Posts by frane

Another decal pattern designed by Lillian W. Smith for Leigh Potters, produced in the "Ultra" style for only two years. Poor Lillian...

Mathilde Schaefer, (1909 - 1973), was known in Arizona in the 1960s as an instructor of pottery and sculpture at the Desert School of Art in Scottsdale and also as the wife of artist Lew Davis, she wa

Here's an interesting modern teapot in apple green.   No marks at all on the bottom.  I'll try to post a photo of the bottom, as well.  The teapot has a nine inch diameter.

Does anybody know of a book which contains information about Leigh Ware, by Leigh Potters, of Sebring, OH?   Apparently, this group pre-dated Royal China.   So far, I've fo

Here's another design by Viktor Schreckengost for Salem China, but I think the leaves are very much in the style of Eva Zeisel...does anybody know about this pattern?

Thank you,

In the spirit of the new International Modish postings, here's a vase marked "Germany", (which I assume means pre-WWII), and which features two unicorns and some palm trees!  I wonder i

Here's another signed piece for the International section, from mid-century Japan.   The signature chop is so tiny that even folks who can read Japanese can't read this one.   The

If Modish includes Italy, Denmark and Finland (Rosenthal-Netter, Rorstrand and Arabia pottery), this could get really complicated!

The Spanish ceramacists seemed to have a thing for plump nude ladies... I don't know the story of the Picasso tile, and the two vases were made in Viar, Spain c. 1970.

Here's a large Scheurich vase and a small, (4") pot by Steuler, (West Germany).

Here's a nice Italian lamp, whose designer was kind enough to sign right on the front, "Fantoni"...

This cup is mainly on the lighter side...

Here are the backs of the plates produced by Don Jensen's friends that I posted on the Gallery.

I think they would have been done in the mid to late seventies... perhaps early eighties.

Just found this great stoneware lamp...

Merry Christmas to Modish, and Happy New Year!

Thank you to everyone for a lot of fun this past year, and here's hoping for a happy and healthy one for 2012...

 Just wondered if anybody has information on this company.  " North American Pottery" is incised on the bottom, along with "Phoenix, Arizona".

 Here's another set of Leigh Ware pottery in the modern "Ultra" style that was developed by Gale Turnbull and Dorothea O'Hara.

 I just found this unusual "egg fryer" in a thrift shop.  It says "OVO" on the bottom, with "Italy".

Jack Justice was promoted by Lloyd Wright in the Heritage Gallery, among others, but died in relative obscurity.  His paintings are mostly geometric, and often painted while he was institution

Paul Dyck was one of about five artists who were brave enough to produce abstract paintings in Arizona in the fifties!  Here's his biography from Askart.com:

This is posted as a tribute to a true gentleman - William J.

Here's a true "estate sale treasure", by an early Cubist, Gino Severini...pastel on green paper and needs a bit of conservation.

I've had these two Danish teak and leather chairs for many years, and haven't been able to discover the purpose of the two brass brackets on the back of both. 

Ever since reading a book by Regina Lee Blaszczyk about the marketing of MCM American Dinnerware, I've been fascinated by Leigh Ware Potters.  They made a committed attempt to produce regional