1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Two beer steins, made in the Westerwald Area in Germany. One beer stein marked made in Western Germany. Absolutely gorgeous pieces still in great condition, without damage. Lid works...

Beautiful wood carved ice bucket cowboy hat made by Alfonso Bini Firenze (Venice), Italy. The BINI logo is marked at the bottom of the ice bucket hat. x....

Beautiful wood carved ice bucket cowboy hat made by Alfonso Bini Firenze (Venice), Italy. The BINI logo is marked at the bottom of the ice bucket hat. x. ...

Ceramic hat themed platter with ribbon. A beautiful accent to any soirée. Round in form, this dish is shaped like a sun hat or cowboy hat. It reminds of a 1970s hat. Envision a portr...

Höganäs, Collection of four pairs of miniature clogs in ceramic, 1970s. in very good condition. Stamped: Höganäs, LHN. Largest measures: 5 x 2 cm.

Large Stoneware Pottery handcrafted Sculpture 'Rabbit" by Richard Burkett, , Richard Burkett is a Professor of Art at San Diego State University, teaching all levels of ceramics for the past 28 years, and focusing on soda firing, glazes, and vessel forms – both functional and sculptural. He received the B.A. degree in Art from Lawrence University, and the M.F.A. degree in both ceramics and photography from Indiana University in 1986. From 1973 to 1983 he ran the Wild Rose Pottery in Bainbridge, Indiana. Richard Burkett has traveled extensively in Ecuador over the last 20 years with Joe Molinaro of Eastern Kentucky University, researching and photographing Ecuadorian potters and documenting indigenous pottery cultures in the Amazon basin. He recently designed and co- authored a book on Ecuadorian Kichwa pottery with Joe Molinaro: Mythical Figures & Mucawas: Ceramics from the Ecuadorian Amazon. One of the first ceramists to make extensive use of computers and the Internet, Burkett has lectured internationally on ceramics at events in Korea, Ecuador, Sweden, Turkey, and Finland. He is the author of HyperGlaze, educational glaze calculation software for artists, and the co-author of the sixth edition of Ceramics: A Potter’s Handbook, one of the most widely used ceramics textbooks. He selected porcelain artists and wrote essays for the Lark book Porcelain Masters: major works by leading artists. In his spare time he plays bluegrass music. Artist Statement: My work hovers between pottery and sculpture. Some pieces move in a sculptural direction, yet still derive some of their form from vestiges of my more utilitarian work. I find this a fascinating interplay, with one body of work informing the other and making both stronger for their interaction. My influences include a diverse range of mostly vessel-oriented forms, from the often mysterious chemical glassware and porcelain I grew up with in my father’s early 1900s-era chemical laboratory, to ancient South American pottery...

This lovely hand hammered polished brass serving basket/vessel/ towel holder has so many different uses... and purposes.

A chic and beautifully detailed Italian Sterling Basket with a moveable handle by Milan-based silversmith Fratelli Cacchione. The bottom of the bask...

Beautifully caved and finished burled wood root bowl or vessel. Live edge and shape, a unique and functional artistic center piece.

Polished chunk of malachite bowl, American 1970's