1920's Weller Apple Tree vases. Selling the three shown all different sizes,<br>tallest 8.5". All with no cracks, chips, restorations, or crazing.<br>isshelf

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Rare 1950's American Hull Art Pottery Lamps Pair. Selling the pair of working<br>lamps, two lamps for the listed price. The exact lamps shown. 1950's Hull<br>pottery with no cracks, chips, restorations, or other issues. I took the<br>original felt off the bases because it got wet when cleaning. The ceramic<br>sections are 8.5" tall x 6" wide without the brass fitting. 11.5" tall with<br>brass bulb socket. I have personally seen one of these lamps bring $600 within<br>the past year, and typically a pair is worth three times a single so I feel my<br>price on these is fair.<br><br>isshelf

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3 American Art Pottery Weller/Niloak/desert sands minature vases/match/toothpick<br>holders. Selling the three with no cracks, chips, or restorations. Crazing on<br>the desert sands and Weller. tallest 2.25", The Niloak appears unmarked but the<br>quality and age are guaranteed, I believe I've seen this shape marked or with a<br>paper label.<br>toothpickdrawer

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1970's Peter Deneen Studio Pottery Ashtray. Really nice ashtray to use for whatever you want from the 70's or 80's. 5" wide x 2 1/8" tall. Peter Deneen began his lifelong journey with ceramics while studying pottery at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. During this period he also began attending Marguerite Wildenhain’s Pond Farm School (located in northern California) in 1968. Peter went on to earn his M.A. from the University of Iowa in 1971. Inspired By Art & History During this time, Peter caught the inspirational fire of the Bauhaus movement of Walter Gropius in Post World War I Germany. The main thrust of the Bauhaus “was to create an environment which would nurture the bond between art, industry and trade through education; to insure the cooperation of industry and artists in the field of mass production.” ESTABLISHING DENEEN POTTERY In 1972, Peter and Mary Deneen established their first studio and showroom at Park Square Court in the Lowertown neighborhood of St. Paul. Here they began producing hand thrown functional and decorative pottery and dinnerware. “Form follows function,” was embedded within their work through the teachings from Marguerite Wildenhain, recalling the Bauhaus lessons she learned from Gerhard Marcks. It was during this time that Mary started to produce more commemorative items and ceramic figures, while launching a “Bear Essentials” line. White Picture corner top leftWhite Picture corner top rightWhite Picture corner bottom leftWhite Picture corner bottom rightEarly Days of Deneen Pottery 1974 PARK SQUARE COURT IN LOWERTOWN • “The Spin of a potter’s wheel brings prosperity, unfettered life-style.” This was the title of the article that ran in a local St. Paul publication around 1974. “Peter Deneen sits at his potter’s wheel, fingers fashioning burnt-cinnamon clay into pots and plates, goblets and candle-holders, tall, corked canisters and small spice bottles.” At this time, the Deneens wanted to open retail outlets similar to Pottery Barn, but make all of the products at their Lowertown studio. A favorite quote (of the current office) staff has Peter saying. “We’ll never be more than a handful of people. I’d never get larger than three stores,” says Peter.” “Don’t say ‘never,'” interjects Mary.” Wow, how the path has deviated from the plans made in 1974! tw129

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Vintage Japanese Style Studio Pottery vase. Great vintage piece from the last half of the 20th century. Two glaze flakes one on top rim and one on the sharp neck, neither a distraction both shown in pics. No cracks, chips, or restorations. Very large piece 11" tall x 7" with, signed twice with a signature I'm unfamiliar with. I'm not sure if it's Japanese or American made. isshelf

