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Technique: Hand-Crafted
Contemporary Grey Ceramic Vessel by Bae Sejin
By Bae Sejin
Located in New York, NY
Waiting for Godot 153934-158716, 2017 (Ceramic, C. 18 in. h x 14.2 in. diam., Object No.: 3537)
The inspiration for Bae Sejin’s intriguing ceramic designs is the play Waiting for Godot by the Irish avant-garde novelist Samuel Beckett...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic
Contemporary Cuorecarpenito Glazed Terracotta Black Vase Moaaustrale Collection
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
The Moa vase is part of the Austral collection and is the only glazed vase in the collection.
Its peculiarity is that the semi-metallic glaze is applied to the vase still in its raw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Ironstone Margarine Slab
Located in Faversham, GB
A wonderful rectangular ironstone margarine slab by Parnall and Sons of Bristol.
This rectangular grocers display slab was used before refrigeration to keep food cool on display suc...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Ironstone
$1,094 Sale Price
20% Off
Gunnar Nylund Vase Rörstrand, Sweden 1950
Located in Farsta, SE
Vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s
Excellent condition.
Height: 23 cm /9.0 inch
Diameter: 12 cm /4.7 inch
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Italian Hand Made Ceramic 1970
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian hand made ceramic
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
21st Cent Ceramic Vase Series "Bovary V" Artists Vincenzo D'alba+Antonio Marras
Located in Ruffano, IT
The Bovary series consists of six variants of the same theme. A polychromy of signs and images unequivocally describes the graphic value of the duet between Vincenzo D'Alba and Anton...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand Mid-century Vase 1950s Sweden
Located in Farsta, SE
Carl Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand Midcentury Vase 1950s Sweden
The mid-century vase from the 1950s by Carl Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, features an alluring blue glaze, add...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Goldscheider Vienna Group 'Jealousy' Elegant Lady With Pekinese, Lorenzl Ca 1935
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare and delicate Goldscheider Vienna ceramic figurine of the 1930s:
Depiction of a standing, elegant lady in a long, red, checkered dress with tiered flounces, matching hat and red ...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Aldo Londi Cylinder Vase Purple Motifs, Italy, circa 1970
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large cylindrical vase with shaped top and the brown manganese body is decorated with purple acid resist circular motifs. Designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Helmut Schaffenacker, Germany 1960 Pottery Wall Plaque Horses
Located in Pymble, NSW
Helmut Schaffenacker executed pottery wall plaque of two colorful hoses in profile with and irregular rock finish edge, impressed mark on the back...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Handmade Moroccan Ceramic Large Bowl in White and Brown, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
A pair of Boho Chic handmade ceramic large bowls. These stunning bowls feature an arabesque pattern and an entrancing fusion of color in white and brown handcrafted in the coastal ci...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$144 Sale Price
20% Off
Jean Besnard Crackled Turquoise Glazed Pottery Vase
By Jean Besnard
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful piece of pottery by the noted French Master Jean Besnard. It is Asian in style and has a wood top with fringe. Monogrammed on the base and marked made in France. We belie...
Category
1930s French Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
$3,600 Sale Price
40% Off
Bitossi Aldo Londi Fish Pattern Lamp Base Italy, circa 1968
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Pymble, NSW
An Aldo Londi designed large rectangular lamp base with 5 medallions on the front blue panel, each decorated with an incised double fish motif under a crackled fritte glaze...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Artist Ceramic Large Plates
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Large ceramic plates made by a Tunisian artist in glazed terracotta with modern taste.
They are designed to be hung, but can also be used at the table, They go very well with dishes ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tunisian Other Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Modern Set of 3 Ceramic Pieces, Rubus, Gunnar Nylund, Rörstrand
Located in Farsta, SE
Midcentury Set of 3 Ceramic Pieces, Rubus, Gunnar Nylund, Rörstrand, Sweden.
The set contains one vase, one bowls, one bowl/tray.
