Vintage signed studio pottery created and signed by Bill Sax. This baking dish with cover would look beautiful as a kitchen decoration or as a functional piece of cookware.
Bill Sax is known for a line of cookware that can be used on the stove top as well as in the oven. The work is characterized by handles that twist like ribbons. Sax studied with Bauhaus trained potter, Frans Wildenhain, at Rochester Institute of Technology. Soon after graduating he became intrigued by the flameproof clay Karen Karnes used to create her pieces that could be used directly over heat. In 1954 after extensive experimentation he developed a clay body with the same properties that he called Flameware. Earth tones predominate on the surfaces of his pieces, usually accented by one other color.
Bill Sax is one of a just a handful of potters who used flameware clay to produce cookware.
Condition:: this piece is vintage but in great condition. There is one possible chip on the inside rim, but it also may have been created this way as it is a handmade piece. Please see photos.
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Vintage signed studio pottery created and signed by Bill Sax. This baking dish with cover would look beautiful as a kitchen decoration or as a functional piece of cookware.
Bill Sax is known for a line of cookware that can be used on the stove top as well as in the oven. The work is characterized by handles that twist like ribbons. Sax studied with Bauhaus trained potter, Frans Wildenhain, at Rochester Institute of Technology. Soon after graduating he became intrigued by the flameproof clay Karen Karnes used to create her pieces that could be used directly over heat. In 1954 after extensive experimentation he developed a clay body with the same properties that he called Flameware. Earth tones predominate on the surfaces of his pieces, usually accented by one other color.
Bill Sax is one of a just a handful of potters who used flameware clay to produce cookware.
Condition:: this piece is vintage but in great condition. There is one possible chip on the inside rim, but it also may have been created this way as it is a handmade piece. Please see photos.
Tags: vintage handmade pottery rare hard to find hand turned clay covered cookware bakeware MCM midcentury modern bauhaus natural materials brutalism classic organic abstract tureen lidded casserole artist Massachusetts made in USA
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