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What is terracotta made from?
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Terracotta is a type of clay-based earthenware. Terracotta derives its name from its signature brown-orange hue. Terracotta is more budget-friendly than bronze and marble, making it ideal for large-scale sculptures, flooring and more. Browse a wide collection of terracotta-crafted items on 1stDibs.
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French Glazed Terracotta Fish Sculpture
By Gilbert Metenier, Bitossi, Zsolnay, Vallauris, Sarreguemines
Located in Houston, TX
French Glazed Terracotta fish sculpture.
Interesting antique French iridescent glazed terracotta
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Terracotta Fish Sculpture by Raymond De Meester, Belgium, 1940s
By Raymond De Meester De Betzenbroeck
Located in Brussels, BE
Terracotta fish sculpture by Raymond de Meester - Belgium, 1940s.
Category
Vintage 1940s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Art Deco Sculpture, Representing 2 Terracotta Fish on a Macassar Base circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco sculpture, representing 2 terracotta fish on a macassar base,
circa 1930,
signed.
Category
Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Abalone, Terracotta, Macassar
Pablo Picasso Terracotta Fish Pitcher Madoura Pottery Sujet Poisson France 1952
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Portland, OR
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), terracotta fish pitcher. Madoura pottery 1952.
This original terracotta
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Large Antique Glazed Studio Pottery Ceramic Terracotta Fish Sculpture, c. 1900
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique Glazed Studio pottery carp figure
A very detailed and well-modelled fish (believed carp
Category
Antique Early 1900s European Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Midcentury Ceramic Fish Plates Wall Composition / Wall Decoration
By Waechtersbach Ceramics, Shorter & Son Ltd 1, Vallauris, Gil Vargas Segovia, Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro
Located in Barcelona, ES
eleven european glazed ceramic, porcelain and terracotta fishes in different shapes and sizes.
They come
Category
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain, Terracotta