Petter Ellery Earth Tone Ceramic Table Lamps, UK 1960's

Whimsical Peter Ellery White glazed ceramic "Scraffito" Lamp.

Rough earthenware decorated with a geometric line pattern. Base size only 18x9

Vintage ceramic table lamp in earth tones with small dots of colours by Raphael Giarrusso in the 1960s. Topped with a new lampshade with Dedar Milano fabric. Raphaël Giarrusso (1925-1986) Canadian painter, sculptor and ceramist who established himself in France since 1948 until his death in 1986. Best known for his ceramics creations, he started his artistic formation in the School of Fine Arts in Montreal. Considered a promising student, he obtained a scholarship from the Canadian government to study in Paris in 1948. In Paris encountered some financial difficulties and moved to Accolay, a town of ceramists, in the region of the Yonne where some of his friends were living and producing ceramics. In August 1953, Giarrusso started working for André Boutaud at the Poteries d'Accolay. He stayed there for ten years working as a decorator. He became familiar with the world of ceramics, working with Daniel Auger, Turner, Fedor Iodtschine, a chemist assigned to enamels, but also with the ceramist Georges Pelletier, the sculptors François Brochet...

These Gordon and Jane Martz for Marshall Studios table lamps (model #267-28-D116A) feature a matte base in contrasting swirls of tan, brown, cream, and dark green. Etched 'Martz' sig...