Art Pottery

Grape Pitcher

8″ FRENCH Salt Glaze WINE PITCHER – GRAPE AND VINE DECORATION $16.99

Vintage Hand Painted Pitcher Vase West Germany Gray Floral w/ Grapes Petite $55.00

Vintage Olfaire Purple Majolica Grape Bunch Serving Pitcher “Rare” $99.00

Lot of 8 Glasses & Water Pitcher Majolica Style Pottery W Grapes & Vines H5P7 $88.11

Bordallo Pinheiro GRAPE GREEN 32 Oz Pitcher 7645809 $14.99

Vintage Mccoy green Small Bowl and pitcher-grape cluster design-excellent!! $14.95

Beautiful colorful German Majolica BIRDS & GRAPE Pitcher Jug West Germany Blue $14.99

Mccoy Pottery Grape Pitcher-Yellow Chartreuse Color-Good Used Condition $14.99

ANTIQUE Bennington Pottery PARIAN SYRUP ORNATE PITCHER CHERUBS GRAPE CLUSTERS $22.50

Antique Majolica Large Green Pitcher with Grapes – Very Good Condition $95.00

Lovely carraro italian pitcher with green grapes and orange peach leaves motif// $29.99

Brown Pitcher With grapes Japan $6.00

Large Ceramic White Pitcher w/ Raised Grapes and Leaves $14.99

1940′s McCoy Pottery Pink Grape Relief 9″ Pitcher Vase $27.95

McCoy Pottery RUSTIC Grape Leaf Ewer Pitcher/Vase 1940 $27.00

Uhl American Pottery Squat Grape Leaf Stoneware Pitcher $99.00

W E Corn English Ironstone GRAPE Cream Pitcher 1864 $75.00

19C. Antique Redware GLAZED GRAPE Pottery Pitcher JUG $250.00

VTG MCCOY Pitcher Ewer GRAPE LEAVES YELLOW & BROWN MNT USA 1940-51 ART POTTERY $24.99

VINTAGE – Mccoy Pitcher – GRAPE / LEAF / NUT PATTERN — # 7515 $10.99

Bordallo Pinheiro GRAPE AMBER 32 Oz Pitcher 7646278 $34.99

Bordallo Pinheiro GRAPE BLUE 32 Oz Pitcher 7645850 $34.99

Majolica Pitcher Jug Relief Mold Grapes Leaves Brown Turquoise $39.99

Calif Usa Pottery 9 inch White Pitcher w Bowl Grape Cluster design $11.50

Mc Coy Pottery pitcher advertizing Welchs Grape juice grapes white purple nice $9.95

Vintage McCoy Ewer/Pitcher with Grapes & Leaves $18.71

BANANA HANDLE-GRAPES Majolica Fruit PITCHER – 48 OZ, – TAKAHASHI – SAN FRANCISCO $25.00

UHL #184 4 3/4″ SMALL GRAPES Pitcher Marked IDEAL COLOR!! $29.99

9 1/4″ TALL VINTAGE NORTH STAR Brown Glaze GRAPE PITCHER American Art POTTERY $19.95

Crock Shop Santa Ana Pitcher, Grape Motif $9.99

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Wilton Armetale Products of Artistic Design

Wilton Armetale is a pewter and silver look-alike material developed by the Wilton Brass Company in 1963. The metal was ideal to make cook and serve wares that were inspired by specific themes.

The Artistic Design category is one of the collections created by the company. The emphasis of this collection was on historic reference. It was also more eclectic in applicable environments than categories like Natural, Grand or Classic. The products under this collection interpret historic references in a contemporary manner.

The Artistic Design Collection includes sub-categories like Antiquity, Songs & Sonnets and Visionary. We look at each of these sub-categories in the following sections.

The Antiquity Collection

The products in this collection reference various cultural designs, many of them dating back to antiquity. Ethnic designs of ancient and more recent tribal communities are reflected in this collection.

The tribal motifs include American Indian and African designs used during historical times. Early American Folk Art designs are also included under the Antiquity category.

The African collection includes pitchers, trivets, bowls, casseroles, chip & dip servers, trays and wine bottle coasters, with rim designs inspired by tribal art displayed on canoes, houses, fabrics, shields and other objects of the tribal communities of Chad, Kenya and several other African countries.

The Doves & Hearts series was based on American folk art motifs, such as the Lovebirds Bread Tray that depicted two lovebirds facing each other with a heart between them. The series seeks to recapture American Colonial, Traditional and Country environments.

Songs & Sonnets Collection

This series celebrates the diversity of the world’s people, as seen through songs, stories, poetry and designs of different communities. We look at a few examples.

The Potlatch series remembered the ceremonial gift-giving festival of American Northwest Coastal Indians. The series included carved Canoe Bowls, Eagle candleholder, a Totem of a Bear and Beaver, a plate with a Raven and Human Face, a tray with layers of masks and faces and a bowl with a Seal design.

The Reggae series employed a festive and whimsical combination of spirals and zig zags to evoke the rhythms of the Caribbean.

The Copacabana series references the deco architecture of South Miami Beach, with stylized palm tree and coconuts along a beach evocative of ocean waves and clouds above.

The Visionary Collection

This collection includes the Scroll, Oasis, Elara, Boston and Free Form series.

The lively scroll designs infuse the symmetry of classical designs with the dynamic movement of the scroll motif.

The flowing lines and sweeping forms of the Oasis series seeks to capture the strength of Italian Futurism and organic flow of Japanese Zen.

Elara is one of Jupiter’s moons, and products in this series have highly polished curvilinear surfaces and sculptured contours, creating a contemporary cosmopolitan ambience.

Free form designs are seen in such collections as those created by Bruce Fox in Free Form Bowls and Banana Leaf Large Servers, and in the Cloud series serving pieces inspired by cumulous clouds.

The Wilton Armetale Artistic collections are indeed eclectic, suitable for varied environments.

About the Author

Daniel Cheng operates Madeline Ashley an exclusive dealer for Arthur Court, Wilton Armetale Serveware and Giftware. Visit http://www.madelineashley.com/ for entier collection of Arthur Court design, Wilton Armetale.

Spiritual dilemma … please help?

One of the local Catholic priests (Pere Chapeau) is coming to my new apartment for dinner tonight. I live alone, and I've been thinking about what you serve for dinner. Me either I can give a Swanson TV dinner (roast beef) or Pizza Pops. What should I give. Also, I drank my container grape Koolaid, the only thing left is the water in a jar in the fridge. In fact, a Holy annoited water. If I dare to serve it? My supply Water does not work and I have no money to go buy any new soda pop so popular. Your thoughts?

LOL @ new fangled Soda Pop! Feeding the Swanson TV dinner eating pizza .. then just before you get to call him and tell him to bring the wine!