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Ceramics For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Lane Gordon Thorlaksson Canadian Studio Pottery Vase with Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Canadian studio pottery vase decorated in light blue glazes with an associated pottery stand by Lane Gordon Thorlaksson (Canadian, 1...
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1970s Canadian Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Laura Andreson Signed Glazed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed bowl by renowned American California master potter Laura Andreson. This bowl features a deep, mesmerizing, rich purple/blue glaze. Gorgeo...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Kazuko Matthews Signed Flattened Green Glazed Sculptural Pottery Vase Vessel
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, gorgeously formed, striking work by Japanese American, California architectural potter/ artist Kazuko Matthews. The large green glazed vase/ sculptural vessel with applied features is signed on the base by Matthews. Mathews previously studied with famed ceramists couple Otto and Vivia Heino at Chouinard and also with Raku master potter Paul Soldner at Scripps College...
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20th Century American Modern Ceramics

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Pottery, Stoneware

Vase Horse Small, Matt White Ceramic, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
In Bassano ceramics have been produced for 300 years. In fact, from the 17th century this art has been developed in Veneto thanks to the presence of plastic clay, solder and kaolin i...
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2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Peter Voulkos Signed Large California Studio Pottery Stoneware Charger Plate
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly fantastic, large, heavy charger/plate/platter by American master potter/artist Peter Voulkos who is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic pottery pieces and sculptures...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Stoneware

Vintage Bell Shaped Ceramic Pendant, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unique handmade ceramic pendant with hand-carved incised organic decorations. Bell shaped body with perforations on the lower and top part for the light to shine through. Glazed with...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Andrew Hull Cobridge High Fired Trial Art Pottery Baluster Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Superb high fired Cobridge trial art pottery Baluster vase designed by Andrew Hull and dated 2004. The heavily made stoneware vase is of baluster shape wit...
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Early 2000s English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Cake Holder Coco XLarge, Matt White Ceramic, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
VG is dedicating a collection of ceramics to the genius of Coco Chanel, a leading figure in the story of modern fashion, and a designer who crea...
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2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Clyde Burt Signed Large Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Ceramic Art Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite impressive large, heavy, hand-decorated bowl by Ohio-born Midwest American master potter/ artist Cyde Burt who early in his career studied under Maija Grotell...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Paul Ami Bonifas Signed Large Early Midcentury Swiss Studio Pottery Art Bowl
By Paul Bonifas
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous and wonderfully crafted large art bowl by Swiss American sculptor/artist/ceramicist Paul Ami Bonifas (1893-1967). The glaze on this par...
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1930s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Large Rustic XXth Century Design Brown and Grey Ceramic Pitcher Lohoff La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Lohoff (Montreau Lohoff) Realised in La Borne circa 1960. Large stoneware ceramic pitcher. Unique handmade piece. Signed under the base. Original perfect condition. ...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Winchcombe Studio Pottery Slip Ware Baking Dish
By Michael Cardew
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine vintage Winchcombe press-molded baking dish decorated with trailed slip designs attributable to Michael Cardew (British, 1901-1983) and probably ...
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1930s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Terracotta

Pierre Digan La Borne Pair of Brown and Black Stoneware Ceramic Pitchers, 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Pierre Digan. Pair of stoneware ceramic pitchers. Original perfect condition. Black and brown stoneware ceramic colors. Realised in la Borne circa 1970. Measures: Num...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

La Borne Brown Stoneware Ceramic Table Lamp 20th Century Design 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
La Borne Unique handmade piece, stoneware ceramic table lamp Brown stoneware ceramic color Original perfect condition Circa 1970 Measures: Height 23 cm Height with el...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Rupert Deese Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Ceramic Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeously crafted, beautifully glazed, Mid-Century Modern curved bowl by California master ceramist Rupert Deese who worked closely with pottery legend Harrison Mcintosh. Signed with Deese's cipher/ stamp on the base. Would be a great addition to any Mid-Century Modern ceramics and pottery collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting. Deese's work can be found in numerous collections and museums including: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma, California Millard Sheets Collection, Gualala, California Mingei International Museum, San Diego Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Richard & Alice Petterson Museum, Claremont, California Roger Corsaw...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Brown Stoneware Ceramic Pitcher by Benoit Favre La Borne circa 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Benoit Favre Unique handmade piece Brown stoneware ceramic pitcher Signed at the base Measures: Height 17 cm Large 12 cm.
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

