American Ceramics

This amazing collection of four 19th century sponge ware serving platters are in fantastic condition. These platters are so hard to find in pristine condition.

A ceramic lioness figurine glazed in brown and cream. This mid-century statue will be a fabulous addition to a bookshelf or side table. Created from ce...

Famed California Mid-Century Modern artist Beatrice wood signed bowl featuring her highly coveted deep ash blue iridescent lustre/luster glaze. In certain light, the glaze radiates as a purple hue in some areas. The glaze runs down the sides and gathers in areas underneath. This piece comes with an interesting history/ provenance. This piece came from Beatrice's personal collection. She was using it as a coin and key holder in her Ojai house which accounts for the cracks in the glaze. It was gifted to Maria Anderson who assisted Beatrice around her home. We considered having the work restored but because of its history feel that it offers more value to the next owner as shown. This was apparently the condition it was given in as Wood was famous for noting about her work that objects that are not quite perfect are simply that...perfect because of their imperfections. A very Wabi-Sabi view. Flawed Beauty. We love the piece and the history. Signed with her customary "Beato" on the underside. Would be an amazing addition to any collection of her work or a fabulous, eye-catching Stand-alone piece in any setting, Mid-Century Modern or otherwise. Know famously in the art world as "The Mama of Dada...

Cool Brutalist Folk Art vase with an asymmetrical design, nice and unusual patterns and a gorgeous blue and purple drip-glazed finish. This Mid-Century Modern vase is in very good...

This unique polychrome Native American seed pot is round in form and decorated in an array of geometric shapes with a figural design on top. The colors are de...

This mid-19th century American Rockinghamware stoneware flask is a delightful nod to whimsy and practicality. Shaped like a humble potato, it’s a rare ...

A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...

19Thc blue & white spatter ware soft paste teapot in fine condition. These are very rare and very hard to find.

A pair of tall handmade hand-painted ceramic majolica pelican birds. Each bird is glazed in cream, yellow and black. This pair will be fabulous to display on a bookshelf or foyer tab...

A beautiful green, brown, and cream touring pot or planter. This piece is glazed on the interior in rich emerald verdigris blue-green glaze and will be perfect for use as a planter. Bottom reads in black: Made in Cripple Creek...

A unique ceramic jug or vase with a handle. This piece is created from ceramic and circular in form. The body is decorated in a textured blue and brown design. The neck is narrow, an...

A beautiful earthenware vessel by Margaret Tafoya (1904-2001), a renowned master potter from the Santa Clara Pueblo. Margaret Tafoya's work is revered by collectors of Native America...

A wonderful and rare/scarce early work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects. This beautifully decorated and glazed honey pot is signed (with Shire's customary "Made in Echo...

A beautiful and quite engaging wonderfully glazed closed-form sculpture with rattle by renowned Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu, famed for her use of color, texture, scale, multiple glazes, and various free-form shapes, including her orb-like moon pots. This high-fired porcelain piece features a vast array of shifting, vibrant, and colorful glazes (with earth tones of greens, burnt yellows, browns, etc... ). The sculpture/vessel radiates in the light. It is a unique and one-of-a-kind work. The closed-form vessel sculpture is signed on the base with her traditional "TT" mark/ monogram. A rare and special piece. Would be a great addition to any collectors of Toshiko's work or other Mid-Century Modern...

An exceptionally rare and fine early piece by famed American ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring a dynamic and unique design. The colors illuminate like stained glass under the glaze wh...

A gorgeous floral or leaf pattern decorated bowl by California master ceramist Rupert Deese who worked closely with pottery legend Harrison Mcintosh. Signed with Deese's cipher/ stamp and sticker on the base. Would be a great addition to any Mid-Century Modern ceramics and pottery collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting. Deese's work can be found in numerous collections and museums including: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma, California Millard Sheets Collection, Gualala, California Mingei International Museum, San Diego Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Richard & Alice Petterson Museum, Claremont, California Roger Corsaw...

A petite earthenware ceramic bowl. This small vessel will be a great addition to a coffee table used as a vase, or a side table as a trinket dish. We also love the idea of using it as a salt well...

Glazed in an ombre blue, cream, and brown, this tall geometric vase will bring a touch of mid-century to any space. The piece is octagonal and decorated with applied geometric circle...

Famed California Mid-Century Modern artist Beatrice Wood signed bowl featuring a unique pink lava glaze and piercing blue crackle glass in the cente...