2 pieces first quality, and 1 piece in second quali...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Knuckler Three Finger V, Handmade and Food Safe, by Ceramicist Stef Duffy
By Stef Duffy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
The Knuckler Three Finger V, (shown here in Embossed Raven on Snow), the food safe vessel for your favorite beverage of choice, entertaining, or as a decorative object or object d'ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Pottery, Stoneware
Wheel Thrown Moon Jar by Jason Fox
Located in Burbank, CA
Wheel Thrown Moon Jar by Jason Fox.
Largely influenced by Korean Pottery, Jason pays respect to the rich history of Moon Jars with this piece.
"Moon Jar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Emons & Sohne Keramic West Germany, 1960s
By Willi Hack, E&S Keramic
Located in Pymble, NSW
An E & S Keramic fat lava urn shaped vase with a red on blue-grey lava glaze. This complex, almost archaic, lava glaze is typical of ES production. The form and glaze are rare. Unmar...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
'Banjo Play' Zerline Balten As A Banjo Player, Goldscheider Vienna, ca 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Art Déco Goldscheider Art Ceramic Figurine around 1930.
Zerline Balten, a Viennese dancer and actress, is depicted accompanying herself in her 'fantasy dance' on a banjo. The yo...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Sculpture"
Located in Madrid, ES
Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world
18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Sculpture"
Measures: 128cm x 143cm
90 tiles
Important note: This panel is with the tiles re...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Yellow Glazed Ceramic Bowl by Berndt Friberg
Located in Atlanta, GA
Berndt Friberg was born in 1899 in Hoganas, Sweden. He began working in a ceramic factory in his hometown at the at the young age of 13 years old. Being an artist was a legacy, and h...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
19th Century English Majolica Wall Plates with Vine and Grape Motifs, Set of 3
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall or a shelf with this elegant set of antique plates. Crafted in England circa 1880, each painted platter features vine, leaf and grape motifs in high relief throughout...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Miniature Bottleneck Ceramic by Berndt Friberg
Located in Atlanta, GA
Berndt Friberg was born in 1899 in Hoganas, Sweden. He began working in a ceramic factory in his hometown at the at the young age of 13 years old. Being an artist was a legacy, and h...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Miniature Long Ceramic by Berndt Friberg
Located in Atlanta, GA
Berndt Friberg was born in 1899 in Hoganas, Sweden. He began working in a ceramic factory in his hometown at the at the young age of 13 years old. Being an artist was a legacy, and h...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Troika Leslie Illsley Double Base Lamp Base, England, circa 1974
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large double base lamp base, slip cast, designed by Lesley Illsley and decorated by Eleanor Winning. Winning was at Troika as a decorator from April 1974...
Category
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Baked Potato Mid Century Dishes by Langbein Made in Italy Set of 6
By Ed Langbein
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This set is an amazing example of the brilliance of Mr. Langbein's talent. The set of six individual Italian bowls, resemble the texture and look of a real baked potato. The color is...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
$680 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Ewald Dahlskog, Shell-Bowl - Bo Fajans
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceramic bowl by Ewald Dahlskog for Bo Fajans, dated 1932.
Ewald Dahlskog, a well-known Swedish designer and silversmith. Dahlskog was particularly recognized for his work in the mid...
Category
1930s Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Miniature Ceramic With Elongated Neck by Berndt Friberg
Located in Atlanta, GA
Berndt Friberg was born in 1899 in Hoganas, Sweden. He began working in a ceramic factory in his hometown at the at the young age of 13 years old. Being an artist was a legacy, and h...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world
18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene"
Measures: 121cm x 49cm
36 tiles
Important note: This panel is with the ...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Gualda Docci Handmade Ceramic 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian handmade ceramic please refer to photos for condition as one on the horn is broken hence this price
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
PORTUGUESE CACHEPOT WITH FAIENCE COLUMN from the 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
PORTUGUESE CACHEPOT WITH FAIENCE COLUMN
from the 19th century.
Decoration in shades of blue and yellow with profuse plant decoration, birds and insects, in the oriental style.
Minor...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Arts and Crafts Antique Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Cuorecarpenito Pink Ceramic Vase Bubble Family Collection
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Lovers In Pink, a renowned artwork by Marc Chagall, serves as the inspiration for this polished ceramic vase from the Bubble Family Collection. Showcasing arched, circular shapes, the decorative elements enriching the vase's cylindrical body contribute to its organic dynamism, which adds an effortless touch of glamour to contemporary interior.
without a doubt for me "the lovers" is my favorite vase not to say that it is the perfect vase. I almost have a veneration for this vase and when I build it a special mood always assails me.
