Jill Fenichell one of the original dealers of the New York Ceramics and Glass Fair, is proud to announce her return to the show as an independent dealer and exhibitor for 2016. Fenichell will exhibit her usual wide-range of objects, including selections from an important private collection of porcelain and pottery. Highlights of that section of the offerings include a pair of putti figures emblematic of Night and Day, modeled by Heinrich Schwabe for the Meissen factory, 1877-1880. At 21” H., the nearly life-sized figures each stand on a gilt semi-circle symbolizing the sun, the female figure of day holding a flame, and the male figure of the moon standing by an owl.  

Fenichell has an unusually deep selection of fine glass objects she is taking to the fair, as well. In the antique glass section, she will show an impressive pair of Bohemian ruby-stained glass goblets on pedestals with stepped covers, panel-molded sides, the bowls and covers acid-etched and cut with continuous scenes of deer in woods, made circa 1860 - 1880. The pair is a staggering 21 1/2” H. Called deckle pokal (covered footed vases), these monumental goblets are more than trophies or souvenirs, they represent all of the artistic and technical achievements the Bohemians realized in the art of blown-molded, turned and acid-etched glass covered goblets.

Within the area of studio glass, Fenichell has a very strong group of blown glass works by Dominick Labino, Sonja Blomdahl, James Wayne and three works by Dale Chihuly, including two examples of seaforms as well as a basket. Each of these items is fresh to the market, having been acquired in the 1980s by New York-area private collectors.

In addition to more classical fare, Fenichell’s own design firm, The Bespoke Porcelain Company, presents a conceptual project by contemporary collagist Inas Al-Soqi (b. 1987). The award-winning Romanian-Kuwaiti artist conceived “Food Collages,” a series of 48 works of art set into elegant porcelain plates with 22K gold edges framing colored borders. The collage in the center of each plate renders a specific recipe.  The artwork will be made over four years and subscribers to the series will receive a booklet describing the collages in detail, the recipes, the artist’s career, and a brief essay about collage art, all presented in a handsome box. Every year live enactments of the recipes will make a night of conceptual art entertainment.

The New York Ceramics and Glass Fair runs from January 20 – 24 at the Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York. For further information, please go to www.jillfenichellinc.com, email jfenichell@mac.com, or call 917-302-1757