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Showing posts with label Pottery. Show all posts

Friday, July 29, 2016

FORNASETTI MILANO ITALY CUP PORCELAIN SMOKING KIT CIGARETTE JAR


LISTED ON ETSY NOW
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PORCELAIN / POTTERY
SMOKING KIT
CIGARETTE CUP / JAR
MID CENTURY
FORNASETTI MILANO ITALY
BLACK AND WHITE
ANCANTHUS LEAVES
AND 
ROMAN COLUMNS
PATTERN
WITH
GILDED RIM
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MEASUREMENTS:
DIAMETER: 2 5/8 inches (72 mm)
HEIGHT: 2 5/8 inches (72 mm)
CAPACITY: 
SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 6 OUNCES.
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Via Christie's: Lot 5 Lot Has Ended
Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988)
A smoking kit, 1950s
Estimate: USD 800 - 1,200
lithographically-decorated and hand-painted ceramic,
comprising four cigarette holders, a match holder and
a lighter each 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high








Monday, April 11, 2016

Biddy Hen Figurine Kay Finch Freeman McFarlin California Pottery Chalkware Plaster Marked 941

KAY FINCH CALIFORNIA POTTERY
BIDDY HEN CHICKEN FIGURINE
MADE OF CHALK WARE / PLASTER
POSSIBLY BY FREEMAN MCFARLIN
WITH A KAY FINCH MOLD
MARKED 941
She is made of solid chalkware /
plaster and weighs 1 pound and
8 ounces on my household scale.
Approximately 6 inches tall to the
tip of her tail feathers.
She is marked with the number 941
on her backside, under and to the left
side of her tail. On the bottom there
is glue residue from a 2 inch long 
oval shaped sticker / label.
Marked 941
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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Red Hibiscus Japanese Pottery Miniature Vase Satsuma Mark

Tiny Japanese(?) Pottery Vase.
Clear Crackle Glaze over White.
Over Glaze Enamel Painting 
of a 
Red Hibiscus Flower and Leaves.
Signed in Red on the Bottom
with
Three Character Satsuma(?) Mark
Red Hibiscus Japanese Pottery 
 
Miniature Vase Satsuma Mark
2 and 7/8" tall. 
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

VASE DE COLOGNE Pottery Scent Bottle with Crown Top Stopper Original Label

Crown Top Stopper 
Pottery Vase de Cologne
Perfume Bottle Amphora
Unmarked Stoneware Pottery

The double sided original gold foil hang tag is 
attached to a tasseled silky golden cord  says:
VASE DE COLOGNE
on one side, and
SPICE  
CARDINAL DISTRIBUTOR  
NEW YORK  CONTENTS 3 OZS.
on the other side.



The flat, disk shaped part of the stopper is marked:
WIRZ   PAT NO  1,146,986   1,631,784


Double handled green glaze pottery vase bottle.
Height of the pottery vase: 5.75 inches
Height including stopper: 6.5 inches
Width of vase at widest point at base of handles: 3 inches
Diameter measuring across bottom: 2 inches
Unknown Pottery Maker. Unidentified Pottery.
Possibly Zanesville Stoneware Company.