It is all the details that make it so important, there are two kissing figures, the color is elegant pink with something antique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Space Age Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Ruscha Milano tri candle holder, West Germany.
By Ruscha
Located in Pymble, NSW
An early 1950s 'Milano' pattern triple candle holder by Ruscha, West Germany.
Signed on the base, Ruscha handpainted GW.
The Milano pattern was...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mexican Hanging Ceramic Fucsia Corn Clay Decorative Rustic Piece Contemporary
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This astonishing 160 cm tall corn assemblage is made up of authentic ceramic corn cob reproductions. These are dyed using grana cochineal ( a scale insect from which the natural dye carmine is derived -- usually growing on cactus plant). The corn cobs are united by a wire to hang down.
Take tradition to evolve, transform, and innovate are all part of Omar Hernández...
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta, Clay
$4,800 Sale Price
4% Off
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure, Girl With Pointed Hat, by Stephan Dakon, ca 1934
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare art ceramic figurine of the 1930s:
Standing girl with a pointed, sombrero-like hat on her chin-length brunette hair, dressed only in a black, short bolero jacket opened wid...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Jason Fox Wheel Thrown Ceramic Vase / Mid-Century Modern Vase
Located in Burbank, CA
Wheel Thrown Ceramic Vase by Jason Fox
Part of his Flower Bottle Series, American contemporary ceramic artist Jason Fox borrows inspiration from the a...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Set of 2 Small Pink Vases by Doa Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 small pink vases by Doa Ceramics
Dimensions: 3.5" (in).
Materials: Ceramic.
Technique: Hand-crafted. Freeform. Glazed.
Also available in...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Square Bib Orbital, Handmade and Food Safe, by Artist Stef Duffy
By Stef Duffy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
The Square BIB Orbital, shown here in Galaxy and Broken Silver, the food safe vessel for your favorite beverage of choice, entertaining, or as a decorative object or objet d'art. Ver...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery, Stoneware
Hungarian Grey, White and Blue Animal Sculpture, 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Hungarian grey, white and blue animal sculpture 1970s.
Category
1970s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$350 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Ceramic Vase by Danish Artist Ole Victor, 2021
By Ole Victor
Located in Odense, DK
Ole Victor is a Danish artist who attended Art Academy between 1975 and 1980. He creates artworks and ceramics ever since. He’s been exhibited in Galerie 26 on Champs-Élysées and som...
Category
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Berber Old Earthenware Bowls and Lids from Morocco
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/2956 - Old earthenware bowls and lids from Morocco: terracotta lids can be used to keep food warm in serving dishes.
I'm closing my activities, so...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Wiener Werkstätte Art Ceramics, Expressive Style Bowl by Vally Wieselthier, 1921
Located in Vienna, AT
Large bowl on an oval ground plan with flared, wavy and curved walls on four swept-out feet in the shape of leaves, flower and leaf decoration in relief on the bowl base and on the o...
Category
1920s Austrian Expressionist Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Danish Modern, Ceramic, Stoneware Vase by Danish Artist Ole Victor, 2022
Located in Odense, DK
Ceramic vase with glaze in variations of beige colors, made by Danish artist Ole Victor, 2022.
Ole Victor is a Danish artist who attended Art Academy between 1975 and 1980. He creat...
Category
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure, 'Triton', Girl with Scooter, by Dakon, Around 1936
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Goldscheider Vienna figurine of the 1930s.
Girl with a green cap, black sleeveless blouse with white collar, green and white checked skirt, white socks and light brown shoes...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Late 18th Century Terre De Namur Core Piece, Coffee Tee & Milk, Belgium
Located in Vienna, AT
3-part core piece consisting of coffee pot, teapot and milk jug made of Terre de Namur ceramics.
Terre de Namur
The fine black faience is a particular product of Namur, Belgium, lat...