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1998 John Ransmeier North Carolina Pottery Huge Heavy Studio Pottery Platter.<br>Very heavy, strong, durable, high fired platter. This thing would take a chunk<br>out of a sidewalk if dropped on it I'm sure. It's a real monster, a real work of<br>art. Both Simple yet complex at the same time. 21" x 16" x 3.5" deep, a<br>functional work of art in mint condition with no damage or wear whatsoever. John<br>used a variety of clays I believe. This is a very strong Stoneware clay(not red<br>clay) fired at a high temperature and salt glazed, therefore very durable and<br>heavy.<br><br>John Ransmeier<br>John grew up in Asheville, North Carolina. His interest in clay began in high<br>school. After a visit to the Penland School of Crafts, a bit of research and<br>some ingenuity, he built his first kick wheel in 1970. From books, he taught<br>himself how to throw clay and make pots.<br><br>During an apprenticeship with Gene Bunker, John worked in porcelain and<br>concentrated in glaze reduction. After a year of study at the Kansas City Art<br>Institute, he established a studio in the Highwater Crafts Center in Asheville,<br>NC and co-founded Biltmore Clay Company. He went on to study with potters Seth<br>Duberstein of New Paltz, New York and Paul Chaleff of Pine Plains, New York.<br><br>After working as a studio potter in production porcelain, John studied for two<br>years at The University of North Carolina at Asheville and then received his BFA<br>from Alfred University in Alfred, New York in 1990. He spent some time doing<br>graduate work at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and then moved to<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico where he established a working studio for the next four<br>years.<br><br>After returning to North Carolina in 1994, John built a wood fire kiln and<br>established a studio in Weaverville, North Carolina where he lives and works<br>today. His work has spanned a wide spectrum of processes, clay bodies, glazes<br>and style. John continues to travel across the country exhibiting in fine craft<br>shows and selling his work in galleries and museums in the southeast.<br><br>John Ransmeier Pottery, Weaverville NC<br><br>All work is assembled from slab, wheel-thrown, pressed and coil elements. Pieces<br>are then high fired in a reducing atmosphere using biofuel.<br><br>Making pots is about evolution. As long as I feel my work is progressing,I don't<br>worry. Not long ago,I tried to maintain control over surfaces and glazes.In<br>reaction to that,I have gravitated toward a looser way of making pieces using<br>glazes that I could't control even if I tried.Perhaps reduction firing, with its<br>own tendency toward variation has nudged me in this direction.I am always<br>looking for ways to allow my work to progress. There is a saying, "At the point<br>of origin, lie the most possibilities. "My goal is to keep enough freedom in my<br>work to allow those possibilities to take form.

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1970's Japanese Studio Pottery Bizen Vessel by Takeshi Inoue. Purchased in the late 70's by my client from the artist in Japan. Vessel itself if 7" tall without box. Comes with original box, a few small dents in lid of box. No cracks, chips, or restorations. Some firing flaws, etc as shown and expected with this type of pottery. isshelf

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1930's JB Cole North Carolina Pottery Apothecary Jar with Split Handles.<br>Fantastic piece of primitive Art Deco hand thrown pottery. Large piece no<br>cracks, chips, or restorations, expected crazing as this was low fired clay.<br>9.5" tall x 10" wide, unmarked.<br>isshlf

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1960's Gerhard Meisel(1903-1979) Stahnsdorf German Studio pottery vase. 7" tall with no cracks, chips, restorations, or crazing. Fantastic glaze with subtle blue dots towards the top. Gerhard MEISEL 1903 born in Opole, Poland 1921-1923 School of Arts and Crafts, Breslau 1926-1928 traineeship at Kieler Kunstkeramik 1928-1931 studied at the Art Academy in Dresden (sculpture with Karl Albiker) 1931-1933 artistic director in Schramberg majolica factory 1933-1936 Carstens-Uffrecht KG (Neuhaldensleben) 1949-1968 own workshop in Stahnsdorf Died in 1979 in Stahnsdorf, Germany TW234

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Vintage Van Briggle Pottery Luna Moth Rose bowl by Sara Elder 3" tall with no cracks, chips, restorations, or crazing. b70

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1920's Weller Art Pottery apple Pitcher. 7" tall x 8" handle to spout. No<br>cracks, chips, or restorations, expected overall crazing.<br>isshelf

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Huge Lotus Form Vintage Ken Edwards El Palomar Mexican studio pottery bowl. No<br>damage or detectable wear. 11" wide x 5.25" tall.<br>isshelf

