RARE FONG CHOW for GLIDDEN MID-20TH CENTURY AMERICAN VINTAGE HAND DECORATED CERAMIC THREE BAY CANDELABRA, featuring VIOLET & TEAL BANDING & CUT-OUT 'EYE' SIDEWALL INCISIONS, SIGNED with STAMPED MAKER'S MARK 'GLIDDEN, 4046, USA'

[Uber rare & incredibly beautiful. For those who may have suggested, perhaps prematurely, that interest in mid-20th century Modernist decorative artifacts has waned & lost the attention of many, who once coveted & feverishly sought it out, I give you this simply extraordinary, magnificent late 1950's, Fong Chow design for Glidden, mid-20th century American vintage hand decorated, violet, teal & black color banded, satin glazed ceramic candelabra, with fluted openings & distinctive, cut-out incised sidewall 'eyes.' It's the Chrysler building standing alone among a sea of repeating rectangular brick apartment blocks. It's Bauhaus influenced blending of form & function is seamless & highly conceptually considered. This magnificent mid-century artifact is signed on the baseplate 'Glidden, 4046, USA'. It's estate fresh & new to the marketplace. It's an incredibly rare form & an early Glidden Modernist piece. It's remarkably clean & with no visible damage such as hairline cracks, scuffs or surface abrasions. A veritable tour de force. Exhilarating. Wild. You won't find another anytime soon. Uber rare.]

(Circa 1957-1963)

Mid-20th century, post-WWII American made, hand decorated, incised art pottery

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DIMENSIONS:

9 ½" Height x 8" Width x 4" Depth  

Weight: 1 lb. 14 oz.

DESCRIPTION:

Uber rare and incredibly beautiful. For those who may have suggested, perhaps prematurely, that interest in mid-20th century Modernist decorative artifacts has waned and lost the attention of many, who once coveted and feverishly sought it out, I give you this simply extraordinary, magnificent late 1950's, Fong Chow design for Glidden, mid-20th century American vintage hand decorated, violet, teal and black color banded, satin glazed ceramic candelabra, with fluted openings and distinctive, cut-out incised sidewall 'eyes.' It's the Chrysler building standing alone among a sea of repeating rectangular brick apartment blocks. It's Bauhaus influenced blending of form and function is seamless and highly conceptually considered. This magnificent mid-century artifact is signed on the baseplate 'Glidden, 4046, USA'. It's estate fresh and new to the marketplace. It's an incredibly rare form and an early Glidden Modernist piece. It's remarkably clean and with no visible damage such as hairline cracks, scuffs or surface abrasions. A veritable tour de force. Exhilarating. Wild. You won't find another anytime soon. Uber rare.

CONDITION:

Very Good to Excellent overall vintage condition.