Bill and June Vaughn (20th Century) American, Hand-Thrown and Decorated Pottery Floor Vase. Contemporary stoneware vase featuring a slender, tapered body decorated with deeply carved, repeating geometric patterns and finished in a speckled cream and tan glaze.

Size: 8 x 23 1/2 in.

Bill and June Vaughn were mid-20th-century American ceramacists best known for their refined yet approachable studio pottery, which blended modernist sensibilities with traditional functional forms. Working primarily in the postwar period, they produced tableware and decorative pieces distinguished by clean silhouettes, balanced proportions, and subtly expressive glazes—often earthy, matte, or softly variegated rather than highly ornamental. Their work reflects the broader American studio ceramics movement, emphasizing craftsmanship, utility, and quiet individuality over mass production, and today Vaughn pieces are appreciated by collectors for their understated elegance and the way they capture the period’s shift toward artist-designed domestic objects.

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