Austrian Ceramics

Exquisite rare ceramic figurine and lamp of the early 1940s: Striking young dancer with chin-length black curls, dressed only in a long, split, light-coloured skirt with a stylised f...

Excellent Goldscheider Art Nouveau terracotta: Depiction of dancer Ruth Saint Denis (1877/79 - 1968, actually Ruth Dennis, 'Miss Ruth') performing her dance 'Radha'- Dance of the Fiv...

Representation of an elegant lady in a long, tight-fitting red dress with a white lace pattern and a wide swinging skirt part with a high slit at the front, a wide, black lace collar...

Delicate young dancer with ash-blonde, chin-length hair, wearing a grey costume comprising knee-length trousers and a jacket with wide sleeve openings and a ruffled collar, posing wi...

Rare Goldscheider Figurine of the 1930s The dancer has her hair covered with a headscarf and is wearing a bustier and a long, wide skirt with blue flowers and colorful butterflies...

Elegant Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1930's: Dancer with shoulder-length hair in a long, wide, light gray skirt with floral decoration and ...

Finest Viennese ceramic art from the 1920s: The standing young lady holds a black mask in front of her in her folded hands and looks dreamily to the side. She wears a green two-piece suit with a slouchy top and ruff...

Slender jug, which widens in the upper part and narrows at the top again, with spout and opposite handle, surface decorated in relief with three antique-style heads and stylized, sla...

Rare Viennese Art Déco ceramic figurine: Young, pretty dancer with blonde, curly hair posing in a short, see-through costume, barefoot on tiptoes in a step position, her upper body t...

Rare Art Déco Goldscheider Ceramics figurine The dancer wears a dance dress in red-brown tones cut low at the front and back with a wide, short ...

Excellent Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Ceramic Figurine: Dancer in Spanish costume: long skirt with slit above the knee and embroidered bolero jac...

With covers and liners. Marked with under glaze blue shield mark.

Finest Viennese Art Ceramic from the 1930s: Standing dancer in a long ruffled skirt with red lace decoration, which she lifts up at the hem with her...

Excellent and rare Art Nouveau ceramic piece from a series of the four seasons: Naked putto in a wide striding position, his blond head tilted to the left and holding a cascade of fl...

Depiction of an elegant lady with artfully pinned up hair in a long, tight, strapless lace dress in black low cut at the back, with a red, long ...

Excellent and rare Art Nouveau ceramic piece from the early 20th century: A nude putto seated on a rounded, irregularly shaped natural plinth, embracing a large salamander. Crafted...

Rare Goldscheider figurine of the 1930s Young lady with dark blond curly hair and a cap in a sporty costume with skirt and tie running two English pointer hounds. On a cream-colo...

Very rare Goldscheider ceramic figurine. The young lady with a brunette page-boy hair cut is wearing pink pajamas with blue-green hems and is sitting astride a white chair upholster...

Excellent Art Nouveau ceramic piece in a rare version: Two naked cherubs holding a bear standing upright between them, adorned with a large garland of flowers. On a flat, slightly do...

Excellent Goldscheider Art Déco Figure Group Of The 1930s: Gallant couple: a dancer in a fan-shaped, flared dress with flounces and floral decoration, leaning with her upper body and...

A graceful young dancer in a long, low-cut, high-slit pale pink dress with an extensive floral pattern, her head tilted to the right as she looks down at the floor, her left hand rai...

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...

Goldscheider Spanish dancer with a fan signed by Joseph Lorenzl, Austria, 1922. Model 5232.

Rare Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figurine of the 1920s: Standing young lady in a carnival costume inspired by the Rococo style with delicate straps and a low neckline, long skirt wi...

Impressive Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1920s: The young lady with artfully pinned up hair and headdress wears only an exotic-looking short skirt in the manner of a ro...

Excellent art ceramic figurine from the 1930s: Striding young lady with a cropped, delicate top and a large hat, holding up the long, wide skirt with a stylized floral pattern with both hands. On a black oval base, artist's signature 'Dakon' on the bottom. Based on the film 'The Blonde Dream', starring Lilian Harvey. Lilian Harvey (1906 - 1968) was a British-German actress, singer and dancer. From 1923 she attended the ballet school of the German State Opera and received first paid appearances as a dancer in Hungary and Austria. She made a total of 12 films with Willy Fritsch, and in 1930 came the decisive breakthrough with the romantic comedy film 'Liebeswalzer'. 1931 the film 'The Congress Dances' appeared, in which she appeared in a scene 'Christels Song', better known as 'Das gibt's nur einmal' that today still exists as an Evergreen. During the Nazi era in Germany Lilian Harvey's career stopped because of her opposition to the regime and she emigrated first to southern France and then to the United States. After the war she returned to Europe and took turns living in Germany and France, where she died in 1968. Designed by STEPHAN DAKON...

Pair of glazed ceramic woman. Art Nouveau period. Vienna, circa 1900.

Excellent Viennese Art Nouveau Ceramic Piece: Blond boy sitting sideways on a rooster decorated with colourful flower garlands and holding on to its comb and plumage. The group is ba...

