Fantastic and very rare 1930's Rubian Art Pottery Grimwades hand painted and decorated ceramic ewer / vase painted to look like wood. Its quite wonderful and everyone has just assumed that it is wood! Bold design that looks like a cross between art deco and native art over the wood painting makes for a wonderful display piece. Rubian Art Pottery in Grimwades pre-dates Royal Winton who took over of the company.
CONDTION: Excellent without damage or repairs, there is a barely noticeable where white shows through, see last photo. No quite sure if it was an error when painting or subsequent to that. Either way, fantastic piece
SIZE APPROX: Stands 11 1/2 inches tall x 6 1/2 inches across with a circumference of 21 1/2 inches.
BUYER RESPONSIBILITIES: While I do my best to describe any potential flaws with equal attention to its attributes, please use the zoom feature to examine the item to make a determination if this meets your standards for vintage and antique items being offered. Email should you have any questions or require more information.
PLEASE NOTE: I do my best to pack glass as safely as possible and ship by courier. However, once and item leaves my hands it is out of my control. I can not guarantee safety and DO NOT accept returns or give refunds on broken glass / lamps etc.
"Rubian Art Pottery" was the trade name of Grimwade's art pottery line which they started at least as early as 1907 though records of exactly when it was created are hard to find. Rubian marked pieces were produced all the way through the 1930s until the outbreak of WWII brought its production to an end. Centuries-old skills that have sadly long since disappeared from Stoke-on-Trent and the Potteries."
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Downsizing was inevitable and I've done it several times already. This is the big one, and I am still unboxing treasures retrieved from storage after decades.
All pieces are one of a kind handpicked by yours truly over 40 years to add texture, style and story to your authentic style.
My collecting story starts after watching Astaire and Rogers float across a dance floor as a young girl, I have loved art deco design, art, fashion and jewelry. So bold and beautiful, and so different from anything that came before it. Art deco changed social and design sensibilities forever. A lifetime collector of high quality antiques and vintage, I started by making contacts, researching and learning. Picking the best of the best, I live with art deco and vintage decor and used to wear the fashions of the day. To say that I feel in love is an understatement. I reveled in the fact that I was able to reflect my unique style and sensibilities with a marriage of old and new.
Since I was in my teens I have bought what pleases me, what I find beautiful and unique, and the things that speak to me on a creative level. I hope that you can see and feel the passion and love that I feel for antiques and vintage pieces and share with you. You will find art deco, collectible and vintage fine art paintings, original illustrations and magazine covers, home decor, marble, alabaster and metal lamps, nude flapper table lamps, sterling silver decorative accents and tableware for the home and entertaining, designer and estate jewelry and fine vintage watches in my shop.