Europe - Ceramics

Steen Kepp - La Borne Stoneware ceramic vase, woodfiring ceramic Original perfect condition Height 19 cm Large 12 cm.

Beautiful Goldscheider Dancer Sculpture Very detailed glazed ceramic sculpture in great condition! Original Art Deco, Vienna (Austria) 1930s Di...

Set of 2 huge fat lava ceramic vases, manufactured in 1960s in West-Germany. The individual dimensions are: A: Dm. 23 cm x H 41 cm B: Dm. 28 cm x H 53 cm.

Vase "balustre" by famous French artist Pol Chambost (1906-1983) Underside incised Poterie Pol Chambost.

Wall Ceramic Artwork of Roaster by Artist Diaz Costa, circa 1960 Manufactured in Spain In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.

Ceramic hand painted flowers vase, circa 1960. Add a touch of elegance to your space with this charming hand-painted floral ceramic vase, circa 1...

This is a very attractive genuine antique French country pot. Ideal as a decorative piece to add some colour to a space. The glaze on this one is lovely mottled grey and with some si...

A Memphis Milano black and blue ceramic tea pot designed by Marco Zanini for Bitossi in perfect conditions. The tea pot by Marco Zanini is a stunning piece of functional art. It embo...

Gustave Tiffoche Large 20th Century brown ceramic vase by Gustave Tiffoche Realised circa 1960 Original perfect condition Signed at the base Measures: Height 28 cm La...

Ceramic vase / bottle by Jacques & Dani Ruelland, France, 1960s Orange/yellow enamel.

Glazed Gres Set of three boxes Perfect condition. Measure: Height 7 x diameter 13 cm Height 6 x diameter 11 cm Height 6 x diameter 10 cm.  

A stunning green glass decanter with geometric design, made by one of the many glass manufacturers based in the region of Empoli, Italy. Has "Made in Italy" embossed on the base. Wou...

Made in Germany, 1930s. This high-quality two-arm candle holder is made in white and gold glazed porcelain by Karl Tutter for Hutschenreuther. It is. vintage piece, therefore it m...

Purple ceramic cachepot Perfect condiction.

Glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Murano glass.

Stunning, sleek and simple Japanese inspired Art Deco serveware set in shiny emerald green and black glaze. Produced at the Upsala Ekeby studio attributed to Harald Östergren, 1930s....

This is a highly decorative, ironstone, twin handled circular footed Bowl by John Ridgway, dating to the English William 1Vth period, circa 1835 . The bowl has been carefully hand-painted in bold colorful enamels with a chinoiserie pattern of three oriental people travelling on a boat, pattern number 5057. It is also richly hand gilded. John Ridgway operated at his father’s celebrated Cauldon Place works, Shelton, Hanley, England, between 1830-1856, producing some fine porcelain and stone China of excellent quality. His stone China earthenwares and ironstone wares are discussed on page 305 of Godden's Guide to Ironstone, Stone and Granite Wares written by Geoffrey Godden for the Antique Collectors Club. This piece is fully marked to the base with an Imperial Stone China...

Guido Gambone (1909-1969) Hand enameled geometric decor on grey glazed ceramic. Can be used as vide-poche or wall decor Signed Gambone, Italy with donkey mark. Nice condition Guido G...

Charming green fish plates in the shape of a fish vintage Glazed ceramic Made in France Circa 1970. Add a touch of charm and cheerfulness to your table or wall decoration with these...

Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece.

Argenta Vase with nude woman Algot Wilhelm Kåge (6 March 1889 – 25 November 1960) was a Swedish artist and designer, mainly known as a ceramic d...

Extremeley rare porcelain figurine around 1930: Elegant dancer striding to the side with her upper body turned forward, wearing a knee-length, shimmering gray-pink trouser dress with...

A lovely vase with a Floral Art Nouveau decor designed at Upsala Ekeby in the early 20th century. The vase is 25 cm high and in very good condition except from some scratches.

Bellissimo vaso in stile RAFFAELLO , raffigurante un Drago Deruta, Italy, 1960s.

A beautiful pumpkin shaped bowl with lid crowned by a brass handle by Ceramiche Batignani from the 1950's. This handmade bowl is in perfect condition.

Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Murano glass. Medium size 7x25cm. .

Vintage glass in good condition. Signed - Wawel, Made in Poland. Only one unique piece. Another items from the collection are available in our store. Porcelain glass.

Sylvia Leuchovius (Sweden, 1915-2003), unique vase made for Rörstand, Sweden 1960/70s. Partially glazed. Signed. In good condition, very few minimal signs of age and wear. Sy...

Stunning huge handmade stoneware bowl by Danish artist Ole Bjørn Krüger, (1922-2007). Made in his own workshop in the 1960s. Beautiful organic shape a...