Very rare Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s: Representation of a young lady in a brown, Japanese silk coat over light, baggy trousers, hai...

Delicate Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figurine of the late 1930s: Gracefully posing dancer in a dark green costume: dotted bustier and short skirt at the front with long, wide side ...

Exceptional Art Déco model of the Goldscheider company, extremely rarely produced and not listed in the catalogue raisonné: Man in traditional Japanese costume – long coat with flora...

A colorful porcelain enamel Austrian bowl, jewelry dish or vide-poche (catch-all), circa mid-20th century, Austria. Dish has detailed enamel design of flowers, leaves, and swirls. Ma...

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...

This is a pair of antique display plates. An Austrian, ceramic serving charger with classical taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Wonderful European romanticism...

Contemporary handcrafted clay vessel by Onka Allmayer-Beck Austrian, 2023 Height 18.5cm, width 20.5cm, depth 13cm This hand-glazed and hand-formed clay vessel is titled ‘Mini No. 26...

MOST LOVELY ART NOUVEAU CHERUB FIGURINE ATTACHED TO LID OF BOX / BOWL MADE CIRCA 1910 MODELLED BY CARL KLIMT (BORN 1876 IN TEPLITZ - DIED 1945 IN ZINNWALD / BOHEMIA) ...

Rare Large Goldscheider Art Deco Ceramic Figurine of the 1920s: Young lady with short hairstyle in a short, low-cut strap dress with large floral decoration, posing lasciviously and...

Very large and rare Goldscheider ceramic figurine of the 1920's: Striding graceful young lady in oriental clothing, balancing an amphora on her head...

Rare and exclusive Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figurine: Posing young lady in a dark gray lace dress with a bustier attached to the front of the skirt, an elegant, wide-brimmed, li...

Rare Goldscheider ceramics of the 1930s The standing young variety dancer is only dressed in high heels. Looking to the left over her shoulder...

This is an antique wall charger. An Austrian, gilt ceramic decorative plate, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Striking classica...

Goldscheider Vienna Dancing Spanish Couple Clad in Spanish Garments. Model created by Karl Perl (1876 - 1965) / designed circa 1922. Mad...

Excellent and rare Art Nouveau ceramic piece from the early 20th century: A lady in a crinoline with her hair pinned up and adorned with flowers, her head turned to the right as she...

Most elegant Art Deco figurine of the dancer 'La Jana' Manufactory: Goldscheider Vienna / Austria Dating: circa 1933 Technique: Handcrafted ceramics, finest hand painting, gloss...

Hands-free painted pottery rectangular dish from Austria in Black Forest style. Grren glazed pottery decorated with a hands-painted tree decor in green all around. Showing trees in t...

8x piano stabilizer ceramic to prevent the piano from sliding around 1920s Original condition One has a chip but no crack. ( see last photo )

A beautiful Art Deco tea pot with lid, dated circa 1940, made of pottery / stoneware with lovely brown glaze, designed by Vally Wieselthier. In very good ...

Large hands-free painted pottery dish in country style. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center with butterflies and a hands-free painted garlande in green...

Hands-free painted pottery mug from Austria in Black Forest style. Decorated with a hand-painted decor in green all around. Showing trees in the front and a handpainted fox in green ...

Country Style set of six hands-free painted ceramic dinner plates. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painted garlande in pink. The g...

Set of six country style hands-free painted ceramic dinner plates. Glazed in sage green and decorated with a handpainted white pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painte...

