Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks') Vintage Arts,Decorative Art,Ceramics,American,Pottery - catalog page 1

American Art Pottery & 20th Century Design by
Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
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North Dakota WPA Pottery 2 Transportation Plaques Rare Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1950 item# 1147263
click for details		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. ...click for details

AETCO 1914 Jasper Wedgwood Type American Art Tile Cameo Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1920 item# 1147256
click for details		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
click for details		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. ...click for details

Meric Art Studios Art Deco Cobalt Blue Vase 2125 Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1940 item# 1083579
click for details		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
click for details		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

Monmouth Art Deco American Pottery Bud Vase Trial Glaze Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1940 item# 1083483
click for details		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

American Studio Pottery Art Vase Mid Century Modern Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1980 item# 1083203
click for details		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

Rare Waylande Gregory Studio Cowan Pottery Queen Lamp Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1940 item# 1083200
click for details		Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks') 216-221-6025 $375.00
This rare art deco figure measures about 8.25" tall and is hand-incised Waylande Gregory, along with his WG monogram (from the New York period). The shape was originally designed for Cowan Pottery, before 1931, where it was either a lamp or a decanter, whose crown was removable. The story went that these were a good place to hide one's small amount of still liquor during Prohibition. ...click for details

Charles Lakofsky Tall Stoneware Studio Pottery Art Vase Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1980 item# 1083108
click for details		Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks') 216-221-6025 $195.00
This beautiful vase was slab-built by the award-winning and much beloved Cleveland School teacher and studio potter Charles Lakofsky (1922-1993), who taught art at Bowling Green (OH) State University for 35 years. This example is from the Estate of the late Mrs. Charles Lakofsky. This piece is a 13” tall sculptural double bud vase, with ...click for details

Muncie Art Deco American Pottery Miniature Curio Vase Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery: Pre 1940 item# 1083033
click for details		Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks') 216-221-6025 $25.00
This Muncie Indiana pottery bowl vase is a beautiful example, measuring 3.25" tall. Not marked but guaranteed vintage and authentic Muncie, with a beautiful deco or Eames era look, made in the 1920s or 1930s. The glaze is a grayish blue high gloss. No nicks, chips, hairlines, or repairs.

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