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Modern Ceramics

MODERN STYLE

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chaircrafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

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Item type: New and Made To Order
Style: Modern
Fine Bone China Jug Sculpted with Generous and Curvaceous Forms
Located in London, GB
Flare, 1882 Ltd. with Pinch. Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon are renowned furniture and lighting designers and have reduced the scale in which they design to create flare. Flare is a f...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Fine Bone China Plate with Unique Silk-Screen Decals, Plate 5
Located in London, GB
Garden Ware, 1882 Ltd. with Bruce McLean. Acclaimed conceptual artist Bruce McLean debuted a vast new body of work titled Garden Ware that was on exhibiti...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Contemporary Earthenware Jug with Classic Tones of English Delftware
Located in London, GB
Indigo rain, 1882 Ltd. with Faye Toogood. Designer Faye Toogood’s addition to her range of ceramic designs for 1882 Ltd. Puts a fresh spin on the forms and traditions of English creamware. Indigo Rain adds a touch of contemporary flair to the homely familiarity of blue-and-white striped crockery. The fine earthenware showcases the Classic tones of English Delftware...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Three-Tier Ceramic Hex Planter in Cream by BZIPPY
Located in Sun Valley, CA
Three-Tier Ceramic Hex Planter in Cream. Made to order. BZIPPY ceramic goods are one-of-a-kind stoneware / earthenware editions including furniture, pl...
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2010s American Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Amazing Bathtub Daisy Mosaic and Gold Artistic Mosaic Decoration
Located in London, GB
Sicis is delighted to welcome you at ‘Home’. The classically inspired extent in contemporary plays an eclectic style, elegant and refined. Interiors express personality. A constant...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Fragile Structure #16 Norihiko Terayama Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
This series is made up of some glass and some ceramic works. These works are highly unique form and looking. Norihiko Terayama created them from damaged vases,coffee cups and so on. ...
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2010s Japanese Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Glazed Fine Bone China Sugar Bowl with Expressionist Design
Located in London, GB
Accidental Expressionist, 1882 Ltd. with Martyn Thompson. A tea set comprising a remake of a Susie Cooper fine bone china teapot and two varying cups...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Contemporary Earthenware Pasta Bowl with Classic Tones of English Delftware
Located in London, GB
Indigo Rain, 1882 Ltd. with Faye Toogood. Designer Faye Toogood’s addition to her range of ceramic designs for 1882 Ltd. puts a fresh spin on the forms and traditions of English creamware. Indigo Rain adds a touch of contemporary flair to the homely familiarity of blue-and-white striped crockery. The Fine earthenware showcases the Classic tones of English Delftware...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Fine Bone China Bowl Sculpted with Generous and Curvaceous Forms
Located in London, GB
Flare, 1882 Ltd. with Pinch. Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon are renowned furniture and lighting designers and have reduced the scale in which they design to create Flare. Flare is a f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

White Fine Bone China Pasta Bowl
Located in London, GB
White, 1882 Ltd. The purist fine bone china tableware. Designed by Chris Johnson and made in Stoke-on-Trent. This forms the base of all our collections and th...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Modern Ceramic Oversized Vase with Closed Top in White, Big Vase 2
Located in London, GB
Big vase 2, 1882 Ltd. with Max Lamb. You can never have too many flowers. The question is how big can the vase be? Big vase starts life as a solid block of plaster that is hand carve...
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2010s English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Fine Bone China Small Platter Slip-Cast Hand Carved Plaster Models
Located in London, GB
Crockery white, 1882 Ltd. with Max Lamb. A collection of fine bone china tableware slip-cast from plaster models carved by hand, with glazed interior for functionality and raw exteri...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Fine Bone China Large Platter Slip-Cast Hand Carved Plaster Models
Located in London, GB
Crockery White, 1882 Ltd. with Max Lamb. A collection of fine bone china tableware slip-cast from plaster models carved by hand, with glazed interior for functionality and raw exteri...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