Lucien Brisdoux Realised circa 1930 Elegant set of three ceramic vase by french artist Signed under the base All in original perfect condititon Blue, red, green and go...

Made in Italy in the 70s by Ernesto Treccani. This is an incredible polished earthenware piece that would fit perfectly in a museum. Measures: height: 140 cm width: 41 cm depth: 22 ...

This stunning mid-century French faience woven ceramic fruit bowl, crafted by Pichon à Uzes in the 1960s, features an earthy yellow hue and intricate braided design, typical of the r...

This is a large vintage fruit bowl. An English, hand painted ceramic decorative dish, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. Wonderful...

This is a fine quality Derby porcelain bowl in pattern number 110, fully marked with puce crown & batons and dating to 1790, George 111rd period. The puce coloured mark on this bow...

A very fine and typical Art Deco ceramic vase by Charles Catteau for Boch Fréres. Signed "Grès Kéramis D882 Ch. Catteau M". Very nice condition. No issues! CHARLES CATTEAU (1...

Italian Ceramic Flower or Plant Holder Planter Cachepot with Dragonfly Design. Has serial number F0428 Costa Italy on base. Crafted from high-qu...

Early Arista / border tile made in Toledo. Tile decorated in renaissance with stylized flowers was probably made between 1550 and 1575. Catalogue: La Azulejería Toledana a Través ...

Acquareccia plate Patanazzi workshop Urbino, last quarter of the 16th century It measures diameter 17.12 in; foot diameter 11.53 in; height 1.88 in (43.5 cm; 29.3 cm; 4.8 cm). Weight State of conservation: wear and a few small minimal detachments of enamel, chipping on the raised areas, peeling of enamel at the brim on the back. This large, shallow basin is equipped with a wide and convex well. It is umbonate with a contoured center. The brim, short and flat, is enclosed in a double rounded and barely raised edge. The basin has a flat base without rims; it has a slightly concave center in correspondence to the well. The shape takes inspiration from the basins associated with the metal forged amphora pourers that traditionally adorned the credenza. These were used from the Middle Ages to wash hands during banquets. Two or three people washed their hands in the same basin and it was considered an honor to wash one’s hands with an illustrious person. The decoration is arranged in concentric bands with, in the center of the umbo, an unidentified shield on a blue background: an oval banded in gold with a blue head, a gold star and a field with a burning pitcher. Rings of faux pods separate the center from a series of grotesque motifs of small birds and masks. These go around the basin and are, in fact, faithfully repeated on the brim. The main decoration develops inside the flounce of the basin, which sees alternating symmetrical figures of winged harpies and chimeras. The ornamentation, outlined in orange, green and blue, stands out against the white enamel background. This decorative style, defined since the Renaissance as “grottesche” or “raffaellesche”, refers to the decorations introduced after the discovery of the paintings of the Domus Aurea towards the end of the fifteenth century. The discovery of Nero's palace, buried inside Colle Oppio by damnatio memoriae, occurred by chance when a young Roman, in 1480, fell into a large crack which had opened in the ground on the hill, thus finding himself in a cave with walls covered with painted figures. The great artists present in the papal city, including Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Raffaello, immediately visited these caves. The decorations found there soon became a decorative subject of immense success: the term grotesque , with the meaning of “unusual,” “caricatured,” or “monstrous,” was later commented by Vasari in 1550 as “una spezie di pittura licenziose e ridicole molto”( “a very licentious and ridiculous kind of painting”). The decorations “a grottesche” also widely circulated in ceramic factories, through the use of engravings, variously interpreted according to the creativity of the artists or the requests of the client. Our basin is reflected in similar artifacts produced at the end of the sixteenth century by the factories of the Urbino district. See the series of basins preserved in the main French museums, among which the closest in morphology is that of the Campana collection of the Louvre (Inv. OA1496); this however has a more complex figure decoration, while the decoration of our specimen is sober and with a watercolor style. The style, sure in its execution, approaches decorative results still close to the works produced around the middle of the sixteenth century by the Fontana workshop. The decoration is closely linked to their taste, which later finds its natural outlet, through the work of Antonio, also in the Patanazzi workshop. Studies show the contiguity between the two workshops due to the kinship and collaboration between the masters Orazio Fontana and Antonio Patanazzi, both trained in the workshop of Guido Fontana il Durantino. It is therefore almost natural that their works, often created according to similar typologies and under the aegis of the same commissions, are not always easily distinguishable, so much so that the presence of historiated or “grottesche” works by Orazio is documented and preserved in Antonio Patanazzi's workshop. Given that the studies have always emphasized the collaboration between several hands in the context of the shops, it is known that the most ancient “grottesche” works thus far known, can be dated from 1560, when the Fontana shop created the so-called Servizio Spagnolo (Spanish Service) and how, from that moment on, this ornamentation became one of the most requested by high-ranking clients. We remember the works created for the Granduchi di Toscana, when Flaminio Fontana along with his uncle Orazio supplied ceramics to Florence, and, later, other commissions of considerable importance: those for the service of the Duchi d’Este or for the Messina Farmacia of Roccavaldina, associated with the Patanazzi workshop when, now after 1580, Antonio Patanazzi began to sign his own work. Thus, in our basin, the presence of masks hanging from garlands, a theme of more ancient memory, is associated in the work with more advanced stylistic motifs, such as the hatching of the chimeras and harpies. These are found here on the front with the wings painted in two ornate ways. In addition, the theme of the birds on the edge completes the decoration along the thin brim and can be seen as representing an early style typical of the Urbino district during a period of activity and collaboration between the two workshops. Later, a more “doll-like” decorative choice, typical of the end of the century and the beginning of the seventeenth century, characterized the period of the Patanazzi workshop under the direction of Francesco. Bibliography: Philippe Morel, Il funzionamento simbolico e la critica delle grottesche nella seconda metà del Cinquecento, in: Marcello Fagiolo, (a cura di), Roma e...

