Art Deco Ceramics
ART DECO STYLE
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged in the 1920s
- Flourished while the popularity of Art Nouveau declined
- Term derives from 1925’s Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris, France
- Informed by Ancient Egypt, Cubism, Futurism, Louis XVI, De Stijl, modernism and the Vienna Secession; influenced Streamline Moderne and mid-century modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
- Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
- Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
- Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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Style: Art Deco
Art Deco Pottery Pink Vase Attributed to Jacques Lenoble French Ceramic Vase
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Attributed to Jacques Lenoble
Elegant ceramic vase with pink ceramic glaze color.
Beautiful handmade form typical from the 1930s.
Signed J under the base.
Dimensions: 34 ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Decorative Pouring Jug, English, Hand Painted Ceramic, Creamer, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage decorative pouring jug. An English, hand painted ceramic creamer in Art Deco taste, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Delightful citrus decor accentua...
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Clarice Cliff Cup and Saucer Rare Pine Grove Bizarre Ptn Art Deco, Circa 1935
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a cup & saucer duo in the rarely seen, hand painted "Pine Grove" Pattern by the renowned Art Deco designer Clarice Cliff. This piece dates to the late Bizarre period, Circa 1935.
The Pine Grove Pattern was Newport pattern 6449, having boldly drawn black, blue and green fir trees with orange/red trunks, the whole design then covered in thin grey, blue & green bands.
This pattern is rarely seen but has the distinctive "Clarice" look of the early Bizarre pieces.
The cup has the Bizarre black printed stamp on the base and the saucer has the Wilkinson's honey-glaze mark, all fully documented in the book ; Clarice Cliff The Bizarre Affair, written by Leonard Griffin and Louis K. and Susan Pear Meisel...
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
1930s Italian Lenci Animalier Ceramic Sculpture
By Fabio Lenci
Located in Roma, IT
1930s Italian Lenci Animalier Ceramic Sculpture
Beautiful and rare ceramic sculpture by the celebrated Lenci manufacture of Turin in polychrome glazed earthenware.
The subject in ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Cream Ceramic Vase w/ Crimson Detailing by Ilse Claesson for Rörstrand
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Deco ceramic vase was realized by the celebrated designer Ilse Claesson for Rörstrand in Sweden circa 1940. It features a rotund body finished in a sumptuous cream g...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"African with Lute, " Rare Sculpture of Female Nude by Archipenko Student
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted in the late 1920s by Margaret Berger, a student of Alexander Archipenko, this is one of the finest sculptures to come out of his ARKO Modern A...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Clay
French Handmade 1930 Art Deco White Ceramic Vase by Gentil Bourdet XXth Century
By Gentil & Bourdet
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Gentil Bourdet
Original french Art Deco ceramic vase
white effect ceramic glazes colors
Signed under the base
Realised circa 1930
Original ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bessie Newbery Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Babies Teapot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and stylish Art Deco Doulton Lambeth teapot decorated in relief with babies by renowned artist Bessie Newbery dating from around 1922. The stoneware teapot is a unique work by Newbery who produced a number of original works between 1914 and 1924, the year she retired from Doulton Lambeth. The teapot is heavily made and is of squat rounded shape with a raised top rim and fitted recessed cover. A simple loop handle and raised spout is attached to the body and the teapot is decorated in low relief with three naked babies to one side in various poses with the baby dressed...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Antique English Majolica Whimsical Figural Cannibalistic Fish Teapot
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique teapot is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1920 and done in a period Art Deco style. The t...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Terracotta Female Nude, Austrian Art Deco, Goldscheider, Vienna
Located in Stamford, CT
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...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Doulton Little Miss Muffit Nursery Childs Ceramic Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce antique Royal Doulton child's nursery rhyme stoneware dish dating from 1911. The round shallow bowl has a wide rim with raised edge printed with animals...
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1910s English Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Cuthbert Bailey Art Deco Doulton Lambeth Crystalline Glazed Ceramic Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and stunning Art Deco Doulton Lambeth ceramic bowl decorated in cream, brown and grey crystalline glazes by Cuthbert Bailey and dating from around 1925. The wide rounded bowl ...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Ceramic Portret Buste, Girl with Blue Hair by Erwin Spuler 1930s, Germany
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful sculpture in brown earthenware modeled in the expression of a woman in polychrome glaze with blue hair, made in Germany, 1930s.
Erwin Spuler (1906-1964), who initially studied at the School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart, studied with Georg Scholz...
