Michael W. Moses Ceramic Art Pottery Octopus Bowl and Cpative Bulb Vase...Sold

Yesterday I sold two pieces of my ceramic art pottery.  I sold my large octopus bowl, that was based upon ancient Greek Minoan culture pottery pieces. The Minoan civilization was closely connected with the sea and much of the Minoan pottery had images that related to to sea based motifs. My bowl  was fashioned with a small barnacle on the side that has a spot wore through the glaze on the inside of the bowl and it has a small white bisque ceramic ball that is fired in place and freely rattles around loose inside the barnacle..

Octopus Bowl by Michael W. Moses

Octopus Bowl by Michael W. Moses Side View

I also sold the piece "Orange Captive Bulb Vase" that I featured in my Sunday, December 11, 2011 post.

Booth works were purchased by a very nice couple that does historic style photography nation wide in their own mobile studio. Now how cool is that traveling around the country in a mobile photography studio and taking photographs of people dressed in historic Victorian style clothing.  They have purchased some of my pieces in the past and wanted to add these two works to their growing collection. 

Orange Captive Bulb Vase Out of Cup by M. W. Moses

Orange Captive Bulb Vase In Cup by M. W. Moses 

  

A Ceramic Art Pottery Card Holder by Michael W. Moses Incorporating an Antique Doulton's Silicon Ware Piece

Michael W. Moses Art Pottery Card Holder

This post is featuring a piece of ceramic art pottery that I started working on quite a while back.  I was making a point of sales card holder for South Coast Antiques & Gallery.  I had it fired and I put it to the side when I found out that we were going to have to move out of the shop so that a restaurant and bar, could replace us.  Well, I got looking at it and thinking about it and I figured that I would just go ahead and finish it any way. So, there.  It was just as simple as that.

I went ahead and painted it, glazed it, fired it, and then attached the accessory piece.

The attached piece is a great antique piece of art pottery that was made by Doulton of England. This piece was originally a small jug with a handle, but sadly the handle was broken off somewhere along the way.  When I purchased this piece I was so dissapointed that it was broken.  In the past I have usually avoided broken items, but this little piece seemed to nice not to give it a second chance.

I was so suprised to see that it was marked Doulton Lambeth 1883.  Usually when there are numbers on the bottom of a vase or other cermaic piece they usuaally are nothing more than mold marks or a pattern number.  In this case the 1883 is actually the date when this piece was made. This piece is maked Silicon. I had not heard of Silicon ware before I saw this piece.  I have found that it was a major type of art pottery during the late Victorian era. Silicon ware was made by the company that we know as Royal Doulton today.  When this piece was made it was only known as Doulton.

Michael W. Moses Doulton Silicon Ware Vase Attachment

I also have to say that from almost the moment that I laid eyes upon this tiny art pottery vase, it is only 3½ inches from top to bottom, I knew that I would incorporate it into this card holder.  It always gives me such great satisfaction when I have an image of a piece of ceramic art pottery fully realized in my mind and then see it sitting in front of me compleatly finished.

After 129 years and being broken and then being sold to me, this tiny work of art is hopefully going to be able to survive for maybe another hundred years or so with a bit of luck.

As a bit of an aside. While I was taking the pictures of my card holder I was interrupted by one of my two kittens, His name is Spot. He was not going to leave until I took a few glamour shots of him. Here is one of them for your kitty viewing pleasure.

"Spot", M W Moses' Little Kitty

Symbiosis Ceramic Art Pottery Vase by Michael W. Moses SOLD!

Today I sold my piece of hand crafted ceramic art pottery that I called Symbiosis Vase, this piece was featured in an earlier post.  I was working in the shop packing up things for the move, when two of the people that collect my art pottery showed up to buy it.

The move is going slowly but surely.  We have until 1 April to have everything out and finished.  It seems like we will make it with a little bit of work though.

New Art Pottery Piece and Last Day for South Coast Antiques & Gallery in Ocean Springs, Mississippi!

It is currently 10:20PM as I sit at home and type this.  Today was a sad and wonderful day for me.  At 4:30PM we locked the door at South Coast Antiques & Gallery on Government Street in down town Ocean Springs, Mississippi and it was over.  After a little more than five years we closed our door to the public forever at this location.  


It was and is so sad for me.  No matter how much I complained and jumped up and down an yelled at tractor trailers parking in front of my shop to make deliveries to the bars and restaurants, when I was the only shop open on Mondays on that part of Government, I will still miss it so very, very much. 


It is wonderful in that this will be leading to a new and different future that I surly believe will be every bit as exciting as the last five years.  We will be reopening South Coast Antiques on approximately 2 April at Centuries Antique Mall over in the neighboring town of D'Iberville.  It is located at 4030 Suzanne Dr, DIberville, MS 39540 

"All The Treasures of Heaven Shall Be Yours"
by Michael W. Moses

The above image is a piece that I started a long time ago.  About a year or so back a friend of mine brought me this huge flawless ruby exquisitely done in an emerald style cut.  It is breath taking to behold!  It is so perfect that it is beyond words.  It is a real genuine ruby.  The only thing is that it was lab created.  So it looks like a million but is not worth quite that much.  


When it was given to me the first thought I had as I held it in awe of its great and almost magical beauty was that "All The Treasures of  Heaven Shall Be Yours" and I immediately saw an image in my mind of a saintly like being wearing ancient armor.  I had an old clock case that I had been saving for something special and this was going to be it!  


I crafted an icon like figure out of the fine white pottery clay that I use to fit in the case.  I fired it then painted it with under glaze colors and then glazed it and re-fired it.  I then took the clock case and stripped it down to the raw wood and then gave it a hand rubbed old fashioned finish.   


Once done I encased it and added a few small details and used a drop of museum putty to hold the ruby in place.  This is one of those special pieces that I am just not sure that I want to sell.  I may just keep this one for myself!

South Coast Antiques & Gallery on Government Street in Ocean Springs is Moving!

It has been awhile since I did my last postand this has been because we have been exreamly busy of late.  We moved to a great new home and are still trying to get everything moved in and set up.  I am up to my eyes in boxes and such!

Well, South Coast Antiques & Gallery has been open on Government Street in Ocean Springs for over five years and we will be closing at that location on 17 March.

As for my pottery it I will still be making new pieces and it will be available online through Etys.com.  I can also be reached through this blog.  Please contact me if you have any questions or wish to make a purchase of a piece that is not listed on Etsy.

I am also considering the posiablity of placing some of my works in a better gallery in a major city. I am open to any gallery sugestions at this time.