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North Dakota WPA Pottery 2 Transportation Plaques Rare

Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1950   item# 1147263

North Dakota WPA Pottery 2 Transportation Plaques Rare
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$3750.00 (for both) 

These two unusual wall plaques were made by workers in the North Dakota WPA program, between 1936 and 1942, which was intended to help teach people how to make a living as artists. (There is a short informative article on Wikipedia called "North Dakota Pottery.") The story of this concern is connected to that of UND (University of North Dakota) as well as DICKOTA and Rosemeade.
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AETCO 1914 Jasper Wedgwood Type American Art Tile Cameo

Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1920   item# 1147256

AETCO 1914 Jasper Wedgwood Type American Art Tile Cameo
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$75.00 

This interesting piece could easily be made into a pendant for a necklace and was perhaps meant for that purpose, instead of a more traditional tile. I do not know the history of the piece, although Radford is better known for jasperware (a bisque-like medium) than is AETCO (the American Encaustic Tiling Company, Zanesville, OH).

Appears ...click for details



Meric Art Studios 1930s Matte Green Castle Vase

Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1940   item# 1083581

Meric Art Studios 1930s Matte Green Castle Vase
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


S * O * L * D 

This is an unusual example of Meric Art Ware (East Liverpool, Ohio), made in the early 1930s. It measures 6" x 6" and has an olive or willow green glaze that is partly glossy and partly matte, well-suited to the busy scene in relief all around, depicting a castle with its drawbridge down, a knight on horseback, mountains, and clouds.
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Meric Art Studios Art Deco Cobalt Blue Vase 2125

Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1940   item# 1083579

Meric Art Studios Art Deco Cobalt Blue Vase 2125
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$195.00 

This is an unusual example of Meric Art Ware (East Liverpool, Ohio), made in the early 1930s. It measures 10.75" tall x 8.25" x 7.5" and has medium-relief roses and ribbons on both sides--and outrageous reticulated handles that look like wings, giving the whole design an Austrian look.

Glossy cobalt blue. No nicks, chips, h ...click for details



Roseville Pottery Falline 652-9" Vase Crisp Art Deco

Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1940   item# 1083518

Roseville Pottery Falline 652-9" Vase Crisp Art Deco
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$595.00 

This is a beautiful Roseville Pottery (Zanesville, Ohio) Falline 652-9" vase, with beautiful coloring and crisp pea pods and background details. Factory new!

Note that beneath the handles, the mold is a bit fuzzy. There is also one pea pod with a darker green spot at the bottom, from glaze pooling. Still, one would never display the ...click for details



Roseville Pottery Dahlrose Protype Experimental Vase

Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Porcelain: Pre 1930   item# 1083517

Roseville Pottery Dahlrose Protype Experimental Vase
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$495.00 

This is a rare Art Deco or arts & crafts 1920s era Roseville Pottery (Zanesville, Ohio) Dahlrose triple bud vase. Lovely shape, with extremely crisp details in both background, flowers, and leaves, with a Futura style shape. Measures about 6" tall x 7" long.

The shape is hard to find, but this example is even better--as it ...click for details



Monmouth Art Deco American Pottery Bud Vase Trial Glaze

Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1940   item# 1083483

Monmouth Art Deco American Pottery Bud Vase Trial Glaze
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$75.00 

This 1930s Monmouth (Illinois) pottery bud vase is a beautiful example measuring 6.5" tall. Not marked but guaranteed vintage and authentic Monmouth, with a beautiful deco or Eames era look. Originally, Monmouth art pottery items had a foil label.

Marked with trial glaze markings: L78 / TX. ...click for details



Dutch Gay Interest Muscle Men Art Deco Pottery European

Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: Low Countries: Pottery: Pre 1970   item# 1083477

Dutch Gay Interest Muscle Men Art Deco Pottery European
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$15.00 

This military souvenir plate is 8" across and was made in Delft / Holland (as marked). The hand-colored plate has Art Deco male nude figures (so some gay interest), along with torches and emblems in blue on a white background. The piece was made as a twenty-year commemorative of the liberation of Holland from Nazi occupation during World War II. Eindhoven was the first Dutch city to be liberated, in a maneuver by the 101st Airborne Divsion and the Second British Army. ...click for details


American Studio Pottery Art Vase Mid Century Modern

Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1980   item# 1083203

American Studio Pottery Art Vase Mid Century Modern
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$25.00 

This studio pottery bowl vase is a beautiful example measuring 5" tall x 5.25". It is marked with the potter's name (which appears to read Sohn), and perhaps as old as the 1950s, given the stunning Eames era look.

The glaze is a speckled deep charcoal gray, with pale gray stripe hand-painted on the rim and angled lines as de ...click for details



Sgraffito Italian Art Pottery Wall Plaque Ischia Scenic

Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: Italian: Pottery: Pre 1970   item# 1083202

Sgraffito Italian Art Pottery Wall Plaque Ischia Scenic
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$95.00 

This art deco hand-decorated Italian faience wall plaque measures 15.5" across. The scene is carved into the clay and then colored by hand in cheerful pastel and earth tones. Stunning piece and very colorful.

A legend at the bottom reads "S. ANGELO - D'ISCHIA," identifying the romantic subject matter, for which you can ...click for details


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