival of the sixteenth-century interest in hand-painted ceramics. A number of Bennett’s works for Doulton were shown in the Doulton display at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, and the considerable success enjoyed by Bennett and Doulton from an American audience undoubtedly played an important role in Bennett’s decision to leave Doulton and England and set up shop in New York in 1877. By the next year, he had already established a studio in New York, where he produced his own pottery in the tradition of the Arts & Crafts innovators, William Morris and William De Morgan, and also taught classes at the new Society of Decorative Art to the growing band of women who had taken up china painting, both professionally and avocationally. Bennett’s pottery developed a very serious following among students and collectors, and was offered for sale at such leading retail establishments as Tiffany & Company in New York. Typically, his work was brilliantly colored, with carefully drawn naturalistic flowers against a monochromatic background. Bennett’s fully developed American work, particularly pieces of larger scale, is exceedingly rare, as he worked in New York only from 1877 to 1883, in which year he withdrew to a farm in rural West Orange, New Jersey, where his production continued on a limited basis. He remained listed as a ceramicist there until 1889. While in New York City, Bennett maintained a studio at 412 East 24th Street. The present charger, boldly featuring pink and blue phlox, is signed by Bennett, and is inscribed “E 24 NY,” indicating its manufacture during Bennett’s time in New York. Although it is not dated, this piece is closely related stylistically to various dated pieces from 1881–82, which would place its production toward the end of Bennett’s New York years. Although we do not know whether Bennett worked out of this 24th Street studio from the outset, he was indeed working there by 1879 when he made (and signed, inscribed, and dated) a charger with white and red flowers now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, which specifically points to “412 East 24 / NY” (acc. no. 1998.317). Additionally, the U.S. Census of 1880 lists Bennett as a ceramicist located at that same address, married to Mary Bennett with whom he had had six children. There are several other examples from Bennett’s time in New York City, which also give his studio address on East 24th Street, including a covered jar in cadmium yellow with indigo and green flowers made in 1881; an undated footed vase with lilac...

In 1942, two years before becoming the founding potter at the School for American craftsmen at Dartmouth College in 1944 and four years before joining the famed ceramic program at Alfred University, Linn...

An elegant, hand-painted bowl by Waylande Gregory. Stylized leaf pattern in green and silver leaf.

Terracotta sculpture with hand painted details

Textural earth tones ceramic lamp, by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, American, circa 1960s. Rewired and ready to use. The price noted below includes the shade.

A very rare form, but glazed with the gorgeous mottled and streaky glaze that Fulper Pottery was famous for, this fluted, flaring vase is decorated with deep bas relief leaf and bran...

A spouted stoneware bottleneck vase with tenmoku glaze created by Paul Soldner of Claremont, California, circa 1960. Vase stands 9 1/8" in height and is signed Soldner on the bottom....

This fun ceramic dish by California potter Edmund Ronaky has a free form and a two-part shape. It has a high gloss glaze over a design of a worried ...

Great piece of Architectural Pottery. Thumb print terra cotta with aqua-turquoise blue ceramic top. Stunning design. Signed "A - 67".

Brilliantly glazed in chartreuse-yellow and Mediterranean blue-green, this unique and important Art Deco bowl was made by Erwin Winterhalder in Cupertino. The artist was born in Swit...

Large stoneware piece. Unknown artist, procured years ago from an older 1950s estate. Damage to one neck, but threads onto steel rod, so does not effect any function.

Mid-Century Modern Large Stoneware Charger. This bold charger is signed. It is striking with blue cold-paint on the outside and bottom with white sno...

Pair of extra large Roseville Co ceramic jardiniers hand glazed and custom-made stamped Roseville USA RRP Co, on bottom. Beautiful two tone turquoise and beige/...

Ceramic vessel by Otto Natzler (1908-2007). Exquisitely simple form with a remarkable lava textured glaze that glistens with Raku type iridescent colors. Signed and dated 1982. The...

Charming and realistic ceramic fruits (green apple, Anjou pear and 2 Bosc pears) each signed. B. Eisen of Eisen Arts. Each fruit is in two halves and can be opened up.

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"Quiet Vision" White terracotta sculpture by famous artist Alexandre Ney 1998 Born in 1939 in Leningrad in the former Soviet Union, Alexander Ney lives and works in New York. ...

Beautiful charger by Edwin & Mary Scheier. Signed on the back. Great image and color.

Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Tripod Vessels Collection, Round Series Ceremonial Vessel #12 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sc...