White Fine Bone China Salad Plate
Located in London, GB
White, 1882 Ltd. The purist fine bone china tableware. Designed by Chris Johnson and made in Stoke-on-Trent. This forms the base of all our collections and th...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Fine Bone China Plate with Unique Silk-Screen Decals, Plate 18
Located in London, GB
Garden Ware, 1882 Ltd. with Bruce McLean. Acclaimed conceptual artist Bruce McLean debued a vast new body of work titled Garden Ware that was on exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for the London Design Festival...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Glazed Earthenware Dinner Plate with Unique Contemporary Design
Located in London, GB
Slick, 1882 Ltd. Slick and Sleet by 1882 Ltd. with an extended vase collection by Queensberry Hunt is a collection of uniquely hand glazed items, a true testament to the skill of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Limited Edition Earthenware Teapot and Mug Set Conceived by 12 Designers
Located in London, GB
Exquisite, 1882 Ltd. with Martino Gamper and Tiago Almeida, Lars Frideen, Max Frommeld, Faudet Harrison, Gemma Holt, Jochen Holz, Max Lamb, Will Shannon, S...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

White Fine Bone China Bowl
Located in London, GB
White, 1882 Ltd. The purist fine bone china tableware. Designed by Chris Johnson and made in Stoke-on-Trent. This forms the base of all our collections...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Painted Enamel Colour Large Platter with Silk Screen Decal
Located in London, GB
Unity, 1882 Ltd. with Kim Thomé. Kim Thomé has an exceptional ability with colour and with Unity he plays with overlaying colour in forms of silk screen decal and a second firing of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Glazed Earthenware Handleless Cup with Unique Contemporary Design
Located in London, GB
Sleet, 1882 Ltd. Slick and Sleet by 1882 Ltd. with an extended vase collection by Queensberry Hunt is a collection of uniquely hand glazed items – a true testament to the skill of th...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Fine Bone China Bowl with Organic Shapes and Delicate Watercolor Techniques
By Deborah M. Allen
Located in London, GB
Jenny, 1882 Ltd. with Deborah M Allen. Californian-based artist Deborah M Allen’s love of the water has always influenced her work, which often includes references to carved landscapes and the unexpected organic shapes and colors we prize in nature. The result? Gorgeous contemplations of space, fluidity and light. This collection of fine bone china showcases...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Fine Bone China Platter with Organic Shapes and Delicate Watercolour Techniques
By Deborah M. Allen
Located in London, GB
Jenny, 1882 Ltd. with Deborah M Allen. Californian-based artist Deborah M Allen’s love of the water has always influenced her work, which often includes references to carved landscapes and the unexpected organic shapes and colours we prize in nature. The result? Gorgeous contemplations of space, fluidity and light. This collection of fine bone china showcases...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Fine Bone China Pasta Bowl with Organic Shapes & Delicate Watercolour Techniques
By Deborah M. Allen
Located in London, GB
Jenny, 1882 Ltd. with Deborah M Allen. Californian-based artist Deborah M Allen’s love of the water has always influenced her work, which often includes references to carved landscapes and the unexpected organic shapes and colours we prize in nature. The result? Gorgeous contemplations of space, fluidity and light. This collection of fine bone china showcases...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Limited Edition Fine Bone China Potato Sculptures, Potato 2
Located in London, GB
Potato, 1882 Ltd. with Bruce McLean. Acclaimed conceptual artist Bruce McLean debued a vast new body of work titled Garden Ware that was on exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for the London Design Festival...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Painted Enamel Colour Dinner Plate with Silk Screen Decal
Located in London, GB
Unity, 1882 Ltd. with Kim Thomé. Kim Thomé has an exceptional ability with colour and with Unity he plays with overlaying colour in forms of silk screen decal and a second firing of ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Glazed Earthenware Handleless Cup with Unique Contemporary Design
Located in London, GB
Slick, 1882 Ltd. Slick and Sleet by 1882 Ltd. with an extended vaseSlick, 1882 Ltd. Slick and Sleet by 1882 Ltd. with an extended vase collection by Queensberry Hunt is a collection ...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Hand Glazed Earthenware Medium Serving Bowl with Unique Contemporary Design
Located in London, GB
Slick, 1882 Ltd. Slick and Sleet by 1882 Ltd. with an extended vase collection by Queensberry Hunt is a collection of uniquely hand glazed items – a true testament to the skill of th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Painted Enamel Color Pasta Bowl with Silk Screen Decal
Located in London, GB
Unity, 1882 Ltd. with Kim Thomé. Kim Thomé has an exceptional ability with color and with Unity he plays with overlaying color in forms of silk screen decal and a second firing of ha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Fine Bone China Pitcher Sculpted with Generous and Curvaceous Forms