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1930s German Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
Coffee Tea Service Ceramic Deruta Art Deco Italian Design 1930s Set of 9
By Deruta
Located in Palermo, IT
Set of 1 milk jug, 4 coffee cups and 4 tea cups in multicolored hand painted ceramic. Each cup has its own "Deruta" signature as shown in the photo. Great collectors set. Made in Ita...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Keramos Art Déco Figure, Spanish Lady With Shawl, Rudolf Podany, Vienna, Ca 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
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...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Gio’ Ponti Scattola Ceramic 1930 Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Box Richard Ginori “ Gio’ Ponti”
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1930s Yellow, Brown and Orange Futurist Ceramic Italian Jug
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An hand-painted Italian pitcher with futurist decorations in good conditions, it's signed in a side.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic, Made in Belgium, Ch Catteau , Dr 289, LD
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Franco-Belgian ceramist Charles Catteau could be regarded as one of the most versatile ceramic artists of his generation, especially for the style of Art Deco. Catteau advanced the f...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Ceramic Vase Bo Fajans Ewald Dahlskog, Sweden, 1937
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Wonderful ceramic vase manufactured in Sweden at Bo Fajans and designed by Ewald Dahlskog 1937.
The shape and lines of the vase goes perfect with the wonderful glaze. Swirls with da...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
c. 1915-30 Pair of Covered Vegetable Dishes in Rosenthal's "Donatello" Design
By Rosenthal
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1915-30 pair of covered vegetable dishes, Rosenthal's Donatello design. Art Nouveau-Art Deco. Rare gilt & onyx band decor. Light wear commensurate with use & age.
12.5" over ha...
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Decorative Bird Plate, Chinese, Display Dish, Golden Pheasant, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage decorative bird plate. A Chinese, display dish with Golden Pheasant motif, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940.
St...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Blue Art Deco 1930 Ceramic Vase in Style of Besnard 20th Mid Century Design
By Jean Besnard
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
In the style of Jean Besnard
Original Art Deco ceramic vase
Realised circa 1930
Blue-green ceramic glaze color
Measures: Height 29 cm
...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
pair of art deco 1930 white and black ceramic vases by Louis Dage
By Louis Dage
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Louis Dage
Pair of art deco ceramic vases by Louis Dage
White and black ceramic glazes colors
Signed
Original perfect condition
height 25 cm
Large 18 cm
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20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Painted Ceramic Sculptrure "bimba e Mastello" by Sandro Vacchetti Sigend Lenci
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Painted ceramic sculptrure "bimba e Mastello" by Sandro Vacchetti sigend Lenci. Italy, Torino, circa 1933.
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Art Deco Milk Jug, English, Ceramic Pourer, Creamer, Decor, Circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage Art Deco milk jug. An English, ceramic pourer, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Pleasingly decorated example with tasteful colour
Displays a desirabl...
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Novelty Pierrot Ceramic Trinket Box, 1930s
Located in Devon, England
This really is a delightful piece and one we've not come across before. This is a 1930s Art Deco Novelty Pierrot Ceramic German Trinket Box, part ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Blue and White Spice Jar, Chinese, Ceramic, Decorative Pot, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage blue and white spice jar. A Chinese, ceramic decorative pot, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Appealing in colour and form, with a charming decorati...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Enamel Ceramic Flower Vase Signed Saint Clement, France, circa 1930
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Enamel ceramic flower vase signed Saint Clement. Art Deco period, France, circa 1930.
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Art Deco Green Lidded Jar by Anna-Lisa Thomson for Upsala-Ekeby, 1930's
Located in Grythyttan, SE
This art deco lidded jar by Anna-Lisa Thomson for Upsala-Ekeby is bathed in a mesmerizing deep green glaze and floral relief decor. This model (number 2650) was only produced betwee...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Gilbert Metenier Art Deco Vase in Flaming Yellow, Blue and Brown
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Gilbert Metenier, French ceramist. Art Deco vase in flaming yellow, blue and brown. 1920-30s. Signed. Measure: Height 24 cm. In perfect condition. Gilbert Metenier was born in 1876 a...
