Ceramics and Pottery Arts and Resources

 

 

Vintage 70’s Space Age Howard Miller eye clock

 

 

Design convergence in the Mid Century

 

Mid Century design from the post WW2 era possessed a bold and audacious aesthetic that grew from the fusion of many intrepid design concepts. It represented the critical mass of the merging of numerous design influences including biomorphic curves, orbiting atoms, fractured cubist forms, brutalist abstractions, lava glazes and streamlined minimalist forms.

The desire to bring futuristic styles into the mainstream, reflecting the thrust of the space age and the atomic age inventions, came into fruition. These provided iconic imagery that was very adaptable to the minimal streamlined industrial designs that had emerged in architecture and furniture from gifted designers like Le Corbusier, Ray Eames, Gio Ponti,  Isamu Noguchi and Walter Gropius. The public were eager to embrace modern design concepts, possibly to distance themselves from the recent WW global conflicts and their escapist desires were adequately provided by decor objects that exuded fantasy, glamour, modernism, humour and the future.

Designs embracing a fun-factor, kitchiness and sense of the future were ubiquitous and covered a vast array of decorative objects that included figurines, lamps, planters, clocks and vases.  Polynesian, Aztec, Tiki and African themes were popular, along with other kitsch diversions all combining with modernist, abstract features.

The inventive styles ranging from the quirky to the sophisticated, have proved to have a timeless appeal and can still be harmonious with contemporary modern decor designs. Due to their excellent craftsmanship that embraced new materials,, tasteful simplicity and adventurous innovation, they are still being admired and collected over half a century later. Their brilliant originality has endured the journey and contributed to their ongoing collectability and appeal.

 

Aaron Bohrod figure sketches and ceramic vase

 

 

 

Ü Übelacker Keramik West German Pottery

 

 

Etienne Pirot sculpture figures – turquoise and gold – @Tutt’Art

 

 

Peter and Denise Orlando, Ceramic Dish on Base

1stDibs

 

 

Peter and Denise Orlando vase

 

 

Bay ceramic pitcher — ‘Istanbul’ designed by Bodo Mans

Germany

 

 

Daniel Rhodes, USA

 

 

Sascha Brastoff Gilded Wire Abstract Peacock Sculpture

Early California Antiques

 

 

Vase by Karl Heinz Schultz Koln – Arabia of Finland

1963

 

 

Vallauris pitcher

 

 

 

Atomic coffee table – Ronald Schmitt, Knutt, Hesterberg

Germany, 1964-65

 

 

Riccardo Dolker  Peacock Pitcher

 

 

Vase öpfermeister series by Bodo Mans

13 inches height

 

 

Mid Century Modern — Cloaked sculpture figure – Claude Horan

Hawaii

 

 

Stig Lindberg mustard glazed ceramic vintage vase for Gustavsberg

 

 

Ted Faiers — ‘Space Machine’ wall hanging,

1955

 

 

Valentine-Schlegel Mid Century vase

 

 

 

Vintage California Style Ceramic Pottery Boomarang Ash Tray

 

 

Washington Jesdesma

 

 

Penny Dhaemers Mid-Century pottery

 

 

El Gato Gomez

1950

 

 

Ceramic lamp by Marcello Fantoni

 

 

Accolay Ceramique Lampe

1960

 

 Huber avocado lounge chairs

1968

 

 

Silberdistel vase

Fat Lava Wadersloh-flickr

 

 

Vintage California Pottery USA 3 pc Console Set Ashtray Bird Figurines in Orange and Gold

 

 

 Warrior King in sand cast aluminum enlivened with bold-texture and form – Evelyn and  Jerome Ackerman

Ackerman Modern

 

 

 

Reglor of California chalkware hula girl lamp with coolie lamp shade

1950’s

 

 

Hedi Schoop wall plaque masked dancers

 

 

Guido Gambone Large Ceramic Vase

1951  —    height 15 inches

Pamono

 

 

Zaha Hadid tea and coffee set

 

 

Large Aldo Londi-Bitossi-Raymor Figural Elephant, 1960’s

moderneform—ebay

 

 

George Barsony African Figurines

Australia

 

 

Alvar Aalto—Beehive lamp

1953-54

 

 

Pod style Space Age Furniture in red and white

 

 

 