David Leach Feather Design Grey Glazed Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and stylish studio pottery bowl decorated with an abstract feather patterned design in a grey powdered glaze by David Leach (1911-2005) and probably dating from his early day...
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1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Mosaic Art "Winter Sun" Signed by Joyce Dittermore
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mosaic Wall artwork Sculpture Inlaid of colorful squniteuare rocks, colors like blue, gradients of pinks and purples, and blues. There is a sun figure in the middle of the frame with a sad face...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Swedish Floral Organic Modern Ceramic Wall Plate / Centerpiece, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage handmade fully glazed Swedich midcentury modern wall platter / centrepiece with organic, floral decor depicting a gazelle with a direct gaze surrounded by vegetation in brown, ochre, green, white and bright pink colors on a striped dark blue background created with the experimental sgraffito technique that Tilgmans became famous for. Designed and handpainted in the late 1950s by Eivor Lang and manufactured by German/Finnish Paul Harald Tilgman in his workshop in the small town of Kortedala close to Gothenburg, Sweden. Milky white glaze on the base and sides with curved, muted green decor framing the image along the edge. Three holes for hanging - two in use with metal wire. Signed under base. An handpainted piece in beautiful condition. 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 colored 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 midcentury Sweden alongside Tilgmans small animal figurines...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery

Traditional Spanish Ceramic Trumpet, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional Spanish rustic ceramic trumpet. Manufactured in Spain by unknown manufacturer, circa 1960. In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserv...
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1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Arnold Zahner Large Scale Blue Glazed Ceramic Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic vase by Arnold Zahner, circa 1960s, Rheinfelden, Switzerland. This vase features a blue glossy crackle glaze throughout. The neck has a ribbed detailing and tulip opening. Ar...
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Mid-20th Century Swiss Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Marcello Fantoni Signed Midcentury Italian Raymor Glazed Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Studio City, CA
Beautifully designed and textured yellow green glazed studio ceramic lamp by Italian ceramics master or designer Marcello Fantoni for Raymor. Very rare and hard to find style and color. Would be stunning in any setting. Signed on the base. Comes with shade as shown. Fantoni's ceramic works are held in many private collections and museums throughout the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Beatrice Wood Signed Pink Lava Glaze Midcentury California Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
Famed California Mid-Century Modern artist Beatrice Wood signed bowl featuring a unique pink lava glaze and piercing blue crackle glass in the cente...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Owl Ceramic by Dominique Pouchain
Located in Lasne, BE
Ceramics in the shape of a owl stamped Dominique Pouchain.
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1990s French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Sculpture June's Nose, White Bassano Ceramic, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The “Andy” ceramic collection VG presents a collection of classic sculptures which revisits the techniques of pop art. The original work is taken apart; a few details are then remove...
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2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Vase 'David by Michelangelo' Eye Big, White and Green Craquelé, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The “Andy” ceramic collection VG presents a collection of Classic sculptures which revisits the techniques of pop art. The original work is taken apart; a few details are then remove...
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2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of 1960's Vintage Mexican Folk Art Terracotta Head Face Planter Plant Pots
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this rare and collectable pair of Mexican circa 1960’s hand painted terracotta larger planter pots A very good...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Terracotta