Ceramic Sign: Made in Austria Keramos 2051 19/M Wiener Keramos, later Keramos AG or Keramos KG , was a Viennese ceramics manufacturer that made a name for itself especially in the interwar period . In addition to their own designs, designs from the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were also produced from 1932 onwards. In over 60 years of company history, around 3000 model designs have been produced by around 60 ceramists. Keramos also carried out commissions from the Wiener Werkstätte, such as vases by Dagobert Peche . History The origins of the Keramos company lie in two companies with the same name. The company Keramos – Invalid Society for Viennese Art Ceramics was founded at the end of 1919 on the initiative of the three ceramists Rudolf Wolf, Heinrich Wolf and Ludwig Rys, who had become invalids in World War I. Production started in September 1920. Art-ceramic lamps, figures, vases and boxes were produced. The company Keramos – Viennese art ceramics and porcelain manufactory was founded in 1920. Josef Hoffmann was a shareholder of Keramos for a long time, as was the sculptor Rudolf Podany, who was engaged from the start and created a large number of designs. From 1921 Anton Klieber was employed, who was also responsible for most of the models. Around 1924 both companies were merged and converted into an AG, commercial director became Otto Köller, the technical directors were the brothers Rudolf and Heinrich Wolf. "Some war invalid ceramists founded a workshop with the help of some artists, which was subsequently financed by the state and later enlarged with its participation and converted into a joint-stock company." The company's headquarters were in the Hofburg , Schwarze-Adler-Stiege, the factory in the 10th district of Vienna, Schleiergasse 17. Artistic collaborators at that time were Eduard Klablena , Otto Prutscher , Karl Perl , Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , IDA Schwetz- Lehmann and Grete Fucik-Fischmeister. On February 23, 1928, the triangular mark was entered in the trademark register. It was now also produced for the Wiener Werkstätte. Difficulties for the company arose from the Great Depression . Around 1932, 50 people were employed and a large number of models from Eduard Klabena and the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were taken over. The works created by Keramos were labeled with their company brands until after 1941. From 1939 the economic situation of the company was better managed by taking over the production of ceramic winter welfare organization badges, the so-called WHW badges. Before 1941 the company is converted into a KG named Keramos, Wiener Kunstkeramik und Porzellanmanufaktur Brüder Wolf KG . Otto Köller was no longer active from this point on. After the end of World War II, Robert Obsieger recommended Robert Mathis as the new head of Keramos, who took over the management of the ceramics manufactory in 1945. In 1949 Mathis introduced a new company logo, which was used alongside the existing triangle mark, the so-called coat of arms mark. Anton Klieber and Rudolf Podany continued to work as ceramists, and new artists such as Josef Lorenzl and Stephan Dakon , both of whom had previously worked for Goldscheider , as well as Rudolf Chocholka, Karl Grössl and Ina Eisenbeisser were engaged. New models such as dancers, children's figures, animals and nudes were created, as well as the well-known wall masks, young people and poodles from the mid-1950s, which corresponded to the trend at the time. In addition, however, traditional designs such as Madonna statues and busts, saints and angels were still made. Utility ceramics such as crockery, vases, lamp bases, candle holders and flower pots also became an important branch of production, and cooperation with the German manufacturer Carstens at the beginning of the 1960s was just as lucrative. In the course of the 1960s, the sales markets for figurative ceramics became increasingly difficult. So until 1982, production was increasingly shifted to everyday ceramics, since ceramic figures were no longer modern due to changing tastes and the spirit of the times. Ultimately, the economic situation at Keramos became more and more difficult and Klaus Mathis, the son of Robert Mathis and then director, who succeeded his father at the helm of the company at the beginning of the 1970s, initiated the liquidation of the company at the end of 1982 . Staff The following artistic collaborators have worked for Keramos over the years: Hans Adametz , Franz Barwig the Elder , Franz Barwig the Younger , Andreas Beck, Hans Bolek, Angelo Bortolotti, Hertha Bucher , Rudolf Chocholka, Stephan Dakon , Ferdinand Doblinger, Eckstein, Franz Eggenberger , Ina Eisenbeisser, English, Stephan Erdös, Alois Feichtinger, Feyslitz, Hans Friedberger, Grete Fucik-Fischmeister, Kurt Goebel, Anton Grath, Karl Grössl, M. Günther, Otto Hafenrichter, Arnold Hartig , Friedrich Herkner, Trude Hillinger, Leopold Hohl, Hostasch, Karl Jamök, Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , Eduard Klablena, Klar, Anton Klieber, Maria Klinger, Josef Kostial, Josef Lorenzl , Wilhelm Otto Lugerth, Viktor Matula, Gusty Mundt-Amman, Novotny, Carl Perl, Rudolf Podany, Friedrich Pollak, Hugo Postl, Adolf Prischl, Otto Prutscher , Max Rieder , Elisabeth Rieger-Hofmann, Walter Ritter , Willibald Russ, Karl Sailer, Schönberg, Schwarz, Ida Schwetz-Lehmann , Sult, Robert Ullmann , Otto Weigand, IDA Weiss-Moricz, Rudolf Wolf. Exhibitions • Jubilee exhibition of the Wiener Kunstgewerbeverein, Austrian Museum , Vienna 1924. • Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Paris, 1925. • Exhibition of Austrian arts and crafts...

Country Style set of six hands-free painted ceramic cereal dishes or soup dishes. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painted garlande in pink. The garlande can be ordered in different colors. Produced in Austria in the typical Austrian country style. Bowls and diner plates...

A beautiful glazed terracotta nude, shown in a contrapposto pose. She is both modern, with her stylish hair and classical, harking back to ancient Roman sculpture...

Set of six country style hands-free painted ceramic dinner plates. Glazed in blue and decorated with a handpainted white pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painted garl...

Depiction of an elegant fashionable lady in long, tight lace skirt in red with black and white, low-cut waisted top at the back, supporting her arms on her hips, her pointed black sh...

Set of six country style hands-free painted ceramic dinner plates. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painted garlande in blue. The g...

Rare Viennese Art Déco ceramic figurine: Young, pretty dancer with blonde, curly hair posing in a short, see-through costume with butterfly-inspired detailing, posing barefoot on tip...

Country Style set of six hands-free painted ceramic cereal dishes or soup dishes. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painted garlande in blue. The garlande can be ordered in different colors. Produced in Austria in the typical Austrian country style. Bowls and diner plates...

Large hands-free painted ceramic bowl. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center with butterflies and a hands-free painted garlande in pink inside and outsid...