High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rupert Deese (born Rupert Julian Deese and known as Rummy) (July 16, 1924-July 12, 2010 ) was an American ceramic artist. He is known for innovative design and decoration of high fired ceramics. Deese wrote "It is my hope in making these vessels that as the perception of their beauty diminishes over time, they will sustain themselves by pleasant usefulness."