Super-Graphic Ceramics

Danish dishes in amoebic shapes from Schollert (pair at top) and Michael Andersen & Sons, 1950s. Dark chocolate brown matte pottery with playful lines of contrasting white glossy glaze.
All approximately 8-9" in diameter.

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Honoring Niemeyer

Maybe I've got Oscar on my mind, or maybe it's a happy coincidence, but we just received this very architectural table-top sculptural piece from the 60s in a particularly Niemeyer-like design. An anonymous American welded steel structure, perfect for the fan of both Modernist and Brutalist works alike.
16" tall

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Harlequin Lamp

A stunning ceramic lamp from Guido Gambone, Italy, circa the 1950s. Chocolate brown and off-white with just a hint of green shadowing - giving the graphic a cool 3rd-dimension.
32"

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Royal Vessel: The Sequel

Another crackled stunner from Thorkild Olsen for Royal Copenhagen, circa 1940s.

The intricately detailed lid features a gilt twig and fruit design.
10"

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Oscar Niemeyer: In Memoriam

December 15, 1907 - December 5, 2012

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Royal Vessel

A Danish design collaboration for Royal Copenhagen circa 1940s. The crackle or "Craquelure" glazed porcelain jar is by Thorkild Olsen. The crown...an extraordinary Bronze lid created by Knud Andersen.
9"

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Deadstock Discovery

We are so lucky to be in the business of uncovering buried treasure. This fluted opalescent grape colored lidded jar was made in Murano for export in the 1950s. Somehow it never made it out of its original box while en route to a fine New York retailer. During this pre-bubble wrap era, the factories in Venice would protect their goods for Trans-Atlantic travel with what appears to be fine wood shavings.
box measures 6" high

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