Located in London, GB
Flare, 1882 Ltd. with Pinch. Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon are renowned furniture and lighting designers and have reduced the scale in which they design to create Flare. Flare is a f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Glazed Earthenware Large Serving Bowl with Unique Contemporary Design
Located in London, GB
Slick, 1882 Ltd. Slick and Sleet by 1882 Ltd. with an extended vase collection by Queensberry Hunt is a collection of uniquely hand glazed items – a true testament to the skill of th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Painted Enamel Colour Bowl with Silk Screen Decal
Located in London, GB
Unity, 1882 Ltd. with Kim Thomé. Kim Thomé has an exceptional ability with colour and with Unity he plays with overlaying colour in forms of silk screen decal and a second firing of ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Painted Enamel Color Large Bowl with Silk Screen Decal
Located in London, GB
Unity, 1882 Ltd. with Kim Thomé. Kim Thomé has an exceptional ability with color and with Unity he plays with overlaying color in forms of silk screen decal and a second firing of ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Cast Bowl, Serving Bowl Oversized in White Ceramic
Located in London, GB
Cast bowl, 1882 Ltd. with John Pawson. Cast bowl is conceived as a quiet landscape in ceramic. Glazed in the palest of hues, the play of light and shadow generates endless small shifts of tone across its contours. The piece draws on a particular set of architectural...
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2010s English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Fragile Structure#10 Norihiko Terayama Berndt Friberg
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
This series is made up of some glass and some ceramic works. These works are highly unique form and looking. Norihiko Terayama created them from damaged vases, coffee cups and so on....
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2010s Japanese Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Modern Ceramic Oversized Vase with Open Top in White, Big Vase 1
Located in London, GB
Big vase 1, 1882 Ltd. with Max lamb. You can never have too many flowers. The question is how big can the vase be? Big vase starts life as a solid block of plaster that is hand carve...
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2010s English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hand-Painted Ceramic Festival Jug with Exaggerated Curves and Colored Stripes
By Pinch Design
Located in London, GB
Festival jug, 1882 Ltd. with Pinch. This hand-painted jug takes five arduous hours to paint and forms part of our icon collection. Painted by Emma Bailey w...
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2010s English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Tryst Ceramic Vase with Hand-Painted Motif in Blue and White
Located in London, GB
Tryst – 1882 Ltd. with Amy J Hughes. Industry meets the studio maker head-on in this collaborative project between ceramicist Amy Jayne Hughes, the V&A and 1882 Ltd. Aiming to restore the humble vase to its former status as the Ultimate Accessory, the collection elevates the functional object to a design motif and a symbol of the ancient world… Amy Jayne Hughes was the V&A Ceramics Resident from April – September 2015. Gleaning inspiration from the museum’s comprehensive collections, she married elements of her own practice with traditional hand-decorating techniques and the skills and expertise of Stoke-on-Trent’s finest industry. Her mid-18th century-style porcelain vase is more appealing for today’s consumer. The decoration, taken from sprig moulds carefully cast from museum objects, pays homage to the originals whilst finding a new place in contemporary culture. Designed in London, produced in Stoke, each slip-cast fine bone china vase...
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2010s English Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

"Aquila" Ceramic Bowl
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Hand thrown double glazed ceramic bowl with contrast color glaze.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Fragile Structure#11 Norihiko Terayama Gertrud Lonegren
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
This series is made up of some glass and some ceramic works. These works are highly unique form and looking. Norihiko Terayama created them from damaged vases, coffee cups and so on....
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2010s Japanese Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Floating Bowl Sculpture by David Haskell
Located in New York, NY
Wheel thrown elements with base supporting cantilevered bowl. Irregular surfaces with bumps and indentations. Bubbly green glazes. Artist signed on underside.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Contemporary Ceramic Colorful Vase Majolica Pottery Handmade
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
By Lorenzo Lorenzzo It's funny how most of us only make time to see the sunset when we are on vacation as if this extraordinary and calming moment can only happen when we are free...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Ceramics

