Austrian Ceramics

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...

Rare Art Deco Goldscheider Ceramics Figurine A young musician is depicted who, dressed as Pierrette, sits on a pedestal with her lute. Her wide ...

Very rare Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1920's: Representation of a young variety dancer in pose. She wears a short, low-cut, blue ruffled dress, the skirt ends of whi...

Rare Goldscheider ceramic of the 1930s: The standing young variety dancer is only dressed in a headdress and high heels. Looking to the left over her shoulder, she covers herself in front with a large green fan...

Hands-free painted pottery rectangular dish from Austria in Black Forest style. Decorated with a hand-painted tree decor in green all around. Showing trees ...

Very rare Goldscheider Art Déco ceramic figurine. Girl with blond, tied up hair and a blue headscarf tied at the back, in a sleeveless blue blouse with a sailor collar and wide, lig...

Very rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the 1920s A standing dancer looking to the side with arms crossed and raised in front of her is shown. The young lady wears a Russian costume, decorated with elaborate blue embroidery, with a high fur cap and a highly tailored, fur-lined coat with wide sleeves, tight trousers and high, black heeled boots...

Goldscheider Vienna Rare Figurine: Lady with Shawl Designed Before 1937 Made circa 1937 Model number 8896 / 8 Hallmarked: Goldscheider Wien (= VIENNA) stamp mark / Made in ...

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...

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...

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...

Hands-free painted pottery rectangular dish in sage green from Austria in country style. Decorated with a hands-free painted pomegrante and a garland in white all around. Showing trees in the bottom and a handpainted green garland...

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

Gmundner ceramic Bowl with top vienna around 1950s bowl gmundner cermic vienna Original condition

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...

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...

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...

Set of six hands-free painted ceramic cups with saucers in country style. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painted garlande in pink...

Large hands-free painted pottery dish in Country style. Glazed in ice blue and handsfree painting in white. The decor shows a hands-free painted pomegranate with butterflies and a ha...

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...

Julius Dressler's factory opened in Biela, Bohemia in 1883 and closed in 1944. His work was influenced by the Art Nouveau and Vienna Secessionist movements. Style-looks, simply s...

Large hands-free painted pottery dish in black forest style. Decorated with handpainted trees in green in the and a hands-free painted garlande . Produced and handsfree painted in A...

Excellent Goldscheider Vienna Child Figurine of the 1930s. Girl with red cap, red sleeveless shirt with white collar and white and black checkered skirt, white stockings and gray sho...

Hands-free painted pottery rectangular dish in blue from Austria in Country style. Decorated with a hands-free painted pomegrante and a garland in white all around. Showing trees in the bottom and a handpainted green garland...

A fine pair Austrian antique terracotta figural match holders and strikers dating from around 1890. The figures comprised of one modeled as a girl carrying a basket on her back with ...

Vintage ceramic thermos with metal cover coffee can germany around 1950s Ceramic Metal cover removable Original condition

Very rare pair of massive matching Art Nouveau terra cotta vases by Friedrich Goldscheider of Vienna, featuring sensual Siren or Mermaid figures emerging from rippled waters C. 1900....

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...

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 pottery dish in country style. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center with butterflies and a hands-free painted garlande . The garlande can be ordered in different colors. Produced and handsfree painted in Austria in the typical and traditional Austrian country style. The shape of the dish is a very old traditional Austrian form. Used in farmhouses for hundreds of years. Perfect for salad, fruit or only as a decor object...

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...

Country Style 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 ins...

Enameled ceramic "Woman with curly hair". Inscription: base backside, written: K M Designer: Rudolf Knörlein. Maker: Goldscheider Manufactory of Viena....

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...

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

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...

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

A Stunning and beautiful Hand Painted ceramic Barzoi sculpture made in Austria by Goldscheider in the 1930s. This very decorative ceramic barzoi figurine by the renowned company of Friedrich Goldscheider in Vienna - Austria. The manufactory of Goldscheider, one of the most successful companies in European ceramic history, was founded 1885 and is world famous for their outstanding figurines and amazing shaped busts. This beautiful crafted early 20th century prowling ceramic barzoi dogs impresses with its realistic depiction. The timeless beauty and quality of this Goldscheider dogs sculpture makes...

A Wiener Keramik Werkstätte centerpiece in black and off white. The piece by the wiener Keramische likely dates to circa 1910 or so. It is stamped WKW on the base and marked Austria ...

Young revue dancer with pageboy hairstyle, dressed in a one-piece, lilac-coloured and abstract decorated transparent costume with short trousers and a tight-fitting, long-sleeved top...

A wonderful ceramic, pottery cat designed by Kitty Rix and executed by the Wiener Werkstatte in the late 1920's. It was produced as a lamp and has an old leviton fixture and some new...

Hands-free painted round pottery dish from Austria in Black Forest style. Decorated with a hand-painted tree decor in green all around. Showing trees in the bottom and a handpainted green garland...

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 ...

Goldscheider Vienna gorgeous table lamp with lady figurine called ruth Model created by ROSÉ (= an artist's pseudonym / signed at backside) Designed, circa 1911-1912. made ci...

Depiction of a female dancing couple, named Katta Sterna and Maria Solveg, in identical costumes with backless, fitted, black and white patterned top with black neck piece closed hig...

Very Rare Goldscheider Vienna ceramic figure of the 1930s: Standing, elegant lady with a dark feather hat, in a long, dark skirt and a red, tailored jacket with a high, light-grey c...

Large hands-free painted pottery dish in the style of black forest. Decorated with a handpainted green decor with trees and a hands-free painted garlande ....

Goldscheider Art Deco relief in glazed ceramics with woman's face. Austria, 1950s. In very good condition. Measures: 19 x 13 cm. Stamped.

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 . The garlande can be ordered in different colors. Produced and handsfree painted in Austria in the typical and traditional Austrian country style. The shape of the dish is a very old traditional Austrian form. Used in farmhouses for hundreds of years. Perfect for salad, fruit or only as a decor object...

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 black...

Very rare goldscheider Art Déco ceramic figurine of the 1930s: Little blond, curly-haired girl in a green-red checkered dress, bending over with both hands and using her body weight...

Cylindrical base, vessel above rising in a tulip shape, flared rim, two curved bands applied offset on the sides as handles, three-leaf flowers in relief on the front and back. Geome...

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...

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...

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 blue inside and outsid...

Set of six hands-free painted ceramic cups with saucers. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painted garlande in blue. The garlande ca...

A very rare Viennese Art Déco ceramic figure: Young, pretty lady dressed in a blue costume with a short-sleeved blouse and a flounced skirt, with her dark hair tied back and pinned u...

Completely handmade pottery vase in earthenware and decorated with handformed oak leaf details. Outside glazed in green color. Inside white glazed. Formed by hand in a strong straigh...

Pair of ceramic bears bookends, signed Vienna. By Leopold Anzengruber, 1955. They appear in the book of Leopold Anzengruber, "Anzengruber Keramik Wien". Leopold Anzengruber (1912-1...