West German Ceramic Wall Plate with Greek Goddess Design, 1950s

Hand-painted naked woman decorative wall plate, glazed ceramic, Spain, 1950s Spanish andalusian nude dancer in black and white colors. Signed M Ma...

Hand-painted nude woman ceramic wall plate, Spain, 1950s Gipsy naked woman with parrot Signed M Marco at bottom right side Marked at the back part: 'Gitana Desnuda'- I.Zuloaga- Pinta...

Beautiful decorative bowl, ashtray or videpoche in multicolor glazed terracotta. France, 1950s. It has an eye-catching design with leaf decorations in shades of pink, purple and ora...

Hand painted Naïf fish design terracotta wall plate Beautiful mid-20th century terracotta plate with hand painted naif fish decoration. ...

1960s Italian Egyptian themed, hand painted decorative plate. Reminiscent of Desimone painted designs, marked on the back in the clay Italy. The profile of two Egyptian heads facing ...

Extraordinary modernist item by Swedish Tilgmans Keramik. Fully glazed centerpiece or wall decoration depicting a green faced woman with long stemmed yellow and blue flowers on a striped dark blue background created with the sgraffito technique. Manufactured in 1957 by German/Swedish Paul Harald Tilgman in his workshop in a small town close to Gothenburg in Sweden. Blue patterned glaze on the sides and muted blue leaves on the milky white glazed base. Signed and dated on base. A rare and unique piece in beautiful condition! Sweden, 1957. About Tilgmans Keramik: Paul Harald “Harry” Tilgmann was born in Dresden, Germany in 1904 and emigrated to Sweden during WWII where he started Tilgmans Keramik (= Ceramics) in 1948 in the small town of Utbynäs close to Gothenburg. Tilgman had 16 employees working for him and when he hired the Polish refugee Marian Zawadzki (1912-1978) as artistic director in 1953, Tilgman Keramik started experimenting with the distinct sgraffito technique. The sgraffito technique consists of carving fine lines into the background of a design through a light coloured glaze down to a dark grey clay slip. This created a unique textured ground which has become a style associated with Tilgmans Keramik in particular. The decorative elements also appear to be outlined with a carved line and then hand painted with overglazes where birds, fish, flowers, butterflies and other animals were a common theme. This type of work was the most popular in Mid Century Sweden alongside Tilgmans small animal figurines...

Splendid Italian Figurative engraved Earthenware Wall Plate, Woman bust with flowers on her head Illegible Signature. Italy 1950s.

Mid-Century Ceramic Wall Plaque Plate, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969. Additional information: Materials: Ceramic Color: Blue Styles: Mid-Century Modern Item ...