"Airplane over the Earth, " Rare Art Deco Bowl by Ravilious for Wedgwood

Beautifully designed and glazed, this striking, large bowl depicts a blue and green chameleon at its center that is climbing a highly stylized Art Deco foliate element, framed by a w...

A masterpiece of Art Deco design showing the strong influence of French Cubism, this bowl depicts clusters of highly-stylized figures to the right and left, evidently on the edge of a balcony overlooking the city, with buildings to be seen in the distance. The heads have an African-influenced stylization, which impacted Picasso, Modigliani and many other important artists in the 1910s and 1920s. The artist, Claude Levy...

Bold and striking, this unique low bowl or plate depicts a form of Triton that is part man, part horse and part fish -- known as an ichthyocentaur -- who is cavorting in the sea with a dolphin and starfish, with rows of waves below and around him. The artist was Roger Mequinion, who produced an entirely unique series of ceramic pieces with thick layers of glaze that he sandblasted to create a layered, three-dimensional design. Here, the outer glaze is a deep blue color, but the sandblasting reveals layers of light blue and white underneath. Mequinion was the first sculptor to work for René Lalique, and helped the master develop a sandblasting technique for his early glass...

A rare survivor from a fleeting moment in Cowan Pottery's history, before it closed at the onset of the Great Depression, this plate designed by Thelma Frazier Winter...

Plate of printed and glazed earthenware, Eric Ravilious for Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Barlaston, 1954. A blue and black transfer printed design on light grey background, the centre d...

Blue Sgraffito plate from 1917 by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Beautiful flower motif in Swedish Jugend (or Art Nouveau) style. The artist si...

Large flat bowl by Jacques Pouchain (1927 - 2015) for Atelier Dieulefit, France 1950s. Jacques Pouchain was trained as an architect but decided in his twenties to study at the 'Académie de la La Grande Chaumière' art school in Paris. In the 1950s Pouchain went back to Dieulefit, the village where he was born to to learn the potter’s craft at the faiencerie du Poet-Laval. This bowl shows a nice 'nature mort' of a vase, a bottle and a fish. Pouchain often used fishes...

A beautiful bowl / ashtray / trinket dish / jewelry holder with amazing decor. Designed and produced by Piero Fornasetti in Milano, Italy. Early production, 1960s. Great original c...