Rare Pair Von Tury Ceramic Brass Torchiere Table Lamps Water Lily Lotus Vontury

Description: Stunning pair of brass & porcelain torchiere table lamps by Joseph Francis Von Tury. Circa 1950s One lamp still retains its original sticker. They have its original wiring, which still works well. There is patina to the brass, which we have not cleaned. The Torchiere shades are replacement shades, purchased through a specialty supplier of vintage reproduction shades. Colors of the body of the lamp, or a beautiful, creamy, robins egg blue with a stunning water lily or lotus design. Measure 25.5” T w the shade. Free shipping in the continental United States, outside of that area please contact for a shipping quote. Will be professionally packaged and insured.. Please reach out with any questions! F. Joseph Von Tury 1901 Born Hungary- 1992 died United States —Art, design, and engineering in Hungary, Germany, and Czechoslovakia —Diploma, State Institute for Ceramics and Applied Arts, Teplitz-Schonau, Czech Republic Francis Joseph von Tury was known as a ceramist, designer, and craftsman. Perhaps von Tury's most important contribution to the ceramic field was his work on developing the single firing process now commonly used in industrial settings. When discussing his studio work, he described his process this way. “In my production of single fired porcelain art-ware, I use raw feldspathic (containing feldspar)[1] glaze heavily applied, resulting in a flow of the decoration under or in the glaze which gives a distinctive quality to my work. To achieve various effects I apply layers of colors and glazes which are flowing over the form. I use various decorating techniques underglaze or overglaze decoration, majolica, faience, craquelure (“Craquelure affecting the glaze in ceramics may develop with heat, but has also been used as a deliberate decorative effect, which has a long history in Korean and Chinese Pottery in particular. These deliberate glazing effects are usually known as “crackle”, with “craclkle[d] glaze” or “crackle porcelain’ being common terms.”)[2], slip, spray, and sgraffito or I use the glaze itself in order to achieve textural effects such as frost, lava and crater glazes.”[3] He also produced or designed numerous pieces with brush painted floral decoration. In 1936, encouraged by people he had met during his travels in America, Mr. von Tury set up a potter's wheel in a corner of the Fords plant for the production of art wares. His innovative glazing with his own formulas, as well as his confident forms, led to an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and an award at the standard-setting Syracuse National. After World War II, Mrs. Vanderbilt Webb, founder of the American Crafts Council, sent numerous European artists to the von Tury studio for help in establishing themselves in America. Thus began a series of collaborative works, such as ''The Clouds,'' a sculpture of a horse by Wheeler Williams that was executed in von Tury porcelain. Recently, a group of von Tury plates and vessels were selected for permanent display in the Smithsonian Institution's Hall of Ceramics at the American Museum of Natural History in Washington.

Price: 1200 USD

Location: Daytona Beach, Florida

End Time: 2025-02-05T20:16:59.000Z

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