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b. 1899 - d. 1973

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  • Maija Grotell, Footed bowl
    Oct. 07, 2026

    Maija Grotell, Footed bowl

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Maija Grotell Footed bowl c. 1950 glazed stoneware 5.75 h x 9.5 dia in (15 x 24 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Private Collection, Maine This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Plate
    Oct. 07, 2026

    Maija Grotell, Plate

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Maija Grotell Plate c. 1950 glazed stoneware 2.5 h x 12.625 dia in (6 x 32 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Private Collection, Maine This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Vase
    Oct. 07, 2026

    Maija Grotell, Vase

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    Maija Grotell Vase c. 1940 glazed earthenware 9 h x 8.75 dia in (23 x 22 cm) Incised and glazed signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Collection of Rosalie Berberian | Thence by descent This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Vase
    Aug. 13, 2026

    Maija Grotell, Vase

    Est: $8,000 - $10,000

    Maija Grotell Vase c. 1940 glazed stoneware 13.75 h x 9.25 dia in (35 x 23 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Private Collection | Wright, Post-War & Contemporary Ceramics, 2 October 2024, Lot 193 | Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, pg. 66 illustrates similar decoration This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

    Wright
  • Maija Grotell, Vase
    Jul. 23, 2026

    Maija Grotell, Vase

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Maija Grotell Vase Finland/USA, c. 1945 glazed stoneware 4.125 h x 2.625 dia in (10 x 7 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Private Collection | Wright, CURATED: Selected by Patrick Parrish II, 11 April 2024, Lot 386 | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Wright
  • Maija Grotell, Footed bowl
    Jun. 04, 2026

    Maija Grotell, Footed bowl

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    Maija Grotell Footed bowl Finland/USA, c. 1940 glazed earthenware 4 h x 7.75 dia in (10 x 20 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Robert E. Martens | Thence by descent This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

    Wright
  • Maija Grotell, Large bowl
    Feb. 18, 2026

    Maija Grotell, Large bowl

    Est: $10,000 - $15,000

    Maija Grotell Large bowl c. 1950 glazed stoneware 8 h x 12.25 dia in (20 x 31 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Collection of Robert A. Ellison | Rago, The Ellison Collection, 28 February 2023, Lot 201 | Private Collection, California This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell - Stoneware Vase, 1969
    Mar. 01, 2025

    Maija Grotell - Stoneware Vase, 1969

    Est: $300 - $500

    Maija Grotell (1899, Helsinki, Finland - Pontiac, Michigan, 1973). Glazed Stoneware Vase, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1940s - 1950s. Decorated in sgraffito through the brown glaze with vertical rows of whiplash squiggle lines in green, the interior in bright blue, the rim in turquoise, incised "m.g./ 69." H: 4.25 in., Diam: 5.5 in. Provenance: Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 4, 2010, lot 71.

    Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc.
  • Maija Grotell, Vase
    Feb. 19, 2025

    Maija Grotell, Vase

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Maija Grotell Vase c. 1949 glazed stoneware 7.25 h x 5.5 dia in (18 x 14 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG CA'. CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell headed the ceramics department from 1938 until 1966. Sold with digital copies of a provenance letter from Frank Boos Gallery and the referenced literature page. Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. George Russell, former President and Vice Chairman of the Board of General Motors Corporation | Frank Boos Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI | Acquired from the previous in 1995, Private Collection Literature: "Art Potter of the Month," Ceramic Age, August 1949, pg. 124 illustrates this example This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Vase
    Feb. 19, 2025

    Maija Grotell, Vase

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    Maija Grotell Vase c. 1945 glazed stoneware 9.5 h x 9 dia in (24 x 23 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, ppg. 30, 32 illustrate similar examples This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Bowl
    Feb. 19, 2025

    Maija Grotell, Bowl

    Est: $600 - $800

    Maija Grotell Bowl c. 1950 glazed stoneware 6.375 h x 8.875 dia in (16 x 23 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Bowl
    Oct. 17, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Bowl

    Est: $300 - $500

    Maija Grotell Bowl c. 1950 glazed stoneware 3.5 h x 7 dia in (9 x 18 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Collection of Franda Fader, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Vase and bowl
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Vase and bowl

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Maija Grotell Vase and bowl c. 1950 glazed stoneware 7.5 h x 5.5 dia in (19 x 14 cm) 3.125 h x 6.375 dia in (8 x 16 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside of taller example 'MG CA' and to shorter example 'MG'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, pg. 38 illustrates similar glaze This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Vase
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Vase

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Maija Grotell Vase glazed stoneware 6 h x 6.5 dia in (15 x 17 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Footed bowl
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Footed bowl

