Ceramic / Glass / Enamel / Stone
Danish Modern Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Charger / Serving Dish
$120.00Lovely example of Bjorn Wiinblad’s fantastical pieces for Rosenthal, featuring a corpulent figure among grapes welcoming a mythical character. Vibrant colors of lime green, blue, purple, and orange. Wiinblad explored the notion of good and evil, taking dark, often frightening subjects, and making them whimsical / comical by lightening expressions or revealing warm gestures, when the opposite is expected. This charger a great example of that style, with a smile on the figure’s face as she greets the ominous figure.
Signed ‘Bjorn Wiinblad ’73’ to the front of the dish and branded ‘Rosenthal’ to the back.
Few spots of fading to the design; overall, nice, vintage shape.
10.25ʺD × 1.5ʺH
Danish Modern Porcelain Vase by Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal
$325.00Elegant and petite porcelain bud vase designed by renowned Danish ceramicist, Bjorn Wiinblad, for Rosenthal studio-line Germany.
Vase itself has a modernist, curvaceous form with Wiinblad’s signature ‘female figure with birds’ motif with gilded ‘leaf’ accents present.
Glazed signature to body ‘Bjørn Wiinblad’.
Stamped manufacturer’s mark to underside ‘Rosenthal studio-line Germany’.
Excellent, vintage condition.
Small size measuring H: 5.75″ x L: 6.25″ x D: 2.5″.
David Gil for Bennington Potters Man’s Face Ceramic Sculpture on Base
$1,200.00“Man with the Bowler Hat” sculpture by David Gil, the founder of Bennington Potters (1960s, Bennington, VT, USA).
Features a ceramic face and derby hat with round mirrored glass eyes mounted on a steel rod set into cast stone. Rare, original base for this series.
Light wear consistent with age (namely, foxing to the mirrored eyes present and patina to the steel rod, as shown).
Impressed signature present to the reverse.
Dimensions
Height: 21.38 in.
Width: 9.5 in.
Depth: 4.38
Dense Mid Century Italian Modern Murano Vase
$150.00Heavy, quality piece of late 1940s / early 1950s blown glass, likely from one of the Murano studios in Italy, given its sweeping, asymmetrical form, technique and style. Beautiful honey color with a tinge of orange.
Pen is used to illustrate scale.
5.25ʺW × 5.25ʺD × 6ʺH
Diminutive Vintage Italian Modernist Periwinkle Textured Ashtray by Raymor
$300.00Petite Raymor textured ashtray with swaths of periwinkle, blue, orange, and red over an unglazed, almost faux-bois appearing base (ca. 1960s, Italy).
Some of the rectangles are incomplete by design giving the pattern an abstract aesthetic.
Visually stunning piece in charming, petite size to add pops of vibrant colors to even the smallest of accent tables.
Signed on the reverse.
Excellent, vintage condition with no losses.
Easel is for demonstration only.
H: 1″ x L: 5.25″ x D: 5″
Diminutive Vintage Red Variegated Incised Stoneware Vessel by Deanna Nichols
$250.00Small stoneware variegated vessel/bud vase with drainage hole by ceramicist, Deanna Nichols (b. 1942-2017, Missouri).
Holding a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute (1965) and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University in California (1967), Nichols was educated in painting and complex pottery making techniques at an academic level and later served as an educator at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Southwestern College in Chula Vista, CA, and The Chrysler Museum School in Norfolk, VA.
The second floor of the new student center at Kansas City Art Institute is named for Nichols (see image).
This circa 1979 studio piece possesses an organic form with its small size, gentle curves and delicate incised linear and circular details in attractive colors of red, ochre, and charcoal.
Incised “Nichols” signature present to the reverse.
From the family of Deanna Nichols’ personal collection of her pieces.
“I fell under the spell of the wheel, loving the physical beauty of the moves required to form clay and the sense of peace that came from throwing. Function has always been the thing that made it work for me. That and the people who take the pieces into their lives and make it all relevant. Should this lump of clay become a vessel and Should it dry without crack, Fire without flaw and Serve without breaking, Then may it claim For its maker A tiny bit of immortality.” – Deanna Nichols, 2008
H: 1.75″ x Diameter: 2.63″
Early Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Flamestone Salt and Pepper Shakers
$225.00Danish ‘Flamestone’ earthenware salt and pepper shakers by Jens H. Quistgaard for Dansk designs, circa 1958-1964. Features the Flamestone signature slate glaze with striated pattern (glaze can appear brown, lighting depending).
Elegant, design with only one tiny fleck to one of the bottom edges, as shown (very minor and easy to miss, particularly given its location).
Early, Danish production, as indicated by the markings and rough exterior (a smooth version was introduced in 1964).
Height: 4.5 in.
Diameter: 2 in.
Enamel on Copper Plate by Annemarie Davidson
$125.00Intriguing enamel on copper plate by Annemarie Davidson (Sierre Madre, CA), a recognized enamelist of the 1950s, whose professors and collaborators included Doris Hall, Curtis Tann, and Blaine Rath.
Attractive blue and green color combination with a freeform central design. Few small scuffs to the central design and one spot of loss the edge. Overall, very good, vintage condition.
H: 1″ x Diameter: 12″
Retains artist label and signed “AD” on verso.
Eve Rabinowe Enamel on Copper Square Dish
$95.00Unique Mid-Century Modern enamel on copper decorative dish by Eve Rabinowe, a respected enamelist active from 1961-1970 and an active member of the American Crafts Council.
This example, in vibrant blue, pink, white, and gold, is small in scale (4.75″ square), but bold in design.
The technique employed incorporates fusing powdered glass to metal (in this case, copper) to create a beautiful work of enamel art. The decoration, a smattering of blue circles / white streaks varying in size, almost has a jewel-like appearance with rich luster / sheen. The simple form and small size are contrasted with the rich colors and nice texture that the pattern introduces. Features a sgraffito technique, in which lines are ‘carved’ through the enamel in places to reveal the base color, giving those ‘treated’ sections almost a ‘tree bark’ texture / aesthetic.
A beautiful piece of enamel that can be used for display purposes or as a soap / keys / jewelry dish.
Dish is in very nice, vintage condition with edge wear and loss (some ‘wear’ is actually fire marks from the kiln, original to the piece; some corner wear is from use / age) .
Signed ‘Eve’ to the underside.
4.75ʺD × 0.5ʺH
Finnish Modern Yellow Ceramic Mustard Jar / Honey Pot by Kaj Franck for Arabia
$195.00Petite pale yellow spice/honey/mustard jar with original wooden spoon designed by Kaj Franck for Arabia as part of the Kilta series produced between 1953-1974 (ca. 1964, Finland).
Charming, colorful addition to any tabletop.
Excellent, vintage condition with no chips or cracks.
Branded to the reverse.
Height without lid: 2.5″
Height with lid: 3.5″
Height with spoon in jar: 3.88″
Diameter: 2.75″
Spoon length: 4.38″