Wall Cross in Ceramic, Hand-Painted, Green, Brown, Made in Belgium, 1970s

This lovely hand painted ceramic plaque of the famous Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia will brighten any shelf or wall with its beautiful high gloss raised-relief and vibrant colours. The beautiful Peggy's Cove, a small village in Nova Scotia is a world-renowned tourist destination. The lighthouse perched on the rugged granite coast, with waves crashing its shores make this a spectacular scene for locals and visitors alike. Although stunningly beautiful, many lives have been lost over the years by risk-taking visitors who dare to scale the black rocks, only to be swept away by rogue waves. This is also the site of the downed Swiss Air...

A wall ceramic sculpture with white and green glazes decoration. In the style of sainte radegonde. Perfect original conditions. Circa 1960.

Vintage ceramic wall art. Brown earthenware with hand painted accents. Design of 8 figures in ceramic and glazed in the tones blue, gold, whit...

Handmade Mid-Century Modern ceramic wall platter by Swedish Tilgmans in 1957. Hand painted floral decor in white, yellow, orange, rose, light blue and green colors on black base. Lig...

Vintage Turkish Polychrome Hand Painted Ceramic Kutahya Platter. Circa 1950's. Hand painted and handcrafted Turkish Kutahya ceramic wall decorative...

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...