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Maija Grotell Footed bowl c. 1950 glazed stoneware 3.625 h x 5.625 dia in (9 x 14 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, pg. 38 illustrates related form This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Footed bowls, set of two
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Footed bowls, set of two

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Maija Grotell Footed bowls, set of two c. 1950 glazed stoneware 4.5 h x 6.75 dia in (11 x 17 cm) 4.25 h x 7.5 dia in (11 x 19 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside of each example 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Bowl
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Bowl

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Maija Grotell Bowl c. 1945 glazed stoneware 2.25 h x 7.25 dia in (6 x 18 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Footed bowl
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Footed bowl

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Maija Grotell Footed bowl c. 1950 glazed stoneware 4 h x 8.125 dia in (10 x 21 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Vase
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Vase

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    Maija Grotell Vase c. 1950 glazed stoneware 9.5 h x 8.875 dia in (24 x 23 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Vase
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Vase

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Maija Grotell Vase c. 1945 glazed stoneware 6 h x 6.5 dia in (15 x 17 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Charger
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Charger

    Est: $1,500 - $2,000

    Maija Grotell Charger c. 1950 glazed stoneware 1.75 h x 14 dia in (4 x 36 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Vase
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Vase

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    Maija Grotell Vase c. 1945 glazed stoneware 9.5 h x 9 dia in (24 x 23 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, ppg. 30, 32 illustrate similar examples This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Charger
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Charger

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Maija Grotell Charger c. 1955 glazed stoneware 1 h x 13.25 dia in (3 x 34 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, pg. 66 illustrates similar decoration This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Fine and Large vase
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Fine and Large vase

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    Maija Grotell Fine and Large vase c. 1950 glazed stoneware 13.875 h x 9.5 dia in (35 x 24 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, pg. 66 illustrates similar decoration This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Exceptional and Tall vase
    Oct. 02, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Exceptional and Tall vase

    Est: $20,000 - $30,000

    Maija Grotell Exceptional and Tall vase c. 1950 glazed stoneware 22 h x 10 dia in (56 x 25 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG' with original Detroit Institute of Arts paper label. Provenance: Detroit Institute of Arts | Collection of Howard Kottler | Acquired from the previous c. 1988, Collection of Arthur J. Williams Literature: American Ceramics: 1876 to the Present, Clark, pg. 88 illustrates similar example This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • MAIJA GROTELL. GLAZED STONEWARE VASE
    Sep. 23, 2024

    MAIJA GROTELL. GLAZED STONEWARE VASE

    Est: $500 - $600

    USA, 20th century. Signed MG. 20 cm high.

    Tiroche Auction House
  • Maija Grotell, Vase
    Apr. 11, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Vase

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Maija Grotell Vase Finland/USA, c. 1945 glazed stoneware 4 h x 2.625 dia in (10 x 7 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

    Wright
  • Maija Grotell, Plate
    Feb. 22, 2024

    Maija Grotell, Plate

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Maija Grotell Plate Finland/USA, c. 1950 glazed stoneware 1.25 h x 12 dia in (3 x 30 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Collection of Margueritte Kimball | Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow from Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, pg. 80 illustrates this example This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Early vase
    Oct. 04, 2023

    Maija Grotell, Early vase

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    Maija Grotell Early vase Finland/USA, c. 1940 glazed stoneware 6.625 h x 7.5 dia in (17 x 19 cm) Incised initials to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Private Collection, Detroit This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell (Finnish-American, 1899-1973) Large Footed Bowl, USA, 1940s
    Mar. 08, 2023

    Maija Grotell (Finnish-American, 1899-1973) Large Footed Bowl, USA, 1940s

    Est: $600 - $800

    Maija Grotell (Finnish-American, 1899-1973) Large Footed Bowl, USA, 1940s Glazed stoneware Incised to underside: "MJ" with Cranbrook stamp: "CA" (H: 4 1/2, Dia: 12 5/8 in.) Qty: (1) Provenance Rago Auctions, Modern Ceramics, Lambertville, New Jersey, March 2, 2013, Lot 413 Property from a Philadelphia Private Collection Very good; scattered glaze pops to body and two small separations in rim, in the making; a few chips to foot, 1 1/4 in. total length.

    Freeman's | Hindman
  • Maija Grotell, Large bowl
    Feb. 28, 2023

    Maija Grotell, Large bowl

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    Maija Grotell Large bowl Finland/USA, c. 1950 glazed stoneware 8 h x 11.75 dia in (20 x 30 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Tall vessel
    Feb. 28, 2023

    Maija Grotell, Tall vessel

    Est: $6,000 - $9,000

    Maija Grotell Tall vessel Finland/USA, c. 1950 glazed stoneware 15 h x 8.25 dia in (38 x 21 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Maija Grotell, Finnish / American (1899-1973), footed bowl ca. 1951, studio pottery, cranberry gloss drip with silver metallic trim glaze, 2 3/8"H x 5 3/4"Diam.
    Apr. 30, 2022

    Maija Grotell, Finnish / American (1899-1973), footed bowl ca. 1951, studio pottery, cranberry gloss drip with silver metallic trim glaze, 2 3/8"H x 5 3/4"Diam.

