Mid-20th Century Pottery

French vase of the 60's from the workshop la Borne. Stoneware ceramic with a speckled glaze. Very nice vintage condition of the vase, signature under the bottom of the pitcher (see p...

Beautiful and whimsical ceramic vase handmade by celebrated artist Mathilde Schaefer, wife of noted Arizona artist Lew Davis. This unusual and rare terra cotta vase with a glazed turquoise interior (and other glazed portions: manes, tails, hooves and eyes), is dated 1949 on the bottom in pencil and marked "Desert Kilns Arizona." Also inscribed in pencil on the bottom: “Merry Christmas from Bill Benton.” We are not certain who the recipient was but the vase was owned and given as a gift by Bill Benton, a Senator from Connecticut who wintered in Arizona. He was a friend of Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s when Arizona and Phoenix in particular had a very active art community. Known in Arizona in the 1960s as an instructor of pottery and sculpture at the Desert School of Art in Scottsdale and also as the wife of artist Lew Davis, she was born in New York City and studied with Raoul Josset and Walter Lemcke. In 1938, she began exhibiting at the Art Institute of Chicago. She married Davis and they moved to Scottsdale, Arizona where she maintained a studio. Her sculpture is in numerous collections including that of International Business Machines...

Petite sculptural Italian ceramic bowl with scalloped edges and black and white graphics.

A mid 20th century hand turned clay lidded jar with a lava glazed finish. Signature marked on the bottom of the jar. This jar is of a slightly egg-like shape. Majority of the body ...

These beautiful hand sculpted pottery heraldic figures of a lion and unicorn are most unusual. They are of European manufacture and were most likely made as one-off individual piece...

Italian 1960s Hand Painted ceramic vase. Signed ceramic by AT serial number 3969. Hand spited stripes and yellowed and blue decorations.  

antique rustic jar with amazing patina coming from a private collection. probably used to transport water or oil in the countryside.

A ceramic vase from mid-20th century Germany. Neither large nor small, this studio made pot reflects the hand-held, and the handmade; the tactility of process and the artist's vision...

Ceramic planter from David Cressey's Pro/Artisan collection for Architectural Pottery. The 4066 pedestal bowl planter has a wide belly that tapers at the base with a charcoal glazed ...

Stig Lindberg (1916-1982), Gustavsberg Studio, art pottery vase. Dimensions 13 x 9 cm. Beautiful oxblood glaze. In perfect condition.

Art pottery vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand. "Eterna" with decoration in relief. Measures: 21 cm. In perfect condition.

Art lava stunning vase 1960 Italy. Beautiful aqua green colour and red glazed ceramic handles. Perfect centrepiece for a dinning table or credenza.

A large pair of stone garden urns in a scalloped bowl shape. This pair have a natural patina and look amazing with or without plants. These u...

Unusually large and decorated Stig Lindberg vase with an optical pattern in a different colorway on either side of the vase. Signed to underside.

A nicely formed bell shaped vase in a Classic gray glaze with a fresh turquoise interior glaze.