Fighting Leopard

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*CERAMIC ARTS STUDIO*

Very Hard to Find

If you are a Ceramic Arts collector, you will love owning this Deco Spotted Leopard Figure. This adorable figure ais without a doubt one of the nicest item of Ceramic Arts that we have ever owned. This Leopard figures is in MINT CONDITION !!

Without Chips, Cracks, or Mold Imperfections.

 It has Spectacular Hand Painted Spots and Detailing. Ceramic Arts Studio fighting Leopard, 3.5" tall with paw up. Great design and meticulous details, dating from around 1952. No chips, cracks or repairs. Has Ceramic Arts Studio stamp on bottom of paw, and is in excellent condition with vibrant colors.  

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The Ceramic Arts Studio of Madison, Wisconsin was begun in 1940 by Lawrence Rabbitt and Rueben Sand. Rabitt, an art student at the University of Wisconsin, had received funding from the Works Project Administration to find applications for native Wisconsin clay. The company at first sold hand-thrown pots made by Rabitt. Then a chance encounter led to great success. In 1942 a secretary employed by the State of Wisconsin, Betty Harrington, had dug a new well at her house and saw her children playing with modeling clay that they had excavated from the well. Harrington, who had no formal training in art beyond high school, but who had always kept a sketch book, had shaped an incense burner from the clay. Looking for someone to fire and harden the model, she happened to pass a building on Blount Street with the sign Ceramic Arts Studio.

Ceramic Arts Studios fired their clay in a one step process. Paint was put directly on the clay, which took great care. Early pieces had a murky glaze, but the bulk of production had a clear, glossy glaze.

Almost all of the figurines were designed by Betty Harrington. To get the figurines just the way she wanted them, she also designed her own molds. A crew of mostly women hand-painted details on the pottery. The figurines are known for their brilliant colors, their flowing form, and their whimsical nature. It would be fair to say that as a sculptress Betty Harrington was as all-American as Norman Rockwell was as an artist.

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