    Est: $500 - $700

    Maija Grotell Finnish / American, (1899-1973) footed bowl ca. 1951 studio pottery, cranberry gloss drip with silver metallic trim glaze signed under base. From AskArt: Maija Grotell became a ceramist who immigrated from Finland to America in 1927. At that time, there were minimal ceramic facilities in the United States, and ceramics were considered either an industry or a hobby. But the effort of Grotell including her pioneer teaching helped to change those attitudes. She and those she influenced demanded mastery of the kick wheel, the upgrading of firing facilities, and the continuous experimental production of test glazes so that a common working knowledge could be built. Grotell was born August 19, 1899 in Helsingfors, and there she studied at The Ateneum, the Central School of Industrial Art, and completed six years of graduate work in ceramics while supporting herself drawing for the National Museum and working as a textile designer. Her training included painting, sculpture and design, but her interest lay with ceramics. However, there was minimal opportunity for innovation, teaching or marketing ceramics, so she came to America. Maija's first summer in America was spent at the State College of Ceramics at Alfred, New York, where she met, among others, the founder of the school, Charles F. Binns, and Arthur Baggs of Ohio State University, leaders in the establishment of university-level ceramics programs where the art of clay was offered as adjunct to established engineering curricula. Maija had already found work at the Inwood Studios in Manhattan and went on to teach at Union Settlement and then at the Henry Street Settlement, while exhibiting and selling her own ceramics. From 1936 to 1938 she was also the first art instructor at the School of Ceramic Engineering at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. A Diploma from the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition and a Silver Medal at the Paris International in 1937 were among the first of twenty-five major exhibition awards she was to receive over the next thirty years, including six from the Syracuse Ceramic National Exhibitions and the Charles Fergus Binns Medal from Alfred University in 196I. In the fall of 1938 she was invited to enter a very different creative environment when she joined architect Eliel Saarinen, sculptor Carl Milles, weaver Marianne Strengell and later designer Charles Eames on the faculty of Cranbrook Academy of Art, outside Detroit, Michigan. It was while teaching at Cranbrook that she achieved her finest series of works. Her work was purchased for twenty-one museum collections, including the American Craft Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Everson in Syracuse, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum. Her extensive glaze research enabled Eliel and Eero Saarinen to use huge exterior walls of brilliantly colored glazed brick in the architecture of the General Motors Technical Center. She died in 1973.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Maija Grotell (1899-1973) earthenware vase with four panels each showing a potter at the wheel 7"dia x 7 1/2"h
    Jun. 17, 2021

    Maija Grotell (1899-1973) earthenware vase with four panels each showing a potter at the wheel 7"dia x 7 1/2"h

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    Maija Grotell (1899-1973) earthenware vase with four panels each showing a potter at the wheel Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, circa 1945 high glazed ceramic incised artist's initials 7"dia x 7 1/2"h Provenance: Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, 27 October 2007, Lot 351 Literature: Forster, Ken C., Alternative American Ceramics, 1870-1955, Schiffer, 2010, p. 115 Catalog Note: This vase was most likely made during Grotell's tenure at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

    Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
  • Maija Grotell bowl
    Oct. 25, 2020

    Maija Grotell bowl

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    Maija Grotell  bowl Bloomfield Hills, MI glazed and decorated ceramic incised signature 6"h x 11"dia

    Treadway Gallery
  • Maija Grotell (1899-1973) round flared footed bowl 6 3/4"dia x 3 1/4"h
    Sep. 15, 2019

    Maija Grotell (1899-1973) round flared footed bowl 6 3/4"dia x 3 1/4"h

    Est: $400 - $600

    Maija Grotell (1899-1973) round flared footed bowl Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1950s blue glazed ceramic incised mark 6 3/4"dia x 3 1/4"h

    Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
  • 20th c. Contemporary ceramic charger
    Dec. 08, 2018

    20th c. Contemporary ceramic charger

    Est: $100 - $200

    20th c. Contemporary commemorative ceramic charger, incised around edge Maija Grotell Court 1899 1973 marked #50 on bottom. 2 1/2''h, 13'' dia.

