Rudolstadt Volkstedt porcelain vase c.1900

Archives: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German Pre 1920: item #606023
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A good quality porcelain vase made at the New York and Rudolstadt pottery Company of L. Strauss & Sons. Potted from a typical German hard paste porcelain body, it is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and hand painted enamels.

Dating from c.1900, it stands 7 inches (17.5cms) high.

There is wear to the gilding It is otherwise good condition. I... Click for details

German Ceramic Studio Vase, Horst Kerstan

Archives: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German Pre 1960: item #605814
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This studio vase is by the well known artist Horst Kerstan. He studied with Richard Bampi in Kandern and then took over his studio when Bampi died in 1965. The glazes on this piece are fabulous; not just he rich colors but the contrast between the matte and the shinier glazes. It is in excellent condition and signed on the bottom Kerstan (incised signature). It measures 4 1/4" tall and is 13 inches in circumference at the widest.

Rare Ruscha Vase by Adele Bolz, Filigran Pattern

Archives: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German Pre 1970: item #605336
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Ruscha vases in the Filigran design by Adele Bolz are rare. They were only produced in the early 1960s and are highly collectible today. They came in different sizes and shapes but all have this sgraffito decoration that just screams 1960s. The one listed here is 10 3/4 inches tall. The base is unmarked and the piece is in excellent condition. I have a smaller vase in this design listed too (item 967).

Ruscha Vase by Adele Bolz, Rare Filigran Pattern

Archives: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German Pre 1970: item #605333
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Ruscha vases in the Filigran design by Adele Bolz are rare. They were only produced in the early 1960s and are highly collectible today. They came in different sizes and shapes but all have this sgraffito decoration that just screams 1960s. The one listed here is 3 1/2 inches tall and has a maximum circumference of 13 inches. The base is unmarked and the piece is in excellent condition. I have a much larger vase in this design listed too (item 968).

Rare Meissen Bottger Hausmaler Teabowl 2

Archives: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German Pre 1800: item #600992
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A rare early Meissen Bottger Hausmaler teabowl decorated in enamels with a robed figure with a walking stick in a Chinese-style landscape, the rim with arcaded gilt decoration. Diameter: 2 7/8 in. Unmarked, 1720s.

Two rim chips, one quite large as shown and a minute rim nick also. No other damage. NB. There is no crack on the footrim, it’s just a mark from the potting.... Click for details

Rare Meissen Bottger Hausmaler Teabowl 1

Archives: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German Pre 1800: item #600991
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A rare early Meissen Bottger Hausmaler teabowl decorated in enamels with a robed figure with a bird in a Chinese-style landscape, the rim with gilt decoration. Diameter: 2 7/8 in. Unmarked, c.1720.

Small rim chip. No other damage.

A related saucer sold Bonhams, London, 16 November 2005, lot 45 for £ 600 with the note that the style of decorati... Click for details

Meissen Chinoiserie Teabowl c. 1725

Archives: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German Pre 1800: item #600990
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A Meissen chinoiserie teabowl finely enamelled with cartouches of a Chinese-style figure before an altar surrounded by gilt and iron-red tracery, the interior with floral enamelling below a spearhead border. Diameter: 2 ¾ in. Unmarked, c. 1725.

Badly nibbled on one side, with an adjacent 1 in. hairline. Beautifully enamelled, the body much glassier, thinner and more refined than the other two teabowls listed.

Kaiser White Bisque Porcelain Lady in Garden Vase

Archives: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German Pre 1980: item #600981

Modern Art white bisque vase made by AK Kaiser, Germany in the 1970's. Lady in the Garden design shows on both sides of the vase. Artist: M. Frey.

Measurements: 8 inches tall, 5x4 inches in opening diameter

Condition: Excellent - no damage

Marking photo is incl... Click for details

Art Deco Pottery Bowl, German Spritzdekor

Archives: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German Pre 1930: item #593625
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This art deco pottery bowl is in the German Spritzdekor style that was popular from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s. When I was recently in the Ceramics Museum in Berlin they have several of these pieces and I just loved them. Very distinctive looking the designs are either very geometric and jazz age or floral. Most of the items were made as dessert ware; coffee and tea sets, cake plates, cookie boxes, etc. This bowl was likely used for fruit though it works beautifully as a purely decorative i... Click for details

C19th. German armorial porcelain pipe

Archives: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German Pre 1900: item #580212
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A finely painted continental porcelain pipe bowl with hinged metal cover decorated with an impressive coat of arms. It is probably German and has an underglaze blue mark on the end which may be part of a Berlin mark?

Dating from the last quarter of the C19th., it meassures 5 1/2inches long.

There is some minor enamel wear and some very minor su... Click for details