1950s Ceramics

A large unique faience figure in the shape of a rooster. Handmade by the artist Janine Janet in the 1950s. Decorated with cream coloured glaze as well as greyish brown glazed feather...

A footed spherical vase with an aquamarine hares fur glaze by Eva Stæhr Nielsen for Saxbo. Stamped with the Saxbo crown symbol, model number 85, and “SAXBO COPENHAGEN”.

Pablo Picasso Taureau 1957. 22 janvier Plat rond tourné D. 38 cm R.A terre de faience rouge, décor à l'engobe, gravé au couteau, couverte partielle au pinceau Noir Tiré à 250 exemp...

Guido Gambone rhomboid shaped dish with abstract pattern. Signed with Donkey mark, Italy c1950s. A fascinating item. It is decorated in such a way as to give the optical effect of...

ARO stoneware bowl in shade of tan and brown. Inscribed with artist signature and Rorstand studio mark. Excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or crazing.

Very elegant design in this ashtray by the well known artist/designer Aldo Londi.

Beautiful silver paint in this Lindberg vase by Gustavsberg, Grazia model.

Nice and elegant ceramic vase by Aldo Londi and made by Bitossi.

Nice pair of bookends designed by Lee Rosen, with an amazing fused glass glaze like broken glass surface very popular and used for many designers of the period, in America and Europe...

Beautiful ceramic plate painting, by the very well known, Los Angeles artist Polia Pillin.

Beautiful stoneware vase by the well known potter Edith Sonne.

Beautiful bowl by the very well known potter Laura Andreson. Signed in bottom.

Guido Gambone moved to Florence permanently in 1950 and he founded the shop/studio "La Tierrena" and was opened till 1967, in via palazzo Dei diavoli 2, in Firenze, two years before ...

Lucie Rie Stoneware cream jug in manganese and pitted white glaze. With impressed LR mark. c1950s. Provenance: European Ceramics, Knaresborough, 2002. Alan and Pat Firth Collection. Lucie Rie DBE (1902-95) was one of the most important figures in Twentieth Century ceramics. Born in Vienna, she originally studied at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna under Michael Powolony. Before the war she exhibited at the Paris World Fair in 1925 and 1937, at which she won a silver medal. Of Jewish descent, she fled Austria for Britain in 1938 and spent the rest of her life in London. It is difficult to underestimate the importance of her work in Britain and indeed worldwide. She brought the style of European modernism to this country and inspired a generation of potters to develop that approach. A good friend of leading British studio ceramicist Bernard Leach, she became and internationally acclaimed ceramicist with innovations in both shape and glaze. In 1948 she hired a young Hans Coper and they worked and exhibited together for many years. She also spent some time teaching at Camberwell School of Art. Her ceramic work is now regarded as some of the finest and most important of the last century, its lasting influence assured. After her death her studio was reconstructed and exhibited by the Victorian and Albert Museum. Her work is held in the most important ceramics...

A turquoise ceramic table lamp by Accolay. Stamped to the underside. France, late 1950s. Excellent condition, rewired in braided black cable, PAT rested and supplied with an off whi...

Black ceramic sculpture "woman" mid-20th century.

Amazing stoneware figure by Danish artist Helge Christoffersen of a young girl reading a book. The figure is a unique work of art made at Royal Copenhagen in the early 1950s by the a...

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

33 Piece hand-thrown ceramic coffee and espresso service set with iconic yellow and blue colors and salt glaze by Guido Gambone, Italy, 1950s (signed on the bottom on all pieces with...

A fantastic and rare ceramic charger by Eugenio Pattarino. Vibrant red color and Classic Italian Mid-Century style is represented very well in this piece. Eugenio Pattarino was born in 1885 and passed away in 1971. He was a master sculptor and model maker and taught in art schools in both Venice and Frankfort, Germany. In the late 1940s he opened his own studio in Florence. His factory used both “EPF” and “CAPEF” (Artistic Ceramics Professor Eugene Pattarino) to mark his pieces. His studio is best known for its large religious statutes, many of which reside in a number of churches in Italy and the U.S. In the 1950s Pattarino had more than fifty artists working for him and some among them were considered the best ceramists in Italy. At this time Eugenio was joined by his son, Ranier, and the company began concentrating on more eclectic themes. These pieces, when new, were quite expensive when they were purchased but almost never garner anywhere near their original cost at today's auctions. The factory claimed that the Vatican used Pattarino’s ceramics as gifts to famous visitors, including President John Kennedy, Andre Gide and Paul Sartre. Unfortunately there is no proof to back these claims. As a matter of fact I have discovered that the Pattarino name is almost generally unknown in Italy and even lesser known in Florence. His name is, however, recognized here in the United States and most of the factory’s output can be found in the U.S. where it was imported. In November 1966 the Arno River flooded its bank and inundated most of Florence. Work to restore damaged art...

This is a great work by the well-known French artist Jules Agard. He was one of the most important artist working with Pablo Picasso in Vallauris , Madoura...

Pablo Picasso Tormented face. Ceramic plate 1956. Large unglazed light earthenware charger with raised design from the “Tormented Face” series . Produced by Madoura in 1956. Numbered...

An interesting ceramic lidded jar by Waylande Gregory with sgraffito decoration.