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  Peter Shire Memphis Group California Art Pottery Rare Early “Peach Tea Set” 1980

  PETER SHIRE  (b. 1947)  USA

  Rare and early “California Peach” teaset   1980

  Handmade earthenware with polychrome glazes
  Made by Shire at his studio in Echo Park, California

  Signed:  Shire 1980 EXP  (painted on base of each)

  Model illustrated: Tempest in a Teapot, the Ceramic Art of Peter Shire, Norman M. Klein et al. (New York: Rizzoli, 1991) p. 11.

  Teapot H: 10”  x  W: 11 1/4” x D: 5 1/2”
  Pair of teacups H:  7 3/4” &  8”

  Price: $8,500

  Peter Shire (born 1947) is a Los Angeles artist. Shire was born in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, where he currently lives and works. His sculpture, furniture and ceramics have been exhibited in the United States, Italy, France, Japan and Poland; Shire has been associated with the Memphis Group of designers, has worked on the Design Team for the XXIII Olympiad with the American Institute of Architects, and has designed public sculptures in Los Angeles and other California cities. Shire has been honored by awards for his contribution to the cultural life of the City of Los Angeles.

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  Mitsukoshi Japan / Early Showa Period Silver Vase c. 1925-30

  MITSUKOSHI   Japan
  EARLY SHOWA PERIOD (1926-1989)  Japan

  Vase  c. 1925-30

  Silver with repoussé blossoms and leaves on a bulbous form with collar

  Marks: Mitsukoshi (Japanese characters)

  H: 6” x D: 9 1/2”

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  American “Seed Leaf” earrings, gilt silver set with Garnet beads, signed c. 1940’s

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  Flavio Poli / Seguso Vetri d’Arte Murano Mid-Century Modern art glass vase c. 1950’s

  FLAVIO POLI (1900-1984) Italy
  SEGUSO VETRI D’ARTE Italy

  Vase c. 1950’s

  Blue and clear Murano glass

  H: 10″ x D: 3″ x W: 4 1/2″

  Price: $1,850

  Designer, businessman, ceramic artist. Born in Chioggia, he attended the Istituto d’Arte di Venezia and began work as a designer in ceramics. in 1929 he switched to glass and for Libero Vitali’s I.V.A.M. he designed animals, splendid Novecento-style nude figures in massiccio glass, as well as bowls and urns with figures resting on the inside, on lids or as handles. He subsequently collaborated with the Compagnia di Venezia e Murano, with the furnace of Mario and Lino Nason and with the engraver Gino Francesconi. in 1934 he accepted the artistic direction of Barovier, Seguso & Ferro, later to become Seguso Vetri d’Arte, and became partner three years later. Together with the master of the principal team Archimede Seguso, Poli was the author of grandiose lighting installations, of corroded vessels, of sculptures in bulicante glass, of animals in massiccio glass shaped while hot, productions which represented a milestone in the development of Murano glass. At the height of his artistic maturity, in the years between 1950 and 1960 he designed a series of sommerso glass pieces in a Nordic style, essential forms and sharp cold colors, which were awarded prestigious prizes (Compasso d’Oro). After leaving Seguso in 1963, between 1964 and 1966 he organized the artistic glass division at the Societˆ Veneziana di Conterie e Cristallerie.