Majolica dish hand made and hand-painted in Deruta, Italy, according to the original Renaissance painting technique. The dish is enriched by the presence of four metamorphic dolphin-...

Pol Chambost French ceramic circa 1950, signed under the base. Rare and important ceramic plate with fish decoration. Excellent original condition Dimensions : 5x76x18cm ...

Lovely quality antique Victorian majolica jug, decorated in blue and white colours with a shaped handle to the back and the original pewter lidded top. D. 1880

An egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 30 cm (12") high including the stand. It´s in very good condition except fro...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Particular and original German ceramic vase colored with a beautiful shade of red and a dark and vivid black; it has a simple shape but at the same time innovative and modernist; the beautiful and bright colors are balanced and proportioned respecting a minimalist design; the glazing of the vase was obtained by first laying down one color, proceeding to fix it by firing it in the kiln, then the same procedure was carried out for the other color; on the bottom is the mark "W. Germany"; it was produced between 1968 and 1971 in a craft workshop in the city of Dresden (then in East Germany), an important center for the production of porcelain and ceramics. "Fat lava" is the name given to a certain style of East German art...

Ceramic terrine designed by Michel Caugant, France in the 1950s. With its modern shape and pretty color, this ceramic will be perfect in a current dec...

Quality antique Japanese imari plate, having a quality antique Japanese imari plate decorated with flowers, trees, birds and scrolls hand painted in wonderful red, green blue and whi...

Green Vase in amazing organic shape. Produced in 1960s. Glass in very good original vintage condition. The outer relief surface, the inner smooth. Thick glass vase, massive. The i...

CANDLESTICK “SCARF” Author: Decorative Glassworks "Makora", Krosno Year of creation: 2nd half 20th century Information: laminated glass, hand-formed, mass decoration with a crack m...

Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 25 cm (10") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition and it has a ...

Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. .

Super art pottery bowl in Chinese style. Wonderful simplicity and color. Factory mark of Bretby, England on the underside. Free shipping  

Oyster plate in Cramic, in Grey color. Large. France, 1960. Manufacturer : Moulins des Loups France

This is an antique cheese keeper dish. An English, ceramic butter tray with foliate decor, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Vibrant decorative appeal to this classic...

This is a small antique mortar and pestle duo. An English, ceramic and beech cooking or apothecary aid, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890. Pleasingly substantial with classic kitchen appeal Displaying a desirable aged patina with light signs of use Naturally finished ceramic with crisp white hues and chamfered edges Quality turned beech handle to pestle shows fine grain interest Larger bowl engraved with maker's mark for S. Maw, Son & Thompson of London This is a charming antique mortar and pestle duo with a neatly stacking shape and delightfully tactile pestle. As useful today as they were over 100 years ago, this duo will also make fine display items upon a kitchen work top...

Dating to the 1930's this very attractive and rare Art Deco trinket box is made by a German company. Rare and in excellent condition, I couldn't f...

Midcentury modern large ceramic bowl with a large orange glazed flower combined with earth tones, Jan Van Erp is an artist in ceramic 1960, 1970s with his own workshop Studio, label ...

Earthenware sculpture "Sheep" (H 28 X L 35 X L 20 cm) One of a kind hand made signed by William Byl 2025 W. Byl is a french contemporain artist ceramicist.

Quality pair of large antique Victorian seated spaniels, having matching coats and padlocks, hand painted in wonderful red and white colours.

This is a good stone China (Ironstone) Pen Tray or Box with lid, made by the SPODE factory in the early 19th Century, circa 1810. This piece comprises a base and a lid both made fro...

Guido Cacciapuoti.

Beautiful and very rare stoneware / chamotte brutalist bull designed by Gunnar Nylund for the famous Swedish Rörstrand. The bull is colored by hand and marked underneath. Absolute i...