A masterful early work by famed potters Otto and Gertrud Natzler. This round-shaped footed bowl was delicately hand thrown and formed by Gertrud and glazed by Otto with one of his famed early volcanic glazes. The bowl captures your attention from all angles. Rare and stunning. This work is sure to give aesthetic pleasure for years to come and would be an amazing addition to any Natzler or modern ceramic...

This very rare and absolutely stunning Edward Wormley designed end/ occasional table for Dunbar Furniture for their "Janus" collection, circa 1956-1957 comes with inlaid, glazed tile...

Wire Basket with French Porcelain Plate.The wire design is hearts shapes. "OPAQUE DE SARREGUEMINES" Opaque de Sarreguemines refers to a highly collectible line of antique French ir...

Studio organic pottery vessel brush pot vase with incised Geometric pattern. A very nice California studio pottery earthenware vase with beautiful grayish blue and brown earth tones. The vase has a wonderful free form design featuring abstract stroke...

A beautiful green, brown, and cream touring pottery vase. Wide at the bottom, and slim towards the top, this piece will be a fantastic pop of color in any space. Glazed on the inside in a verdigris blue. Bottom reads in black: Made in Cripple Creek...

Red Terracotta Sculpture of Seated Nude circa 1960 signed - artist unknown nice color and size small chip near foot

A pretty one-of-a-kind Americana Revival petite ceramic hand-made studio pottery vase. Created from ceramic, this vase reminds of stoneware and is round in form. The top of the piece...

Ceramic figurine of a woman in blue and white glaze. For grand millennials and chintz lovers, this small porcelain figurine will make a superb addition to your blue and white collection. This lovely piece depicts a peasant woman carrying her wares. Her hair is styled in a swept-up style, with a blue glazed hat. Her features are hand-painted in black, with bright red lips. A blue corset...

Tall Hollywood Regency style pink imperial line vase in the shape of a seahorse. This eye catching vessel is tall in form, and features a figural statue of a seahorse with shell crow...

Round stone resin seashell serving dish or platter. The piece is very heavy and is blue, light gray and yellow in color. Three indentions in the shape of shells for serving oysters, ...

Circular ceramic platter in the manner of Jean Cocteau. This bold colorful piece features the portrait of a figurative subject with a pronounced nose, pink skin, red lipstick, long b...

AL Malaikah vintage Masonic Shriner iconic burgundy Fez hat design ceramic planter or vase. Vintage fez hat from Los Angeles Al Malaikah Shriner mason...

This fine blue decorated hand made pottery crock. It has the original double handles and in fine condition. Minor base chip (tiny). Fantastic glaze surface. This is a large three gallon...

A charming very large hand-crafted ceramic piggy bank, beautifully modeled in a stylized, rounded form and decorated with deeply incised folk-art floral motifs. The body is adorned w...

20th century Ransbottom spongeware pottery water cooler. Complete with lid and faucet in pristine condition.

20th century Robinson Ransbottom cookie jar. 2qt canister. Beautiful condition.

Extra large mocha yellow ware mixing bowl in pristine condition. This very large bowl is in pristine condition.

A beautiful, sumptuously glazed bowl by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The high-fired porcelain bowl features a shifting earth toned drip glaze with...

Mini 19th century sponge ware toothpick holder with hole on back side for hanging. This is super rare and I've never seen another one like it -ever.

Thomas Ritchie is one of the better documented Catawba Valley NC potters who worked in the mid 19th century up until (it is estimated) about 1900. A number of his jugs, crocks and canning jars...

Ceramic glazed vase by Japanese American artist, Takao Tomono. The vase features a wheel thrown form with a hand built mouth and 'wing' detailing around t...

Exceptional mid century ceramic tile depicting George slaying the dragon, by important ceramicist Jean Nison. The tile is in excellent original condition, free of damage or repair.

This super rare and large four gallon 19th century decorated crock with exaggerated grapes design is in pristine condition. Cowden & Wilcox was a pottery company located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in the 19th century. Its very rare as well to find this variety in such a large size and in pristine condition. This is a real collectors choice...

A truly breathtaking work by renowned Japanese born ceramic master Jun Kaneko. Kaneko studied with Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, and Jerry Rothman and was exposed to such artist as Ken Price and John...

A fine antique American stoneware jug. Attributed to the Branch Green Pottery in Philadelphia, PA. Of ovoid form with an applied handle an...

A fine antique redware pie plate. Found in Virginia. In red earthenware with 3 yellow slip wave-like devices to the center. The interior of the plate is glazed while the rim and exterior remain unglazed. Simply a wonderful early piece of early American redware...

This early 19Thc highly blue decorated Cowden & Wilcox pottery jug is from Harrisburg,Pennsylvania and is in fine condition.The heavy blue decoration is quite unusual with a tulip va...