 ‘Spatial construction in the 3rd and 4th dimensions’ – Antoine Pevsner, 1961

National Museum of Modern Ar t— Georges Pompidou Center, Paris

 

 

Atomic Orb – lidded and footed ceramic ovoid vessel –Sascha Brastoff

 

 

 

Art Smith’s-“Modern Cuff” bracelet  circa-1948

 

 

Mid Century lamp

 

Rafael Martinez

 

 

Mid-Century California Contempora Boomerang Jawbone-Serving Dish by Metlox Poppytrail

 

 

 

Dancers sculpture by Kostas Dikefalos

 

 

Continental Art Company Mid Century showgirl Lamp

 

 

 

Modern Artemis bronze sculpture by Yiannis Nanouris

 

 

Vintage tango couple Mid Century modern lighting

 

 

Designs West Stoneware Art Pottery Flared Vase Mid Century Vintage California

 

 

Dora De Larios California Studio vintage Pottery

 

 

 

Erhard Goschala Meuselwitz Art Pottery Vase Midcentury Modern East German

 

 

French Modernist Ceramic Handled Vase by Marius Bessone

Vallauris, France

 

 

German Art Pottery Ceramic Pitcher by Roman Elsold, 1958

Modern Design Connection

 

 

Guido Gambone – Glazed ceramic vase

Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)

 

 

 

Modernist Polished Brass Sculpture by Alain Chervet

 

 

Ior  Maria Martins (1894-1973), ‘The Impossible III’

 Rio de Janeiro  Museum of Modern Art

 

 

Tile Mural by artist Jay Rivkin , California

 

 

Helmut Schaffenacker Ulm vintage portal vase

W.Germany

 

Jetson Coco Tropical Hawaiian Fabric

 

 

 

James Bearden – black brutalist sculpture – ‘Rex’

Weinberg Modern

 

 

Joel Edwards Abstract Modern Stoneware Lamp

 

 

 

Pair minimalist tall white ceramic vases – Jonathan Adler

 

 

 

Large 1950s Modernist Japanese Porcelain Vase

 

 

Kitschy Polynesian – Belly Dancer Chalkware Lamp by TikiTiger

1950’s

 

 

Vintage Barsony kneeling Javanese lady figurine

 

 

 

Large Lava and Blue Glaze Italian Mid Century vase

 

 

Laurel Mid-Century 50’s Atomic Sputnik vintage lamp

 

 

Marc Bellaire mid century modern  Balinese dancer plate

10 inch Dia. – California

 

 

Mid-Century Modern Naked Torso ceramic lamp

 

 

 

Mid-Century carved ceramic flared lip vase

 

 

California Original Mid-Century Orange Boomerang Atomic Ashtray

14inches

 

Mid-Century drip lava glaze pottery table lamp & fiberglass shade

 

 

Mid-Century Atomic Sputnik Pendant Lamp-Chandelier by Sartatti

 

 

 

Mid-Century teak Danish sideboard cabinet

 

 

 

Mid-Century Oval Planter with succulents

DesignPaws on Etsy,

 

 

Mid-Century Modern Raymor Italy Ceramic ashtray

 

 

Mid Century lamp by Jetsetretro design

 

 

Large modernist Perignem vase, decorated by Hans Heinz Goll

Belgium

 

Otto West German Modernist Lava glaze Space Age UFO Vase

Height 17cm, 60’s

 

 

Peter Voulkos ceramic vase, California

 

 

Pair of Midcentury space-age lamps with orange glaze

 

 

Blue Hoenig of California ceramic sculpture

 

 

 

 

Bay Modernistic Mid-Century red vase

West Germany

 

Ron Hitchins abstract ceramic wall panel

MODERN FORMS

 

 

 

Robert and Jean Cloutier; abstract Figure

1950’s

 

 

Tiki mask ceramic lighter – Sascha Brastoff

 

 

Sascha Brastoff vintage ashtray

 

 

Sascha Brastoff—- Ceremonial Aztec Priest platter

 

 

Modernist Scandinavian tile panel with a warrior figure_

20th century retro

 

 

Vintage 1950’s Rose Dodd incised pottery tray

 

 

Vintage California art pottery large Cocker Spaniel by Kay Finch

 

 

 

 

Vintage 60’s Hedi Schoop Console Centerpiece

 

 

 

Guido Gambone

Height 10 inches  — Cube Art and Vintage, Bern

 

 

 

French fat lava pourer