LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – Rago, Wright, and LAMA present A Quiet Revolution: The Ceramics of Toshiko Takaezu on Thursday, April 13, featuring more than 60 works by the singular artist. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – Rago will present an auction titled The Ellison Collection on Tuesday, February 28. This legacy event will showcase more than 140 ceramic works collected by Robert Ellison throughout his lifetime, tracing his personal history as a collector and researcher as well as the broader narrative arc of ceramics as a discipline. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK — Bold and colorful, Gaudy Dutch pottery stands out admirably but also marries well with other hand-painted wares and folk art. Made in England by Staffordshire, Derby and Worcester potters for the American market between 1810 to 1820, Gaudy Dutch had a short production run — only 16 patterns have been identified — but its popularity endures. Its heyday was in the 1980s and 1990s, but collectors still seek out patterns and forms, and prices have rebounded in recent years.
PALOS VERDES, Calif. – The Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education is currently showing Water, Earth & Fire, an exhibition celebrating ceramics as a powerful creative force and expressive mode of communication. It will run through April 16.
HUDSON, N.Y. – In ceramics circles, and particularly on the US antique show circuit, Wynn and Elizabeth Sayman were a constant and well respected presence, trading under the name Wynn A. Sayman Antiques. But when they weren’t buying and selling their specialty — 18th-century English ceramic wares — both worked as physicians. In fact, they met at the University of Chicago, where Wynn was a professor and Elizabeth, a student. In 1980 their shared passion for English ceramics served as the launch point for an antiques business based in Richmond, Massachusetts, where the Wynns resided.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A whimsical exhibition celebrating a unique period in the British Victorian decorative arts will be on view at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City from July 10 to March 6, 2022. Castles, Cottages, and Crime features more than two dozen small ceramic structures from the museum’s permanent collection, along with several local loans and a new gift. Most were made by Staffordshire potteries in England’s West Midlands in the mid-1800s and served to decorate British middle- and working-class homes.
DENVER, Pa. – Rare Tiffany lamps and silver designs, luxury watches, exquisite gems, and decorative art of uncompromising quality adorn Morphy’s gallery in anticipation of a June 8-9 auction featuring more than 2,500 expertly curated lots. The auction will commence at 9 a.m. ET each day, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – After having to postpone their 2020 lecture event due to COVID-19 the Potteries of Trenton Society is pleased to announce their 2021 annual ceramics lecture, “Trenton’s Majolica Mania,” to be held Saturday, April 17, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Eastern, as a free online webinar. Continue reading
MEDIA, PA — The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University; The Historic New Orleans Collection and the Backstreet Cultural Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Newport Restoration Foundation are the inaugural recipients of IDEAL Internship Grants.Continue reading