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20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Charming Diabolo vase attributed to Jean Besnard Circa 1930
By Jean Besnard
Located in NICE, FR
This exquisite 14 cm diameter footed bowl is attributed to Jean Besnard, a pioneer of modern French ceramics. Its striking form features a flared pedestal base supporting a deep, rou...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
"Africans with Jars, " Rare Art Deco Charger by Andlovitz for Societa Ceramica
By Societa Ceramica Italiana
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Much as Gio Ponti modernized and energized the porcelain production of the fabled Ginori company in Italy, so too did Guido Andlovitz revolutionize the work of the old Societa Cerami...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Vintage Imari Plate, Japanese, Ceramic Decorative Charger, Art Deco, 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage Imari plate. A Japanese, ceramic decorative charger, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930.
Pleasingly vibrant finish ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Rare, Large Art Deco Vase with Foliate Motif by Stangl for Fulper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very rare form, but glazed with the gorgeous mottled and streaky glaze that Fulper Pottery was famous for, this fluted, flaring vase is decorated with deep bas relief leaf and bran...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Midcentury Pair of Ceramic Vases "Turkos", Ewald Dahlskog , Bo Fajans, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
These rare and nicely sculptured vases was designed by Ewald Dahlskog and made at Bo Fajans in Sweden during the 1930-1940s.
The name "Turkos" is most certainly a reflection of the ...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
One-of-a-Kind White Ceramic Vase with Blue Fish Motif by Lachenal and Fevola
Located in Bruxelles, BE
This exceptional ceramic vase, a collaboration between master ceramists Edmond Lachenal and Félix Fevola, is a true testament to their artistic prowess. Crafted from pristine white c...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Amphora Enameled Pottery Vase
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This striking enameled pottery vase was made by Amphora and is decorated with stylized floral decoration set against a textured ground made up of variegated blue enamel paint on a me...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Pair of White and Black Art Deco Ceramic Vases 1930 in Style of Jean Besnard
By Jean Besnard
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
In the style of Jean Besnard
Pair of white and black Art Deco ceramic vases
Original good condition
Measures: Height 17 cm
Large 11 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Art Deco Floor Vases by Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This pair of floor vases were made in Sweden in the 1940s at Ekeby and designed by famous Greta Runeborg.
It is made with grace, that makes the curves ...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Ceramic Vase Bo Fajans Ewald Dahlskog, Sweden, 1937
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Wonderful ceramic vase manufactured in Sweden at Bo Fajans and designed by Ewald Dahlskog in 1937.
The wonderful swirl lines and sculpture shape of the vase goes perfect with the wo...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Art Deco Stoneware Ceramic Pitcher by Alexandre Foucher La Borne 1940
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Alexandre Foucher
Circa 1940
Large colored stoneware ceramic pitcher by Alexandre Foucher
Realised in la Borne
XXth century art deco pitcher
Original perfect conditio...
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20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Ceramic Perfume Bottle, c1930
Located in Devon, England
A true little collectors piece and one we know Art Deco fans will appreciate, particularly those who collect vanity pieces. This is perfect for adding to dressing tables or a bathroo...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Sculpture Trout by Ditmar Urbach Znojmo factory, Czechoslovakia, 1940s.
Located in Praha, CZ
Made of ceramic
Beautiful decoration
Marked
Original condition
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1940s Czech Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
French Art Deco Handcrafted Ceramic Basket or Bowl by Henri Delcourt
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning French Art Deco ceramic basket or bowl with handles, circa 1930.
This beautiful decorative object is signed H D and numbered, it was handcrafted by Henri Delcourt a well kn...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Geometric Chamber Pot, Royal Staffordshire 'Spring'
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Royal Staffordshire/ Wilkinson ltd, England. Design - Spring - R N 660074, A fine example with bright and crisp decoration with Japanese Cherry Blossoms, fully marked. The piece measures 10.25-Inches to the handle, the bowl has 8.5-inch diameter and stands 5-inches high
Chamber pot...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Grete Marks Art Deco Bauhaus Turquoise, Royal Blue Ceramic Vessel, Vase Vintage
By Margarete Heymann
Located in North Miami, FL
This very rare Art Deco ceramic bowl and or vase is by the infamous Grete Marks from the 1930s. She was born Margarete Heyman in Cologne Germany. She studi...
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1930s German Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Brown and White Art Deco Stoneware Ceramic Vase by Jean Pointu French
By Jean Pointu
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jean Pointu
Circa 1930
Original art deco stoneware ceramic vase
White and brown pottery glazes colors
Elegant snakeskin material effect
Signed (in pencil) under the ba...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Keller et Guérin Lunéville Rare Set Pirelli Motoring Plates, 20th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare and interesting set of six French Pirelli advertising plates printed with motoring scenes in late Art Nouveau and early Art Deco style and produced by Keller et Guérin, L...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Art Deco Hand-Painted Ceramic Vases with Orientalist Motifs by Bretby
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated pair of hand-painted ceramic vases were realized by the esteemed British early 20th century pottery studio, Bretby. Hand-painted in dark chocolate and cream tones, they feature whimsical interpretations of orientalist motifs- including bamboo trees and kabuki masks...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
French Faience Oyster Plate Fouillen Quimper, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate signed Fouillen Quimper, circa 1930.
