1910s Ceramics

*Please visit our storefront for additional baskets. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY: A collection of antique stoneware dipping baskets once used by plating factories to contain tarnished metal articles as they were submerged in acids in order to be stripped. Designed to be completely acid-proof, each is a unique work of incidental art pottery, most decorated with a rich salt glaze, rendering their textures similar to early American stoneware...

Art Nouveau ceramic centerpiece, twelve geese designed in a circle to form a bowl. White earthenware painted in color and glazed. Designed by Michael MÖRTL (1878 - 1939) around 190...

Wonderful two-person set, consisting of a butter dish and two plates. The set is made of ceramic, glazed and hand painted, of the Art Nouveau period, made around 1910, in Austria. ...

Rare unusual Majolica frog playing guitar sitting on a chair signed Jerome Massier, circa 1910.

A powder blue cabinet plate hand-painted by Mabel Tatton for Wedgwood in the 1910s with an elaborate gilded design. Hand-painted by Mabel Tatton for Wedgwood circa 1912, this cabine...

A rare Bretby Art Nouveau high fired ‘flambe’ glazed art pottery vase by Henry Tooth & Co and dating from 1900-1910. This exquisite simple shaped bulbous vase stands on a narrow roun...

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...

A decorative lobster plate designed by Zsolnay. This is a beautiful antique decorative plate created in Hungary during the art-nouveau period by the Zsolnay Pecs Ceramic Factory, ba...

Large vase Richard Ginori Art Nouveau 1910 Italy Poppies.

Kai Nielsen From the series '"Grape Harvesting" B&G, 1919 Stoneware digure Perfect condition.

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 ...

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...

Lovely piggy bank with inscription aiming to collect money for the society for children’s footwear. This union was established in 1889 and was still active ...

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A charming vase with wonderful, naturalistic patterning and the unusual inclusion of four robust handles, the "Cabbage Leaf" glazed pottery vase by Louis Comfort Tiffany is a wonderful collector's piece. Executed primarily in a buttery yellow with emerald green accents, the vase mimics the appearance of an unfolding kohlrabi cabbage bloom. The tapering handles are bone-white in color and stout in form, a lovely visual counterpoint to the delicacy of the cabbage leaves. Item #: YT-20270 Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany Country: United States Circa: 1910 Size: 6.75" height, 6" diameter Materials: Glazed Porcelaneous Earthenware Signed: "P1014 - Tiffany-Favrile" and "Pottery" and LCT monogram Literature: A similar vase is pictured in Tiffany Favrile Pottery...

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...

Very decorative vase from the early art deco period, made in France. This object has a shape that looks like the ancient Greek amphorae, but has a four-pass stand to ensure stabili...

This is a rare piece and size for one of the most important Czechoslovakian artists comparing with the counterpart Austrian and German secessionist...

Fernand Rumebe (19875-1952), Enamelled stoneware lamp base signed with the monogram "FR", France 1920. Mounted on a brass ring at the base and at t...

Wileman & Co. Foley China Five Piece St Andrews Golf Ceramic Set. A set of five ceramics manufactured specially for J. Pirie, St Andrews by Wileman & Co., Stoke on Trent. The set com...

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...

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 powder blue cabinet plate made by Wedgwood in the 1910s with an elaborately gilded design of a coiled dragon. The Wedgwood factory developed its powder blue bone china in 1912, ta...

Kai Nielsen From the series '"Grape Harvesting" B&G, 1919 Stoneware figure Perfect Condition Measures: H 11 cm.

A gorgeous character bottle - traditional black forest Priest. This character bottle has been made in Germany circa 1910s or older, attributed to E. B...

Very large (18 inch tall) antique Amphora vase dating from the 1890s with band depicting a family of thrush birds perched on tree limbs with honey...

Pair of handled bowls from England in the highly collectible "Chinese Bird" pattern. The pattern has an overall background design that looks mosaic in n...

Circa 1910, by Robert Hanke for Royal Wettina, Austria. Spectacularly ahead of its time, this ultra-modern secessionist vase is bold in shape and subtl...

Fulper Pottery Vases America, 1910 Cucumber crystalline-glazed stoneware, made by Fulper. *Please note, each vase has cracked and repaired handle, as noted in detail photographs. 5"d...

