60's Carstens German art pottery vase

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Pottery Pre 1970: item #683500
660

Highly decorative Carstens, West German pottery vase in a good matte and luster glaze. Tiny lost of glaze on the rim . No other damage or repair of any kind. Marked W. German 7606-25 and with logo. Vase is 10" tall and 5" wide.

Hummel TMK #6 "Soloist" Closed Edition

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Pottery Pre 1980: item #683403
236

Very nice M.I. Hummel figurine. The mark on this figurine dates it to 1979. It is a closed edition and in good condition. It does have some crazing. No chips, nicks or hairlines. It features a young boy singing with his sheet music in hand. This piece has the impressed #135, and the TMK#6 mark on the base. ML Hummel is also impressed on the base, along with the paper label on side of base. <... Click for details

Hummel "Little Fiddler" TMK #3-Closed Edition

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Pottery Pre 1970: item #683392
258

Very nice M.I. Hummel figurine was sculpted by Arthur Moeller in 1935. The mark on this figurine dates it to a couple of years in the 1960's. It is a closed edition and in excellent condition. It features a young boy playing a violin. It is also known as “The Wandering Fiddler” and “Violinist” in some of the old Hummel catalogs. This piece has the impressed #4, original paper label, and the TMK#4 mark on the base. ML Hummel is also impressed on the backside of base. No chips, nicks or hairlines.... Click for details

Studio Pottery Vase, Horst Kerstan, 1967, Germany

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Pottery Pre 1970: item #681158
1922

Studio pottery vase by Horst Kerstan considered one of the major ceramic artists of the 20th century. 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 and I've taken several photos to show you the enormous variety of colors and patterns on this small piece. It is in excellent condition, stands 5" tall and is signed and dated on the bottom. ... Click for details

Palest Aqua Majolica Plate with Ferns and Leaves

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Pottery Pre 1920: item #675060
1855

This plate is one of 4 identical majolica plates from Germany around 1900-1920. The pattern of the plate is green leaves in varigated colors and fern fronds, interspersed with small blossoms. This is against a pale aqua ground with a chocolate border, and an impressed border design like overlapping circles. The colors are cool and delicious and the majolica glaze is deep and glossy. These plates are seriously gorgeous. 8" in diameter, all in very fine condition with this caveat: stilt marks... Click for details

Studio Pottery Vase, Maria Philippi, Mid Century

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Pottery Pre 1970: item #669757
998

This miniature studio pottery vase is by Maria Philippi, born in 1927. She studied with Hubert Griemert and Monika Maetzel and also worked for Annemarie and Werner Schmidt-Tummeley. Between 1962-1964 she worked for Soholm in Denmark. The Scandinavian influence can be seen in both the shape of this piece and the soft matte glaze with it's subtly varying hues. This is 4 1/2" tall, in excellent condition and signed.

Studio Pottery Vase, Wendelin Stahl, Germany

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Pottery Pre 1980: item #669560
1903

This studio pottery vase is by Wendelin Stahl, a highly regarded 20th century ceramicist. He was part of the third generation of potters in his family. His work often has an architectural quality with heavy solid forms and very subtle glazes. Highly collectible today, if you Google his name you will find other online galleries in New York and Germany that carry his work.

This piece is 5 1/4" tall, 6 1/4" wide and 3"... Click for details

German Studio Pottery Vase, Gerhard Liebenthron, 1972

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Pottery Pre 1980: item #669339
1905

This studio pottery vase by Gerhard Liebenthron is unusually large for his later work though the abstract, primitive decoration is typical of his style. Standing just under 9 1/2" tall, the vase is in excellent condition. As with his other work, the base is signed with his initials and the year it was made. If you search on Liebenthron from my homepage you will see other examples of his work.

Liebenthron's work ca... Click for details

German Studio Pottery Vase, Signed Ceramic

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Pottery Pre 1980: item #669326
1904

This German studio pottery vase is by Rudiger Endrejat, c. 1970s. His work appears in the collection of the Keramik Museum in Berlin. It's 11" tall (inclusive of the "chimney top")and 11" in circumference. The abstract decoration is in hues of blues and tans that subtly merge into one another.

Note, that in the third photo what appears to be a glaze pop is actually more like a tiny black pimple.

Carstens Tonnieshof German Pottery Lava Vase 5002-20

Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Pottery Pre 1980: item #663104

Carstens Tönnieshof (1945-1984), German pottery vase in a glazed lava style mustard yellow top half and unglazed black bottom half of vase, brown on the inside of the vase. Standing at 8" (20 cm), 6" (15.25 cm) wide, with a 3.5" (9 cm) opening. Marking on the underside (photo attached) as a double house symbol, TC overlapping, 5002-20, West Germany. Gorgeous piece with no damage or repairs. High quality pottery! Circa 1960's. Beautiful! (white spots on vase are from camera glare).