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1950s French Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Precious Art Deco 1930 Red and Yellow Ceramic Vase by Emile and Bruneau Balon
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Émile and Bruneau Balon
Realised circa 1930
Original art deco ceramic vase realised in Blois, unique handmade piece
Shiny red and yellow ceramic...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Decorative Vase, German, Ceramic, Baluster Urn, Art Deco, Midcentury
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage decorative vase and cover. A German, ceramic baluster urn in Art Deco taste, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1940.
...
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Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Oyster Plate Fouillen Quimper, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate signed Fouillen Quimper, circa 1930.
Category
1950s French Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
"Supplication, " Art Deco Sculpture from Archipenko's Ceramic School, Woodstock
By Lu Duble
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the rarest and most important sculptures eminating from the ARKO ceramic school established by Alexander Archipenko in Woodstock, New York, this stylized group of praying figu...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Figurine, Little Girl Closing A Suitcase, by Dakon, Ca. 1937
Located in Vienna, AT
Very Rare Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s:
Little curly-haired blonde girl in a green and red checked dress, bent over, trying with both hands and her body weight...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Decorative Art Ceramic Vase Green and Gold Jean Pointu, circa 1930
By Jean Pointu
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jean Pointu
Large original stoneware ceramic vase by french circa 1930
Art deco green and gold ceramic vase
Signed (in pencil ) under the base
Original perfect condtion
...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre 'Firbolgs' Antique Centre Bowl
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre octagonal bowl decorated with 'Firbolgs' design on ruby lustre to exterior, 'Thumbelina' design to the interior. 'Roseberry Bead'...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Ceramics, Boch.F, Sign: Catherine Barjansky, Belgium
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Pair of ceramics
Sign:
Ceramic with enamel : Catherine Barjansky
Made in Belgica Boch
Ceramic White:
Sign: BFK made in Belgium
The Boch manufacture was established in Belgian La Louvière by Jean-François Boch, one of main owners of another known company, Villeroy & Boch. The direction of Boch Freres SNC was in 1844 taken by Victor Boch. Production could be started immediately thanks to other Boch family ceramic businesses that sold Victor ready-to-use copperplates.
This faience manufacture developed very fast. In 1847 the company won a gold medal at the exhibition of the Belgian industry. In 1855 they already employeed 300 workers in La Louvière (Keramis) and 100 in Tournai (Boch Freres) factory. Around 1860 the production of polychrome pieces was started. In 1904 the first in Europe tunnel kiln was launched.
Problems started in 1970s. The company went bankrupt in 1985 and was reactivated as Novoboch and MRL Boch. In 2015 was started Keramis Center, just two rooms showing Royal Boch history.
One of the most important designers for Boch Frères Keramis was Charles Catteau. He was French but in 1906 moved to La Louvière. Patterns designed by Catteau were created in following years:
The Boch Frères Kéramis factory (Belgium, province of Hainaut, La Louvière) is now well known thanks to the work of the very dynamic Charles Catteau. That of the sculptor Catherine Barjansky is much less so, even if her career is international: Rome, Berlin, New York, Vienna, Paris, Brussels...
Catherine is from Odessa, a Ukrainian city located in the Soviet Empire. At the age of twenty, she studied sculpture in Monaco where she met her husband, Alexandre Barjansky, the famous violinist whose name is now inseparable from a Stradivarius! Thanks to her husband's job, she travels a lot.
Witnesses to his exchanges with the intellectual milieu of the time, his portraits of personalities dominate his work: a bust of Einstein, kept at the Solvay Institute in Brussels; a bust of Freud; or even Colette, author who prefaced her first exhibition in Brussels. She made a bust of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Art Deco ceramics for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage ceramics created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, stoneware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Deco ceramics made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Scandinavia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original ceramics, popular names associated with this style include Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna, Faïenceries et Emaux de Longwy, Upsala Ekeby, and Wilhelm Kåge. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for ceramics differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $89 and tops out at $28,000 while the average work can sell for $1,774.