Madonna Ceramic Sculpture, 1940s
Located in Palermo, PA
Madonna ceramic sculpture, 1940s. Dimensions: H= 26 cm; W= 15 cm; D=10 cm.
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Unicorn by Dominique Pouchain
Located in Lasne, BE
Ceramic in the shape of a unicorn by Dominique Pouchain.
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1990s French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Large Stoneware Ceramic Animal Rabbit Decorative Box by Claude Gaget La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Claude Gaget Large stoneware ceramic decorative box realised in La Borne original perfect condition Measures: Height 18 cm Large 17 cm.
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Mexican Pitcher in Frog Shape
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Antique Mexican Pitcher in Frog Shape attributed at Gorky Gonzalez, made in ceramic and hand painted. About Gorky Gonzalez: Founder and artistic director of Traditional Pottery began his studies with his father, the Mexican sculptor...
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1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Large Brown and Black 20th Century Stoneware Ceramic Vase by Steen Kepp La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Steen Kepp Large stoneware ceramic vase Circa 1980 Brown and black ceramic firing colors Original perfect condition Height 37 cm Large 25...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Sculpture Mouth of David by Michelangelo, White Bassano Ceramic, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The “Andy” ceramic collection VG presents a collection of classic sculptures which revisits the techniques of pop art. The original work is taken apart; a few details are then remove...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Glen Lukens Signed Early Midcentury Glazed California Pottery Weed Pot Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A very rare early work featuring a dark chocolate brown glaze by master Mid-Century Modern ceramist/potter Glen Lukens whose work has become quite collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find. The work is signed and dated (1924) by Lukens on the underside (we have only seen one other piece dated this early and that piece is in the Forrest Merrill Collection). Lukens was the founder of the University of Southern California (USC) Architectural School’s Ceramics Department where he helped establish and promote clay pottery as a universally acceptable art form. The current popularity of Studio Pottery and ceramics is widely accepted to have started with Lukens who is oft credited with being one of the first artists to raise the stature of Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery within the art world. Lukens is famed for his experiments with various glazes and glazing techniques. His influence and glazes can be clearly seen in the works of Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Beatrice Wood, James Lovera, etc. He was also known for combining bright, colorful textile glazes (using natural, organic materials and elements he found in the Mojave Desert, Palm Springs, and Death Valley to make what he referred to as "California Colors") with the rough and raw clay surfaces of his often rudimentary forms and vessels. Lukens currently has an award in his name (Glen Lukens Award) at the University of Southern California's School of fine Arts. A very rare, unique, and truly special work This piece would be a tremendous stand-out addition to any collectors of Lukens' work or Mid-Century Modern ceramics collection or eye-catching accent piece in about any setting, modern or otherwise. A must-have. Lukens work can be found in various museum collections including: Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona Huntington Library...
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1920s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Earthenware, Pottery

White Ceramic Tea Set by David Louveau La Borne Stoneware Handmade Pottery
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
David Louveau Original and unique handmade ceramic tea pot White stoneware ceramic color Wood firing ceramic effects Original perfect condition Measures: Height 13 cm ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Eugene Deutch Signed Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Ceramic Vase, 1950
Located in Studio City, CA
Wonderful work my well-known Hungarian-born, Midwest potter Eugene Deutch. This magnificently glazed vase/ vessel features a dark, rich glaze that drips freely down the inside of the work. Signed and dated (1950) on the underside. Would make for a great addition to any midcentury pottery collection or eye-catching Stand-alone work in about any setting. Deutch's work is held in many private collections and museums and he was exhibited in solo shows at the Dallas Museum of Art...
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1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Bull Ceramic by Dominique Pouchain
Located in Lasne, BE
Ceramic statue in the shape of a bull. Stamped Dominique Pouchain.
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1990s French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Robert Maxwell Signed Large Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully made and beautifully designed Mid-Century Modern pottery charger by famed California potter and sculptor Robert Maxwell. Maxwell co-founded Earthgender pottery with fellow potter David Cressey. This charger/platter was made at his Venice beach, California Pottery studio in the early 1960s as verified by his wife. It is a very rare piece in respect to design, pattern, and sheer Size/heft (it is a very heavy work). We have not seen another quite like it. Apparently, he only made a few with some filled with melted glass to create the design/pattern. Signed by Maxwell on the base. Would clearly be a great addition to any mid-century pottery/ceramics collection...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