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Clay, Ceramic

Fragile Structure#4 Norihiko Terayama Berndt Friberg
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
This series is made up of some glass and some ceramic works. These works are highly unique form and looking. Norihiko Terayama created them from damaged vases,coffee cups and so on. ...
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2010s Japanese Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Primal Cups with Stands, 2014
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Primal Cups with Stands #5 and #12 are raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. Hirsch creates ceramic sculptures that explor...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Contemporary Ceramic Colorful Bowl Majolica Pottery Handmade Clay
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
By Lorenzo Lorenzzo “I spent a long time watching sunsets on the terrace…inspired by the nature surrounding the studio,” says artist Lorenzo Lorenzzo. This majolica decorative...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Ceramics

Materials

Clay, Ceramic

Green Geometric Vase by Turi Heisselberg Pedersen
Located in New York, NY
Impressed artist's signature to underside. Turi Heisselberg Pedersen is an award winning ceramic artist and her work is in the collections of several European museums.
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Unique Green Ceramic Vase by Turi Heisselberg Pedersen
Located in New York, NY
Organic Vase, 2015, (Ceramic, C. 12.1 in. h x 7.5 in. d, Object No.: 3389). Turi Heisselberg Pedersen has, all through her career, strived to develop the vessel as abstract form and as an independent sculptural object. As Turi notes “working in clay is to me connected with many underlying cultural bound references, but also strongly connected to nature. The very process of building in clay is a process from nature to culture. We have an inherent understanding of beauty and design evolved in thousands of years of visual impressions from our cultural history, but especially also from nature. In this context, I am aiming to create a visual and emotional reading of the objects, working with shape, rhythm, volume, movement, and texture”. In the interplay between culture and nature, Turi’s works are inspired by geological structures and crystal formations, but also by architecture, the edged rendering of a computer drawing or folded paper shapes. Most of her faceted shapes seem to have a seed of coincidence or unplanned development, reminding one of crystal formations growing in irregular clusters.? Heisselberg Pedersen’s sculptures are hand-modeled from stoneware and glazed with slip-glazes, which gives the works a stone-like, dry surface with a rich texture. Some of Turi’s designs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Mortar and Pestle, 2007
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Mortar and Glass Pestle #27 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. This piece is made of three separate pieces of green ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Altar Bowl with Blown Glass Weapon, 2002
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Altar Bowl with Glass Weapon #22 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. Two separate pieces of wood / salt fired stonewa...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Glass

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Mortar and Glass Pestle, 2004
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Mortar and Glass Pestle #30 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. Two separate pieces of wood fired stoneware are assem...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic, Glass

Portuguese Clay Petite Champion Bowl
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Short Cream Champion Bowl sourced by Martyn Lawrence Bullard Made of Portuguese clay Baked in low heat Sealed with a textured matte glaze finish
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Ceramics

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Clay

Contemporary Footed Handmade Ceramic Bowl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modern footed stoneware bowl. Finished with a soft, white glaze. Karina Vieira is a Brooklyn-based ceramicist focusing on handbuilt vessels. Her work references various styles...
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2010s American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Contemporary Handmade Ceramic Vase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
White Bauhaus-inspired stoneware vase, finished with a soft, clear glaze. Karina Vieira is a Brooklyn-based ceramicist focusing on handbuilt vessels. Her work references vari...
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2010s American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Tresor II, FR
Located in New York, NY
By combining French decorative arts motifs, organic imagery, and contemporary motivations into visual poetry, French artist Alice Riehl’s porcelain wall murals exist in a liminal spa...
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2010s French Modern Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Tresor I, FR
Located in New York, NY
By combining French decorative arts motifs, organic imagery, and contemporary motivations into visual poetry, French artist Alice Riehl’s porcelain wall murals exist in a liminal spa...
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2010s French Modern Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Lianes, FR
Located in New York, NY
By combining French decorative arts motifs, organic imagery, and contemporary motivations into visual poetry, French artist Alice Riehl’s porcelain wall murals exist in a liminal spa...
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2010s French Modern Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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