A wonderful work by famed pottery masters Otto and Gertrud Natzler. This large, round-shaped footed bowl was hand thrown and formed by Gertrud and glazed by Otto in shades of green and brown with light blue highlights on both the inside and outside. The bowl is clearly a statement piece. This piece is sure to give aesthetic pleasure for years to come and would be an amazing addition to any Natzler or modern ceramic collection...

A beautiful, sumptuously glazed, spectacular bowl by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The high-fired porcelain bowl features a shifting earth toned dr...

This large mocha blue seaweed yellow ware mixing bowl is in fine condition. Has a very nice decoration of blue seaweed pattern on the outside band.

This is a large 19th century sponge ware serving bowl with a fluted rim. The condition is very good.

This 19th century pattern sponge ware pottery batter bowl is in fine condition. It is most unusual form and pottery type. This is a handmade pottery bowl.

This rare green yellow ware mocha seaweed bowl is in pristine condition. The sage green color is very good.

A wonderful gem of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly coveted, gorgeously radiant turquoise luster glaze. A beautiful design with a delicate long neck rising from a circular base. Classic and timeless. Signed by Beatrice in her customary "Beato" on the underside of the base (with noted inventory number). Would be an amazing addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of her work or a fabulous stand-alone accent piece in about any setting. One of the best Beatrice Wood's luster glaze vases we have come across in quite a while. Know famously in the art world as "The Mama of Dada", Wood lived a long (1893-1998) and very fruitful, creative life and is considered by many experts and collectors alike to have been a centerpiece in the modern ceramic art movement of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. At one point in her career, Wood studied with master potters Otto and Gertrud Natzler and later become famed in her own right for her distinct luster-glazing techniques. In 1994, the Smithsonian Institution named Wood an "Esteemed American Artist". Her other awards include: 1994 Governor’s Awards for the Arts (California) 1993 Recognition as A Role Model by Women in Film 1992 Gold Medal for Highest Achievement in Craftsmanship, American Craft Council 1988 Distinguished Service Award, Arizona State University 1987 Fellow of American Craft Council Women’s Art Caucus, National Award (NCECA Award) 1986 Women’s Building Award 1984 Living Treasure of California 1983 Symposium Award of the Institute for Ceramic History 1961 Goodwill Ambassador from USA...

These two yellow ware seaweed pattern mixing bowls are in fine as found condition. There are no chips or cracks and have wonderful blue painted sea...

An exquisitely formed and deeply blue glazed set of six ceramic sake/ liqueur cups by renowned American West Coast Californian master ceramist Harrison McIntosh who was famed for his Mid-Century Modern designed ceramics. Mcintosh's works have been exhibited in such acclaimed venues as the Smithsonian in the United States the Louvre in France. Over his more than 60-year career, McIntosh had some 43 solo exhibitions from Los Angeles, New York, Belgium, Cannes, France to Japan. His work can be found in numerous collections and museums throughout the world including: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France The National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California The Huntington Library, San Marino, California American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona Belgian...

Another wonderfully glazed and delicately designed work by famed pottery masters Otto and Gertrud Natzler. This round-shaped, eggshell thin-wa...

A beautifully designed, gorgeously glazed, original ceramic three three-bead set (one burnt red, one ocean blue, one white crackle glaze) by famed mid-century American artist and potter Doyle Lane...

Stunning large (11" x 5.5") gunmetal bowl by Gertrud and Otto Natzler circa 1960 This piece is wheel-thrown glazed earthenware. It is signed on the bottom.

This 19th century sponge ware pitcher with floral design in good condition.

A gorgeous work by 20th century master American and renowned Minnesota studio potter/artist Warren MacKenzie. The three-footed tenmoku glazed bowl is signed/ stamped along the foot rim by MacKenzie and features a unique decorative pattern. The dark, rich glaze radiates in the light. This work would a great addition to any Warren Mackenzie or modern pottery/ ceramic collection or eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting. A student of both famed ceramic artists Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, Mackenzie is credited with bringing the functional Japanese Mingei tradition and craft to the United States and spreading it through his own art and teaching mentorship during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota. Along with being named a Regent’s Professor, and a fellow of the International Academy of Ceramics, the highly decorated and awarded MacKenzie was the first to receive the Minnesota Governor’s Award in Crafts in 1986. He later received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Crafts Council in 1997 and a year later he was honored with the Gold Medal from the American Crafts Council. His work can be found in numerous collections and museums including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The National Folk Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England Contemporary American Crafts...