20th Century Stoneware Ceramic Box by Claude Gaget La Borne circa 1990 Birds
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Claude Gaget Unique handmade piece Large stoneware ceramic box with bird decoration Brown stoneware ceramic glaze Original perfect condition ...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Abstract Wall Sculpture Perignem, Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful colorful ceramic wall sculpture in organic nature details with abstract mushrooms and mosses designed by Paul Vermeire for Perignem,Belgium, 1960s. Paul Vermeire was a Belgian artist who lived and worked in Ostend. His oeuvre exists out of ceramics, paintings and drawings. He experimented with differed materials and techniques. At the back of the multicolored sculpture...
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1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Aboriginal Dot Pattern Gilded Studio Ceramic Bowl, Signed, Australia, 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
Aboriginal 'dot' pattern studio pottery bowl with gilded highlights - wheel thrown conical shape - hand painted design with mirror black glaze to the outer sides and background - sig...
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20th Century Australian Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Colored blue and red stoneware ceramic pitcher circa 1990 signed Maya
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Maya Signed under the base Colored stoneware ceramic pitcher Original good condition Red and blue colors Height 20 cm Large 16 cm
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Mid Century Modern Ceramic Lion Figurine in Brown
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A ceramic lioness figurine glazed in brown and cream. This mid-century statue will be a fabulous addition to a bookshelf or side table. Created from ce...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Mid-Century Modern Green Yellow Lava Glazed Studio Ceramic Pottery Table Lamps
Located in Studio City, CA
A pair of fabulous Mid-Century Modern green and yellow lava-glazed ribbed ceramic table lamps. Quite fantastic, beautifully colored, and designed. Caught o...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Metal

Harding Black Texas Artist Signed Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Pitcher
Located in Studio City, CA
A hand-thrown, well-crafted, piercing green glazed ceramicpitcher by famed Texas-born San Antonio ceramic master Harding Black. A perfect combination of form and function. Signed and dated (1983) by the Black on the base. This work has a great feel and heft to them. The deep rich colors are striking. Harding Blacks Exhibitions include: San Antonio Local Artists Annual Exhibition (1939-42, 1945, 1947); Texas General Exhibition (1940 award, 1942, 1948 honorable mention); National Ceramic Annual Exhibition, Syracuse Museum of Art (1947-54); River Art Group, San Antonio (1948-49); National Collection of fine Arts...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Sculpture Right Hand, White Bassano Ceramic, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The “Andy” ceramic collection VG presents a collection of classic sculptures which revisits the techniques of pop art. The original work is taken apart; a few details are then remove...
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2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Mike Dodd Studio Pottery Green Glazed Faceted Stoneware Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Mike Dodd (British, b.1943) Studio pottery vase with a faceted body and decorated in green trailed glazes dating from the 20th Century. The stoneware vase stands on an unglazed foot ...
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20th Century English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Roger Michell Two Studio Pottery Marbled Clay Miniature Teapots
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish pair vintage miniature Studio Pottery marbled clay teapots of egg shape with tall loop kettle style handles by Robert Michell and dated 1984. The teapots are press molded with marbled clay, this is colored clay pressed and rolled together to give these beautiful colored and marbled designs. One teapot combines contrasting black and white clays while the other combines colored clays both with a black clay ring foot, spout and loop handle. The teapots have incised signatures to the lower body below the handles and are dated 84. An unusual and stylish pair of Studio Pottery teapots. Provenance: The Joseph...
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1980s English Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Pottery

1970s Pippo Pozzi Alessandria/Biella Italy Ceramic Plate
Located in Biella, IT
Pippo Pozzi, Alessandria 1910 / Biella 1999, Italy in years 1960 ceramic plate design measure diameter 13 inches x 1,2" deep, in perfect condition A is very rare. signed in t...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Ceramics

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Ceramic

Katerina Evangelidou Greek Stoneware Hand Built Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A hand-built squat studio pottery vase of slight tapering rhombic form in matte pink glazes by Katerina Evangelidou (Greek, c.1960). The four sided vase has two erupting vertical sea...
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20th Century English Modern Ceramics

