Four Seasons Italian Majolica Plaques

Majolica Italian grey hound. Mid-20th century.

Italian ceramic terrier. 1950s. Very Hollywood Regency.

Bronze art deco ram sculpture by Paul A. Lobel from the RKO Roxy Theater, Rockefeller Center, New York. Hand wrought. Provenance: RKO, Roxy Center Theatre; Mr. Eugene Lee Schoen; Mr. Neal Prince & Mr. Herbert Wade Hemphill Jr.; Mr. Neal Prince; The Trust of the above; Heritage Auctions. Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques Paul Lobel (1899 - 1983): The accomplishments of Paul A. Lobel, industrial designer, metalsmith, sculptor and cartoonist/illustrator, may be viewed as the quintessential American success story. Born in Romania, at the turn of the century, he emigrated to the United States while an infant, and, from humble beginnings on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, grew up to attain a one-man show in Paris in 1925, win two awards at the International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1932, be the subject of two exhibitions at the American Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He also founded an innovative jewelry and metals studio/shop in New York’s Greenwich Village. Furthermore, his contemporaries regarded him with awe and almost everything he attempted came to fruition. In the summer of 1926 Lobel exhibited 35 works, including drawings, etchings, paintings, metalwork and sculpture, in a one-man show at the Grande Librairie Universelle in Paris. During the next year, he toured London, Rome, Florence, Rotterdam, Brussels and Berlin, then, broke, returned to America where he again rented desk space and tried to resume his advertising career. But he was haunted by the modern design that he had been exposed to in Paris. So, after borrowing money to open a metalwork studio on Lexington Avenue, he sought out architect Eugene Schoen, an enthusiast of modern design, whom he had formerly been introduced to by Boardman Robinson. Schoen was in the process of opening a gallery devoted to showing the work of designers and craftsmen imbued with the spirit of modernism...

Hand-painted art pottery bowl by Herman Kähler, Denmark. HAK. Circa 1930's.

Barbizon landscape painting on porcelain. French. 19th century. Signed E. Millet. Porcelain measures 14.5" in diameter.

Two Italian glazed terracotta black and white spaniels. Life Size. midcentury.

Stunning lemons Manises Majolica ceramic wall decoration, Spain, 1960s. Handcrafted ceramic wall hanging sculpture featuring a bunch of...

Mid-Century Swedish ceramic floral wall plaque by Jie Gantofta Sweden. Created by designer Aimo Nietosvuori. This ceramic tile with natural flower...

Minton Majolica Hanging Planter/Basket, the planter molded as a birds nest with red glazed cherries and green leaves, the interior glazed in turquoise, t...

Wayte & Ridge Majolica Monkey wall pocket, 18 inches high, English, ca. 1860, molded as a monkey climbing a tree, holding a simulated coconut forming the flower bowl, with molded loz...

Victorian antique Majolica jardinière of the Four Seasons by Minton English, c. 1905 Measures: Height 39cm, diameter 32cm This charact...

Exceptional tile wall hanging viewing Horse rider Hunter in open field, lush landscape with two deers. Beautiful blue background, all framed with intricate green and turquoise hand p...