Monumental ceramic bulbous vase with greens and yellows throughout. Vessel measures 13" diameter and 26" high.

Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Tripod Ceremonial Vessel #10 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. The tripod is uniquely with bronze acrylic, iron-rust interactive acrylic, airbrushed enamels (red, green and yellow) all layered on top of each other. Signed by the artist, each piece is comprised of a marriage of four elements -- a vessel held aloft by three legs. The process of fluid transition between the elements so that the product reads as one form was vital as he built the foundation for his signature collection. The Tripod Vessels...

This remarkable ceramic sculpture, probably the best work of Elisabeth Andersen Seaver, one of the famous Cleveland School ceramicists -- depicts an Indian chief with full feather he...

Rare and large ceramic sculpture by Pop ceramicist Ka Kwong Hui. Signed. Hui immigrated to U.S. in 1948. Received a BFA in 1951 and a MFA in 1952 from Al...

An understated pottery lamp by Design Technics with rippled layers in chocolate brown and off-white/cream and finished with a faint (nearly-matte) glaze. *height of ceramic body: 1...

Almost fauvist in its bold use of color, this large (15-inch) platter features a female figure with long tresses framed by boughs laden with fruit or flowers, all executed in a tropi...

Abstract ceramic sculpture in parcel glazed finish of brown and yellow border with center dotted open green band. Reverse side features an organic top element that is glazed dark green. From the estate of William August Hoffman, a professor of ceramics at SAIC during Matsuda's (1939-2011) time there. Hoffman acquired the work from the artist when Matsuda returned to Japan in 1968. 1939 born in Nara Japan. 1961 Graduated from the Kyoto City College of Fine Arts Ceramic faculty. 1963 Graduate studies Kyoto City College of Fine Arts. 1963~1966 Instructor of Ceramics, Kyoto City College of Fine Arts. 1966~1968 Visiting Instructor in Ceramics, Art Institute of Chicago. 1963~1966 Exhibition of the Modern Arts Association. 1967 Art Institute of Chicago exhibition with Earl Hooks...

Its gold-on-brown glazes softly glistening in the light, this lovely and unique vase by Waylande Gregory depicts a variety of undersea life, including nautilus shells and starfish on...

Icon modernist artist, in these two clay sculptures. Prized individually at $ 3000.00 each Measures are different in each, please contact dealer for more curate size.

Sculpted in the late 1920s by Margaret Berger, a student of Alexander Archipenko, this is one of the finest sculptures to come out of his ARKO Modern American Ceramics school in Wood...

This extremely rare tray by Pat and Covey Stewart depicts a knight on horseback, varying from the more familiar "Bim Bashi" theme showing an exotic man in turban...

Pair of Studio Ceramic Giraffes, Wonderful Form . Gold over matte black glaze . From the studio of Frank Engle . Originally in Los Angeles . Eventually r...

Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Altar Bowl with Glass Weapon #31 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. Two separate pieces of high fired stoneware are ...

This sculptural "Moon Rock" is a floor vase by Chicago ceramic artist, Dorothy Horton. It has an anthropomorphic style, as it appears to be a...

A monumental example of abstract expressionism translated into clay.George Roby is an Ohio Potter,he studied at Cranbrook and his work is part of the permanent collection of the Clev...

This rare pair of porcelain candlesticks, brilliantly glazed in gold and white, are signed by Waylande Gregory, the pioneering 20th century sculptor and ceramicist. Prodigious and i...

Gorgeously glazed in hues of cappucino and ivory, this tall, elegant vase was hand-glazed by artisans at the famous Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati. It was originally produced to ser...

Magnificent pair of silver glazed ceramic lamps in the form of two roosters who look like they're about to get into an argument. The roosters themselves are 17” high x 15” long. ...

A ceramic chicken in a modernist Art Deco form. Possibly by Raymor.

Probably sculpted by Geza De Vegh for Phoenix Pottery, this rare pair of very fine ceramic sculptures depict highly-stylized male and female figures, each holding doves. The gray, de...

California ceramicist Key-Oberg was a contemporary of Otto and Gertrude Natzler, and was known for his simple, organic forms, and modernist abstract decoration. This platter has a de...

A fabulous pair of vintage Boho roosters. A chic glazed ceramic finish on a fantastic post. Add a little high energy to your space. Signed on the bottom. Acquired from a Palm Beach e...

A delightfully colorful circa 1940 six-piece set of early production Fiesta—commonly known as Fiestaware—nesting mixing bowls by the Homer Laughlin Company of West Virginia. Feature...