Mexico City - Ceramics

Beautiful and rare set of the coffee pitcher, sugar bowl with lid, and twelve sets of the round dish with coffee cup plus twelve dessert round plates in ceramic, designed by Paul McCobb for the "Contempi" line, Jackson Ceramics, Japan late 1950s. The set is orange and white, a very striking retro combination of colors. All 38 pieces are in very good shape. Paul McCobb was born in 1917 in Medford, Massachusetts. He moved from Boston to New York to pursue his dream of becoming a designer. When it came to designing he was completely self-taught with a very minimalistic approach to object creation influenced by Scandinavian design as well as the “Shaker” style in furniture making. Perspective and scale became the trademark for McCobb's designs, his tables, shelves, lamps, and other daily used articles...

Circa 1970. We offer this Set of high temperature stoneware designed by Ken Edwards. Ken Edwards was born in the USA, educated in the Arts in Kansas City, Missouri and studied his art in Japan.  In the 1960's Ken Edwards migrated to the crafts village of Tonala, in Central Mexico, where he founded the company known as Ken Edwards Stoneware. 

A 1970's biscuit porcelain "Pollo" vase by Tapio Wirkkala. Manufactured by Rosenthal Studio-Linie. The iconic vase shows no damage.

An anafre is a very common utilitarian object in Mexico. The use of anafres is mainly to heat tortillas, a very important element in our gastronomy. We wanted to honor this functiona...

Circa 1970, We offer this Mexican dog shape sculpture made in Ceramic by Cerámica de Cuernavaca. Great vintage conditions.

This ceramic jar is manufactured using crackle glaze technique, the jar have two colors and different size of crackles, unknown designer and unknown date of manufacture.

This ceramic jar is manufactured using crackle glaze technique, the jar have two colors and different size of crackles, unknown designer and unknown date of manufacture.

A Mexican high temperature vase by Alberto Díaz de Cossío. Manufactured at the Taller Experimental de Cerámica in Mexico City (Experimental Cera...

A high temperature ceramic vase by Gustavo Pérez. The organic shaped vase shows black interior, oval vase and different circles and "slashes" on its surface with ocre and grey glaze ...

An important ceramic plate by Mexican artist Alejandro Colunga. Series 14 / 15. The plate is an assemble of different ceramic pieces depicting fish and a dog head. Signed and dated 1...