Pair of Salt Glaze Cups Mugs with Abstract Figure Relief, American Art Studio Po

Pair of Organic Modern mugs or cups feature complex craquelure glaze in delicate celadon, blue, beige, and pink palette. Abstract graphic designs emphasize sculptural shape of the r...

Organic modern ceramic vase was hand thrown in manipulated cylinder shape. It is decorated with relief of a girl figure on matte, brown beige salt glaze background. The relief is ab...

Raku pottery decorative platter or catchall bowl features designs of swimming tortoises, done in semi-glossy off-white glaze. The glaze contrasts the multicolored metallic Raku fini...

Vintage hand-thrown bowl features complex Crater glaze in mocha, latte, and caramel brown colors. Minimal color palette and streamlined shape of the piece allow the textured glaze with variations from semi-matte to high gloss to take the spotlight; slightly asymmetrical rim adds hand-crafted, Organic Modern mood to the bowl's design. The bowl is personally signed by Douglas Ferguson on the bottom with his name and "Pigeon Forge Pottery Tenn". The Crater glaze has become one of the most recognizable glazes made by the Pigeon Forge Pottery. Often commonly referred to as "Volcanic" or "Lava" glaze, the Crater glaze was developed and made in several colors. We are offering a vase and 4 more bowls in different shapes by Douglas Ferguson, done in variations of Crater glazes, in separate listings. Douglas Ferguson (1912-1999) was an established Tennessee pottery artist; he received a degree in Art Design Studies from Mars Hill College and worked in the Ceramic Research Laboratory for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Norris, TN, from 1935 to 1947, where he experimented with local clays. In 1946 he started Pigeon Forge Pottery in an old tobacco barn with his wife Ruth and Ernest Wilson, his colleague at the Ceramic Research Laboratory. He formulated many of his own glazes, including crystalline and Crater glaze. In 1957 he created the Clingman Dome tea set, named by Ferguson for the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, which the state of Tennessee presented to Queen Elizabeth. Ferguson became a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild in 1948 and remained active until 1998, receiving Life Membership in 1991. He earned two awards from the Tennessee Arts and Crafts Festival in Nashville, received the Rotary Certificate of Distinguished Service, and was featured in books on Appalachian craftspeople by Bernice Stevens, Edward Dupuy and Helen Bullard. In the fall of 1952, Ferguson attended a ceramics symposium by international artists at Black Mountain College; in 1963 he participated in the American Craft Council and the Ceramic National exhibitions. In the 1970s - 80s Ferguson created a fountain with traditional Appalachian quilting...

Large scale Funk pottery coffee mug cup created by Lithuanian-American sculptor and ceramist Rimas VisGirda. Cup measures 4" by 8" by 4 3/4" and is signed...

Antique Rookwood arts & crafts / art nouveau vellum glaze mug / stein featuring a mottled purple and blue undertone matte glaze cup with handle. Circa VII 1905, shape 587, size C. ...

A set of four mismatched earthenware mugs with colorful drip glazes. One is a triangular shaped mug in a blue with green drip glaze, another is purple with a sculptural ribbed shape,...

A very fine stoneware cup decorated in experimental glazes by renowned ceramic artist Eric James Mellon (British, 1925-2014) and dated 2006. Trained at the Central School of Arts...