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Pottery

Otto & Gertrud Natzler Signed Soft Pearl Green Blue Glazed Midcentury Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
Another sublime work by famed pottery masters Otto and Gertrud Natzler. This round-shaped, eggshell thin-walled bowl was hand thrown and formed by Gertrud and glazed by Otto with a beautiful pearl green/blue glaze. The bowl radiates in the light. This work is sure to give aesthetic pleasure for years to come and would be an amazing addition to any Natzler or modern ceramic collection...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Brown and White Stoneware Ceramic Pitcher La Borne circa 1990 Pottery
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
La Borne Original french stoneware ceramic pitcher Brown and white pottery colors Signed Original perfect condition Measures: h...
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1990s French Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

John Cole Rye Pottery Brown Glazed Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Early Rye Pottery individual brown glazed studio pottery vase by John Cole (British, 1908-88) and made around 1947. The heavily made stoneware vase is of w...
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1940s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Vase Potiche Coco with Lid, Matt White Ceramic, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
VG is dedicating a collection of ceramics to the genius of Coco Chanel, a leading figure in the story of modern fashion, and a designer who crea...
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2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Beatrice Wood Signed Monumental Midcentury Queen Elizabeth Pottery Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
An extremely rare and wonderfully hand-painted monumentally large charger featuring a portrait of Queen Elizabeth - a quite unique and bold work by famed American/ California studio ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Lane Gordon Thorlaksson Canadian Studio Pottery Bowl with Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Canadian studio pottery miniature bowl decorated in yellow glazes with an associated pottery stand by Lane Gordon Thorlaksson (Canadian, 1937-2009) dated 1976. Lane Gordon Thorlaksson was born in 1937 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and moved to Vancouver as a child. In his twenties, he represented Canada in the 1959 Chicago Pan-American Games, running alongside Henry 'Harry' Winston Jerome in both the 100 yard and 220-yard dash. Following this, he attended San Jose University of California and in 1966 received a BFA in Ceramics. Working with clay was Thorlaksson’s passion. He was fascinated with Asian ceramics, in particular the Song dynasty Chinese pot forms and glazes. In 1985, the Mayor of Vancouver, Mike Harcourt, visited China on a goodwill mission for the twinning of Vancouver with Guangzhou China. As gifts, he took with him several of Thorlaksson’s ceramics and presented them to Cao Yun-ping, Secretary-General of the People's Municipal Government of Guangzhou. The pieces were well received and local Chinese potters were interested to learn about his glazing techniques. In 1987, Thorlaksson was invited to visit China’s Guangzhou University to exhibit more of his work. He was aided in this exchange by Joanne Mah, the Director of Intercultural Training and Educational Consultants (ITEC), who had worked with the Harcourt exchange. In 1988, she and her husband sponsored a pre-gallery showing of Thorlaksson’s ceramics at the ITEC’s Hong Kong office, prior to an exhibition at Alvin Gallery in Hong Kong. Thorlaksson was celebrated and introduced to academics and the media, including the head of ceramics at the Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts. Local Chinese potters were eager to learn about his firing techniques, which used multiple firings to create special glaze characteristics. They were also intrigued to understand how he designed his own stands as an integrated part of his presentation. Unlike Asian potters who used wooden stands, Thorlaksson produced his stands in clay, matching each stand in aesthetic and tone to its pot. This two-part process elevated his pieces to sculpture. He believed that ceramics should be viewed as fine art and not craft. He was inspired by the female form and was quoted as saying 'Most potters make pots; I make parts of people'. The bowl is of wide squat rounded form with a fold over rim and is decorated in pale yellow glazes over a brown ground and stands on a narrow round unglazed foot. The design is probably based and inspired by a Chinese brush washer...
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1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Elizabeth Anderson Harbour Pottery Studio Pottery Jug and Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and finely made studio pottery jug and vase decorated in trailed glazes by Elizabeth L Anderson and made at the Harbour Pottery at South Quay Studios in Maryport, Cumbria a...
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20th Century English Modern Ceramics

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Stoneware

Americana Studio Pottery Ceramic Bud Vase in White and Orange Brown, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pretty one-of-a-kind Americana Revival petite ceramic hand-made studio pottery vase. Created from ceramic, this vase reminds of stoneware and is round in form. The top of the piece...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

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