Category
Late 18th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
Located in Madrid, ES
(4) Four Portuguese Tiles 17th Century (1630/1680) Very Rare Collectible
each tile 14cm x 14cm
total: 28cm x 28cm
Original, unrestored
Ready to hang on the wall
The old Portugue...
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Alvino Bagni Italy Sea Garden Vase, circa 1960
Located in Pymble, NSW
A large Alvino Bagni designed sea-green glazed vase with pierced top and wedge shaped fluting to the sides. Painted mark to the base.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Small Tiara Vase by Faina
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Tiara Vase by Faina
Design: Victoriya Yakusha.
Dimensions: D 26 x W 51 x H 32 cm.
Materials: Ceramic.
Weight: 12 kg
SKARB [ukrainian for treasure]
I turned to the theme of tr...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$9,885 / item
Four jugs with ceramic basins
Located in Milano, IT
The four jugs with their respective basins make up a homogeneous and visually very pleasing group as a whole, despite the fact that they do not share a common geographical origin.
T...
Category
18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$7,189 / set
Black Stoneware Chandelier II By Christine Roland
Located in Æbelnæs, Stege
Unique, hand-built stoneware chandelier with hanging porcelain elements.
A light that playfully reflects shadows in a paint-brush-like formation on t...
Category
2010s Danish Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware
Carstens Luxus Designer Range Vase Fat Lava, West Germany, circa 1962
Located in Pymble, NSW
Carstens produced high quality ceramics of which the 'Luxus' range was the most expensive, high end range. 'Luxus', as indicated by the fabric label from which hung a card tag, 'Atel...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Large Ceramic, Stoneware Floor Vase by Danish Artist Ole Victor, 2022
Located in Odense, DK
Large ceramic floor vase with glaze in variations of beige colors, made by Danish artist Ole Victor, 2022.
Ole Victor is a Danish artist who attended Art Academy between 1975 and 19...
Category
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mocca Service by Hedwig Bollhagen . 1960 - 1970
Located in CADALSO, ES
All the items are hand painted from Hedwig Bollhagen. (1907-2001)
During her time she worked with the great Bauhaus artists
All parts are handmade
Can: 21 x 17 x 7 cm
Cup: 5,5 x 5 cm...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$1,437 / set
Wheel Thrown Moon Jar by Jason Fox
Located in Burbank, CA
Wheel Thrown Moon Jar by Jason Fox.
Largely influenced by Korean Pottery, American contemporary ceramic artist Jason Fox pays respect to the rich history of Moon Jars with this pi...
Category
2010s American Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Accolay ceramic
Located in L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE, FR
This glazed ceramic from Accolay is fascinating, having marked the beginnings of its creation. It is referenced in the key book on ceramics, "French Pottery of the 50s" by Staudenmeyer Pierre...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$1,437
Keramos Art Déco Figure, Japanese Girl With Cornucopia, Podany, Vienna ca 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare Viennese Art Déco ceramic figure:
Japanese girl with a flower-adorned page-boy hairstyle standing, wearing only an orange-red cloth draped around her hips, holding a cor...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase by Danish Artist Ole Victor, 2024
By Ole Victor
Located in Odense, DK
Large ceramic vase with glaze in variations of white, beige and bronze colors, made by Danish artist Ole Victor, 2024.
Ole Victor is a Danish artist who attended Art Academy between...
Category
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Ceramic Vase by Danish Artist Ole Victor, 2024
By Ole Victor
Located in Odense, DK
Large ceramic vase with glaze in variations of white, beige and bronze colors, made by Danish artist Ole Victor, 2024.
Ole Victor is a Danish artist who attended Art Academy between...
Category
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Flower Bowl in Grey Speckled Clay
and Matte Mauve + Sheer Glaze
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
?Title : Flower bowl in grey speckled clay? and matte mauve + sheer glaze
2021s / Belgium
Size : F 95 x H 70 mm
Artist : Sigrid Volders
[Sigrid Vol...
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pop Tribal Tumbler with Handle, Handmade and Food Safe, by Artist Stef Duffy
By Stef Duffy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
The Pop Tribal Tumbler, shown here in embossed raven and lightning, the food safe vessel for your favorite beverage of choice, entertaining, or as a decorative object or object d'art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery, Stoneware
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