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1957 Harding Black Texas Studio Art pottery footed bowl with a fantastic complex<br>glaze<br>No cracks, chips, or restorations, no loss to glaze whatsoever. 6 3/8" wide x<br>1.25" tall.<br><br>Harding Black San Antonio (1912 - 2004)<br><br>A ceramist, sculptor, painter, bricklayer, teacher, Black graduated from<br>Brackenridge High School and attended San Antonio Junior College (1929-30). In<br>1933, Black was taught by Rudolph Staffel to make wheel-thrown pottery and also<br>began to teach children's ceramic classes at the Witte. Black directed ceramic<br>installation in a San Antonio reconstruction project sponsored by the National<br>Youth Administration and the Works Progress Administration art program. In 1955<br>he retired from teaching and devoted his time to ceramics. Black became a<br>well-known ceramist from his research, innovations, and writings in the field.<br>Black's collection and archive is housed at Baylor University. Harding Black's<br>work with clay serves an an important bridge between early Texas and mid-century<br>pottery.<br>b3

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7 Mid Century Japanese Studio pottery tumblers. From the estate of a family that lived in Japan just after ww2 until about the 1970's. Very good quality, I can't read the mark and didn't research it. Selling the 7 with no damage. 2.5" tall. Hand written signature. isshelf

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5 Mid Century Japanese Studio pottery tumblers. From the estate of a family that lived in Japan just after ww2 until about the 1970's. Very good quality, I can't read the mark and didn't research it. Selling the 5 with no damage. 2.5" tall. Hand incised signatures. isshelf

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4 Mid Century Japanese Studio pottery tumblers. From the estate of a family that lived in Japan just after ww2 until about the 1970's. Very good quality, I can't read the mark and didn't research it. Selling the 4 with no damage. 3" tall. isshelf

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1970's Linda Genet Texas Studio Pottery vase Mid Century Modern. Great piece by Retired professional potter Linda Genet, a former student of Ishmael Soto that made a name for herself locally and this piece shows you why. 6.75" tall x 5.5" wide with no damage. tw227

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Ishmael Soto Austin Texas Studio Pottery Abstract Sculptural vase  11" tall, very substatial piece. This and a few other pieces I'll be listing are from the estate of local listed artist Jeanette Welty Chelf who was a longtime friend of Soto's going back to his years at the University of Texas. This piece has no cracks, chips, or restorations but does have a firing flaw going down half of the side which does not penetrate the interior, the interior is glazed, it holds water. Below is an excerpt from the artists eulogy. This is a good vintage piece from a local Austin estate“Ishmael’s passing is a loss for us all in the community,” said Sylvia Orozco, director of Mexic-Arte Museum. “He was a great human being, teacher and artist. Ishmael was one of the first, if not the first Mexican-American Austinite to become a professional visual artist.Soto won many prizes and was exhibited frequently in group and solo shows.A native Austinite, Soto earned his first degree from the University of Texas and his second from the famed Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. His 57th Annual Potters Show and Sale took place in December 2016. He taught ceramics at UT for seven years — one of the first Hispanics to teach in the art department — then at St. Edward’s University and Austin Community College for a total of more than 30 years..“He was a modest, generous mentor and major inspiration to many artists,” said his widow, Cynthia Leigh. “He taught thousands of students over his lifetime. Many of his students decided to become artists from his encouragement and support. He did not try to mold his students to imitate his work; he encouraged them to follow their own artistic path and draw on their own talents” isshelf

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1945 Rookwood Art Deco Ship bookends. Great mid century American art pottery<br>bookends. Overall crazing, likely intentional. No cracks, chips, or<br>restorations. Selling the pair shown.<br>isshelf

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Antique Rookwood Pottery Pamphlet. Buying the pamplet shown from the first quarter of the 20th century, 4" x 6", minor wear to edge of front cover, overall clean. kitshelf

