Mid-Century Ceramic Jug

Mid-Century Ceramic JugTowards the end of the 19th century, a group of French avant garde ceramicists determined that pottery should be regarded as an art form. This continued to define the mid century modern movement, as the very nature of the craft speaks to the periods renewed call for both form and function. During this time, designs were often made in studios, each of which would have several artisans at work. This ceramic jug features a blotted texture and contrasting

This heavy-duty loaf tin is polished to a soft luster

molded and braided before it’s dried

this humidor features a beautifully detailed exterior in stained wood

While variations in the white glaze are a natural result of the handmade process

the feather-light Formentera dress is crafted in silk with a special rhythm afforded by the tiered silhouette

like seasoning your food

This backgammon set is dressed in leather and unfastens to reveal a board with tonal checkers and palladium-plated brass dice

The sleek shape of this patinated brass fountain pen rest comes from a mould designed by Carl Auböck II in 1948

slight variations in color and pattern are to be expected

and so spent many years pushing the boundaries of ceramics

With their DNA emerging from the austere Baltic coast of Sweden

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