Beautiful ceramic pitcher or amphora with floral pattern on textured base Good original condition

Kai Nielsen From the series '"Baccus Harvest" B&G, 1919 Stoneware figure Perfect condition.

Italian artists Pietro Melandri and Paolo Zoli glazed majolica round shaped vase for ’La Faiance’. Faenza Italy 1915 ca. This wonderful little masterpiece, depicting floral in shade...

A shallow serving bowl decorated with brightly colored butterflies, made by Wedgwood circa 1915. Three vibrant butterflies dance around the center of this bowl, encircled by an Orie...

A large shallow serving bowl decorated with brightly colored butterflies, made by Wedgwood circa 1915. Vibrant butterflies dance around this bowl, creating a bold statement piece. T...

Early unique Patrick Nordstrom, own workshop, pottery vase. Beautiful glaze in earthy colors, 1910s. Signed. Measures: 17.5 x 15 cm. In perfect condition.

*Please visit our storefront for additional baskets. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY: A collection of antique stoneware dipping baskets once used by plating factories to contain tarnished metal articles as they were submerged in acids in order to be stripped. Designed to be completely acid-proof, each is a unique work of incidental art pottery, most decorated with a rich salt glaze, rendering their textures similar to early American stoneware...

Majolica water jug or pitcher made by Onnaing in northern France. A colorful soldier dressed in a pre-1914 army uniform sits on a barrel.

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 right and holding a cascade of ...

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...

Excellent Viennese Art Nouveau Item Modelled by Ferdinand Doblinger (1872-1935), circa 1910. Manufactured by 'Wiener Kunstkeramische Werkstätte...

The History of Julius Dressler 1. Origins and Foundation (1882 - 1888) Although many pieces bear the "Austria" mark, the factory was not located in modern-day Vienna, but rather in the Northern Bohemia region. In the 1880s (specifically between 1882 and 1888, according to firing test records), Julius Dressler founded his company in Biela (near Tetschen-Bodenbach). At that time, Bohemia belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is why its products were legally labeled and exported as Austrian pottery ("Austria"). 2. The Golden Age: The Jugendstil (1900 - 1914) Dressler started by specializing in majolica (fine glazed earthenware) and decorative pottery. However, the factory achieved true international prestige at the beginning of the 20th century thanks to its adoption of two major avant-garde movements: • Art Nouveau (known in the Germanic region as Jugendstil). • The Vienna Secession (Secessionist ware). The factory set itself apart from the competition by experimenting with matte glazes, shades of green, blue, and brown, featuring subtle golden highlights. 3. Geopolitical Changes and Post-War Era (1918 - 1945) Following the end of World War I in 1918, the map of Europe changed completely. The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved, and the region of Bohemia became part of the newly created Czechoslovakia. Because of this, the town of Biela was renamed Bělá. Even though the founder passed away or ceased to be actively involved in the company, the business continued under his widow, Hulda Dressler, and later his son, Karl Dressler. • In 1920: To survive the post-war crisis, the factory joined EPIAG (Erste Porzellan-Industrie A.G.), a consortium of independent companies created to promote and export Bohemian ceramics worldwide. • The Closure: The factory continued to operate under this commercial model until the end of World War II, permanently closing its doors between 1944 and 1945. The Classic Mark: The most famous stamp consists of a tower engraved on a rock with the letters J.D.B. underneath (the initials stand for Julius Dressler, Biela). Many of them also feature the word "Austria" printed or stamped. In these museums, pieces by the designer can be seen: National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts (WMODA) Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Regional Museum in Děčín (Oblastní muzeum v Děčíně) Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (Uměleckoprůmyslové museum v Praze) Logistics and International Shipping We provide a comprehensive export service so that your only concern is enjoying your acquisition. • Door-to-Door Service: Pieces located in our Argentina galleries are shipped directly to your address via air freight. • Simplified Customs Management: We handle the processing of export permits and the payment of customs duties. You will receive your purchase without additional paperwork or surprise costs. • High-Security Packaging: Following FedEx international standards, each piece is protected in custom-made wooden crates, designed to withstand 1-meter impacts and ensure the integrity of the object during transit. • Note for shipments to the USA: To comply with shipping company regulations and ensure delivery at the destination, a valid tax ID (EIN, SSN, or ITIN) is required. • Domestic US Shipping: For those pieces available in our United States storage, logistics are managed through 1stdibs. Sign: 7104 Austria Julio Dressler...