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1953 Harding Black Texas Studio Art pottery footed bowl with the best Chinese Flambe glaze No cracks, chips, or restorations, no loss to glaze whatsoever. 6 1/8" wide x 3.25" tall. Harding Black San Antonio (1912 - 2004) A ceramist, sculptor, painter, bricklayer, teacher, Black graduated from Brackenridge High School and attended San Antonio Junior College (1929-30). In 1933, Black was taught by Rudolph Staffel to make wheel-thrown pottery and also began to teach children's ceramic classes at the Witte. Black directed ceramic installation in a San Antonio reconstruction project sponsored by the National Youth Administration and the Works Progress Administration art program. In 1955 he retired from teaching and devoted his time to ceramics. Black became a well-known ceramist from his research, innovations, and writings in the field. Black's collection and archive is housed at Baylor University. Harding Black's work with clay serves an an important bridge between early Texas and mid-century pottery. tw122

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c1960 Rare Early Promotional Warner Brothers Records California Pottery Cowboy Boot. 6 3/8" tall x 4.25" long. Extremely rare, likely one of the first promotional items from Warner Brothers Records when they first started in 1958, not much later if it is. From the Estate of Tom Middleton (1953-2020) No cracks, chips, or restorations. tw209In 1973, Tom found a catalog of instruments from Warehouse Music Sales in Fort Worth that contained multiple dobros. He sold his two guitars and used the funds to buy his first dobro. After it arrived, his life was never quite the same. If you ever had the pleasure to hear him play, you saw Tom doing what he loved.Before making his way to Arizona to continue his education, Tom worked as a towboat deckhand for the United Maritime Union on the Ohio, Monongahela, and Allegheny Rivers. Tom received a BS in English Literature from Northern Arizona University. During his time in Flagstaff, he was a member of the Mormon Lake Hotshots on the Coconino National Forest. Bill Mack's "All Night Open Road" show from WBAP in Dallas kept him company at the Mormon Lake Guard Station. He became lifelong friends with several of his fellow firefighters and kept in contact with them the rest of his life.But music kept calling, and Tom began working for R.Q. Jones Resophonic Guitar Company in Wanette, Oklahoma. Now he wasn't just playing dobros, he was making them. In fact, he made one for a young dobro player named Jerry Douglas who is now widely regarded as "the" dobro player of our time. The dobro in question now belongs to the Music Instrument Museum in Phoenix. Jerry and Tom became good friends and whenever Jerry toured through Austin in recent years, they would take in some live music together at Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon among other music venues.In 1978, Tom went to work for Peaches Records and Tapes in Oklahoma City, then The Handleman Company, and finally Pickwick Distribution Company in Dallas. These three jobs showed Tom the buying, selling, and distribution side of the music business. By 1985, Tom was working as a Print Production Manager at The Richards Group, an advertising agency in Dallas. He excelled at print production and would stay with it in Austin at both GSD&M and McGarrah Jessee from which he retired after 24 years shortly before his death.Tom's work in print production should not go unrecognized. There is no doubt that countless times you've seen ads, packaging, and products that he produced – you just didn't know it. He had a wealth of experience and knowledge and was always keen to share what he knew with young producers and creative types. When Tom retired, his coworkers, vendors, suppliers,

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No cracks, chips, or restorations, no loss to glaze whatsoever. 5.5" tall x 4 7/8" wide at rim. Selling the pair shown, wonderful glaze, varying slightly as they were handmade. Harding Black San Antonio (1912 - 2004) A ceramist, sculptor, painter, bricklayer, teacher, Black graduated from Brackenridge High School and attended San Antonio Junior College (1929-30). In 1933, Black was taught by Rudolph Staffel to make wheel-thrown pottery and also began to teach children's ceramic classes at the Witte. Black directed ceramic installation in a San Antonio reconstruction project sponsored by the National Youth Administration and the Works Progress Administration art program. In 1955 he retired from teaching and devoted his time to ceramics. Black became a well-known ceramist from his research, innovations, and writings in the field. Black's collection and archive is housed at Baylor University. Harding Black's work with clay serves an an important bridge between early Texas and mid-century pottery. b3

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