    Rachel Davis Fine Arts
  • Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), orb vase, gunmetal glazed pottery, 3 3/4"H.
    Mar. 31, 2018

    Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), orb vase, gunmetal glazed pottery, 3 3/4"H.

    Est: $300 - $400

    Maija Grotell (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973) orb vase gunmetal glazed pottery glazed over signature. Maija Grotell became a ceramist who immigrated from Finland to America in 1927. At that time, there were minimal ceramic facilities in the United States, and ceramics were considered either an industry or a hobby. But the effort of Grotell including her pioneer teaching helped to change those attitudes. She and those she influenced demanded mastery of the kick wheel, the upgrading of firing facilities, and the continuous experimental production of test glazes so that a common working knowledge could be built. 3 3/4"H.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), orb vase, gunmetal glazed pottery, 3 3/4"H.
    Nov. 10, 2017

    Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), orb vase, gunmetal glazed pottery, 3 3/4"H.

    Est: $300 - $400

    Maija Grotell (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973) orb vase gunmetal glazed pottery glazed over signature. Maija Grotell became a ceramist who immigrated from Finland to America in 1927. At that time, there were minimal ceramic facilities in the United States, and ceramics were considered either an industry or a hobby. But the effort of Grotell including her pioneer teaching helped to change those attitudes. She and those she influenced demanded mastery of the kick wheel, the upgrading of firing facilities, and the continuous experimental production of test glazes so that a common working knowledge could be built. 3 3/4"H.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Maija Grotell Studio Pottery Hand Painted Ceramic
    Oct. 18, 2017

    Maija Grotell Studio Pottery Hand Painted Ceramic

    Est: $100 - $300

    Studio pottery bowl. Crafted of hand formed, painted and glazed pottery. Features green-blue ground with brown details. Measures 6" x 9". Good condition, crazing and cracking. In house USA continental shipping $45 plus insurance. #78

    Hill Auction Gallery
  • Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), gunmetal orb vase, pottery sphere, 3 3/4"Diam.
    Jun. 02, 2017

    Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), gunmetal orb vase, pottery sphere, 3 3/4"Diam.

    Est: $300 - $400

    Maija Grotell (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973) gunmetal orb vase pottery sphere glazed over signature. Maija Grotell became a ceramist who immigrated from Finland to America in 1927. At that time, there were minimal ceramic facilities in the United States, and ceramics were considered either an industry or a hobby. But the effort of Grotell including her pioneer teaching helped to change those attitudes. She and those she influenced demanded mastery of the kick wheel, the upgrading of firing facilities, and the continuous experimental production of test glazes so that a common working knowledge could be built. 3 3/4"Diam.

    Ripley Auctions
  • MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Small spherical
    Oct. 26, 2013

    MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Small spherical

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Small spherical stoneware vase, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Signed MG; 3 3/4" x 5"

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Early glazed ceramic
    Oct. 26, 2013

    MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Early glazed ceramic

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Early glazed ceramic vase, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1950s; Signed MG; 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"; Provenance: Sold by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for the benefit of the collection

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • , Maija Grotell (Finish/American, 1899-1973), Art pottery, Footed bowl with matte brown glaze and glossy brown glaze to recessed foot,
    Dec. 15, 2012

    , Maija Grotell (Finish/American, 1899-1973), Art pottery, Footed bowl with matte brown glaze and glossy brown glaze to recessed foot,

    Est: $600 - $800

    Maija Grotell (Finish/American, 1899-1973) Art pottery Mid-20th century Footed bowl with matte brown glaze and glossy brown glaze to recessed foot, underside incised mg at base, with possible museum accession number 1982.72 in ink, ht. 4, dia. 5 1/2 in.

    Skinner
  • MAIJA GROTELL (1899-1973); Glazed ceramic bowl,
    Oct. 26, 2012

    MAIJA GROTELL (1899-1973); Glazed ceramic bowl,

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    MAIJA GROTELL (1899-1973); Glazed ceramic bowl, New York, 1930s; Signed; 5" x 10 1/4"

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • MAIJA GROTELL
    Mar. 07, 2012

    MAIJA GROTELL

    Est: $10,000 - $15,000

    VASE incised MG glazed earthenware 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm) high circa 1950

    Sotheby's
  • MAIJA GROTELL
    Mar. 10, 2011

    MAIJA GROTELL

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    MAIJA GROTELL VASE glazed earthenware 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) high 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm) diameter circa 1950 executed at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Sotheby's
  • MAIJA GROTELL
    Jun. 16, 2010

    MAIJA GROTELL

    Est: $7,000 - $9,000

    MAIJA GROTELL VASE incised MG and with the Cranbrook monogram glazed earthenware 20 1/8 in. (51.1 cm) high 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm) diameter ca. 1940 executed at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Sotheby's
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