Collection: Studio pottery

Studio pottery refers to vessels and figures that were created in a private workshop, not in industrial series production. The potter designs, throws, glazes, and fires themselves, often in small editions or as unique pieces. The result is pieces where the maker's hand remains visible: in the throwing marks, in the glaze application, in the flow over the edge.

The movement reached its peak in the 1960s to 1980s, in Germany, Scandinavia, and France. This selection includes works by Fritz van Daalen from Aalen, Jette Andersen from Denmark, Ilse Ludwig-Korbel from Tittmoning, and Rudi Stahl, as well as French Raku and Grès works and pieces in the Leach-Hamada tradition with ash glazes.

A practical note for collectors: Almost all pieces here are signed, stamped, or dated, and in the object descriptions you will find images of the marks. With studio ceramics, the signature is often the only way to assign attribution, as there are no factory catalogs where one could look it up. Where a signature cannot be deciphered, this is noted, rather than presenting a plausible guess as a fact.