1972
Ruth Duckworth was born in Hamburg, Germany, as the youngest of five children. The daughter of a Jewish woman, Duckworth had to leave Nazi Germany for her studies in sculpture and drawing, attending the Liverpool College of Art in 1936. She later studied at the Hammersmith School of Art, the City and Guilds of London Art School and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. She joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1964 and, upon retiring from the university in 1977, moved her studio space to a former pickle plant in Lakeview, Chicago. Her work is featured at such institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Windsor Castle, England; Stuttgart Museum, Germany; National Museum of Modern Art, Japan; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, The Netherlands, Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; National Museum of Scotland; Kestner Museum, Germany; Schleswig Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Germany; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Germany; City Museum, Bassano Del Grappa, Italy; Buckinghamshire County Museum, England; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Utah; American Craft Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Art Museum, California; Evanston Public Library, Illinois and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Black and White Still Life by Chris Staley (INV# NP5598)
By Chris Staley
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Black and White Still Life (INV# NP5598) Chris Staley soda-fired porcelain, underglaze, and glaze 5 x 16.75 x 8.5" 2001 signed by artist Chris Staley (b. 1954, Boston, MA) has lived...
Porcelain, Glaze, Underglaze
Oblong Mug (INV# NP3732)
By John Gill
Located in Morton Grove, IL
John Gill Oblong Mug (INV# NP3732) stoneware and glaze 2002 signed by artist
Stoneware, Glaze
untitled sculpture by Richard DeVore
By Richard DeVore
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Untitled Vessel (INV# NP3503) Richard DeVore stoneware and glaze 3.25 x 5.75 x 6” date unknown mid century modern Provenance- "ACCUMULATIONS: NOW" at the LongHouse Reserve Richard ...
Stoneware, Glaze
Untitled Vessel with Void (INV# NP5224) By Richard DeVore
By Richard DeVore
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Richard DeVore Untitled Vessel with Void (INV# NP5224) stoneware, and glaze 4.5 x 14 x 14" date unknown Richard DeVore (1933 - 2006) was one of the most important American ceramicis...
Stoneware, Glaze
Wave Cup
By Ken Price
Located in Morton Grove, IL
A very rare original Price Price mug! Ken Price Wave Cup clay and glaze 3.5 x 5 x 4.25” 1992 Ken Price (1935 - 2012) received a BFA from the University of Southern California after ...
Ceramic, Glaze
Untitled Vessel (INV# NP5675) by Richard DeVore
By Richard DeVore
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Untitled Vessel (INV# NP5675) Richard DeVore stoneware and glaze 16 × 12 × 11” 1984 BIO- Richard DeVore (1933 - 2006) was one of the most important American ceramicists of the past ...
Ceramic
Ruth Duckworth, Full Tea Service, 1972, Stoneware and Glaze
By Ruth Duckworth
Located in London, GB
Ruth Duckworth Full Tea Service (INV# NP3746), 1972 Stoneware and glaze teapot: 8.25 x 7 x 3.5” creamer: 3.25 x 2 x 2.25” sugar bowl: 1.5 x 3.25” approx. cup: 3 x 2.5 x 1.75” approx....
Stoneware, Glaze
Rare Signed LUC Vallauris Ceramic Coffee/ Tea Service , France , 1950's 1960's
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A rare and highly collectible ceramic coffee service designed and produced by LUC Vallauris, one of the notable ceramic studios active in Vallauris during the golden age of French po...
Ceramic
Hans Achtziger for Hutschenreuther Selb Demitasse Coffee Set
By Hutschenreuther
Located in East Quogue, NY
Decorative white porcelain 'Apart' coffee demitasse set from Hutschenreuther Selb, with 6 cups, 6 saucers, coffee pot, creamer/milk jug, and sugar bowl (15-piece set). German porcela...
Porcelain
Vintage Hans Achtziger for Hutschenreuther Selb Demitasse Coffee Set
By Hutschenreuther
Located in East Quogue, NY
Decorative white porcelain 'Apart' coffee demitasse set from Hutschenreuther Selb, with 6 cups, 6 saucers, coffee pot, creamer/milk jug, and sugar bowl (15-piece set). German porcela...
Porcelain
Tea Set 'Fantasia' by Matteo Thun, 1980
By Arzberg, Matteo Thun
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Memphis-style Seven-piece porcelain tea set 'Fantasia' with 'Carre Noir' decor by Matteo Thun for Arzberg Porzellan, Germany. The set contains a tea pot with lid, two cups w...
Porcelain
S.C. Richard S. Cristoforo Porcelain Tea Service, Italy 1930s
Located in Naples, IT
Antique white and pink porcelain tea set, six cups, six saucers, sugar bowl, coffee pot and milk jug, very good condition, 1930s, saucer diamete...
Porcelain
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