Vintage
Vintage Studio Pottery Ceramic Bowl
Visually striking studio ceramic bowl in a lovely combination of blue, beige, tan, and burnt orange. Drip glaze (in places) and speckling technique add another layer of texture to this already unique piece.
Relatively large size: Diameter: 10.5″ x H: 5.25″ would make a nice fruit / salad bowl or for purely decorative use.
Illegibly signed and dated ’72’ to the underside of the bowl.
Vintage Studio Pottery Charger in Metallic Gray and Red Glaze by Deanna Nichols
$250.00Studio ceramic charger 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 studio piece from Nichols’ early, post-graduate era (late 1960s) features a brick red glaze over a graphite/gun-metal gray metallic base layer creating an attractive contrast of textures and colors.
Unsigned – from the family of Deanna Nichols’ personal collection of her pieces.
From the artist:
“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: 0.75” x Diameter: 11.75”
Vintage Studio Pottery Charger with Foliage Decoration by Deanna Nichols
$850.00Large studio ceramic charger 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 densely textured studio piece from Nichols’ early, post-graduate era (late 1960s) features an attractive palette of white, sky blue and green utilizing non-traditional pottery making techniques – cutting stencils and spraying negative and positive spaces with oxides on top of glazes to create botanical motifs. Charger doesn’t lie completely flat, as photographed, further enhancing the hand-made quality of the piece.
Unsigned – from the family of Deanna Nichols’ personal collection of her pieces.
From the artist:
“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: 0.75″ x Diameter: 14.5″
Vintage Studio Pottery Indigo “Thyme” Herb Cylindrical Vessel by Deanna Nichols
$150.00Diminutive stoneware vessel by ceramicist, Deanna Nichols (b. 1942-2017, Missouri) designed specifically for housing thyme, as indicated, but additionally suitable for use as a bud vase.
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 last image).
1970s studio piece (works made between 1971-79 were stamped “Nichols Ferenbach”) composed of a variegated indigo glaze with sgraffito letters and incised abstract pattern on 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: 4″ x Diameter: 2.63″
Vintage Studio Pottery Metallic Blue Pedestal / Votive Holder by Deanna Nichols
$950.00Multi-purpose ceramic pedestal (large votive holder, cake server, footed catch-all) by ceramicist, Deanna Nichols (b. 1942-2017, Missouri).
Holding a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute (1965) and an MFA form 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).
Circa 1979 studio piece featuring a metallic blue glaze with applied dots and incised linear textural elements present.
Incised “Deanna 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: 15″ x Diameter: 12″
Vintage Studio Pottery Pinch Pot
Small, studio pottery pinch pot in neutral palette (beige and brown) with a linear pattern throughout. The asymmetrical top gives it an interesting. modernist form.
Illegibly signed by the artist, as shown.
No flaws; excellent, vintage condition.
4.25ʺW × 4.25ʺD × 3.75ʺH
Vintage Surrealist Piero Fornasetti “Città di Carte” Polychrome Porcelain Dish
Piero Fornasetti “Città di Carte” (House of Cards) lithographically-decorated and hand-painted porcelain trinket/card deck dish depicting a house of cards against a landscape in a surrealist style (ca. 1955-1960, Milano, Italy).
Very good condition for its age with no losses to the central pattern; only light wear consistent with age/use.
Small size – H: 0.63″ x L: 5.5″ x D: 4.25″
Signed “Fornasetti Milano Made in Italy” along with Fornasetti’s pictogram.
Vintage Swedish Art Deco Dirigold Goldware Cocktail Shaker with Monogrammed “IK”
$600.00Luxurious urn-form cocktail shaker monogrammed “IK” by Dirigold (ca. 1930s, USA).
Dirigold was a gold-toned alloy created in 1914 by Carl Molin to appear like gold, without the downside of tarnishing. In 1935, the company was changed the name from ‘Dirigold’ to ‘Dirilyte,’ as to not mislead customers into thinking the alloy contained actual gold.
This vase is marked at the bottom with the 3 clover marks and ‘Dirigold’ brand, hence pre-date 1935.
A later Dirilyte cocktail shaker in the same gold-tone metal alloy was notably gifted to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1938 by longtime Democratic political figure and U.S. Attorney General, Homer Cummings.
Good, newly polished condition with light patina/spots/scuffs remaining.
H: 12″ / 9.5″ (without top) x Diameter: 4″
Vintage Swedish Natural Wood Grain Hand-Painted Dala Horse by Nils Olsson
Small Dala Horse designed in the 1960s in Sweden by Nils Olsson. Uncommon example revealing natural wood grain and hand-painted detail in an attractive palette of colors (maroon, navy, turquoise and off-white).
Excellent, vintage condition retaining the manufacturer’s label affixed to the underside.
Petite size – H: 4″ x L: 3.5″ x D: 1″
Vintage Teakwood Bread Slicing Tray by Kalmar
$50.00Vintage Kalmar Thai teakwood bread tray with an angled slot for slicing supported by carved legs.
Kalmar, still in existence today, no longer incorporates teak wood into their contemporary designs due it its cost. This example is from the 1970s and retains its label to the reverse.
Rich, teak color and vivid grain.
Excellent, vintage condition with only minor wear, as shown.
H: 3.25″ x L: 17.25″ x D: 4.75″
Vintage Ten-Drawer Walnut and Brass Chest / Dresser by Baker
$12,500.00Elegant Baker chest of drawers / dresser in bookmatched black walnut veneer with recessed, hammered and etched brass drawer-pulls and a semi-finished back (ca. 1980,USA).
Ten-drawer configuration with six shallow drawers on top and four more sizable bottom drawers.
Exquisite wood grain with vertical ‘stripe’ detail.
Retains original factory stain (only conservative touch-ups executed – no repairs or extensive refinishing), while the brass has been left unpolished. Excellent, vintage condition sans light patina to the brass and some markings to the drawers’ interiors, which are not visible from the exterior.
Retains the model number in verso and the “Baker Furniture” medallion to the drawer’s interior.
Measures: H: 30.25″ x L: 72″ x D: 19
Interior dimensions of six top shallow drawers: H: 3″ x L: 15.63″ x D: 15″
Interior dimensions of four lower larger drawers: H: 6.75″ x L: 33.5″ x D: 15″.
We have the nightstands available separately.