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Double-Handled California Studio Pottery Vase by Catalina Pottery
By Catalina Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage double handled California studio pottery ceramic vase by Catalina Pottery
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
1978 Peter Shire Earthenware Post Modern Memphis Group Teapot
By Peter Shire
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Early post modern earthenware teapot created by Los Angeles designer and artist of the Memphis
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Early Gainey Large Mustard California Mid Century Modern Planter Pot
By Gainey Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
Large rounded planter pot. Earlier production by Gainey of LaVerne Ca. beautiful mustard with
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Ceramic
Awesome Huge Green Thick Drip Glaze Lamp, Mid-Century Modern
By California Pottery
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Awesome huge green thick drip glaze table lamp. This lamp is really big standing at 42"t total including its original barrel lamp shade. This gorgeous lamp command attention w...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery, Wood
Harrison Mcintosh Signed Early Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Vase
By Harrison McIntosh
Located in Studio City, CA
, Pomona, California
Signed on the base with his early "McIntosh" signature (circa 1957).
A unique and
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Rare Pacific Pottery Green and Gold Metallic Jardinière
By Pacific Pottery
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pacific Pottery was famous in the 1950s-1970s for their modern, artistic pottery. This piece came from a
Category
Vintage 1960s American Hollywood Regency Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Pottery
Early Dora De Larios California Studio Pottery Bowl with Abstract Modern Design
By Dora De Larios
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Handmade California studio stoneware bowl with abstract modern carved design created by Dora De
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Ceramic California Pottery Tropical Cockatoo Planter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Early Mid-Century Ceramic Tropical Cockatoo on a Branch with small planter opening by Fame
Category
Vintage 1950s American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Catalina California or Mission Arts & Crafts Style Spanish Tile Top Side Table
By Catalina Pottery
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous Catalina, California, Taylor, or Mission Arts & Crafts style Spanish tile top side or end
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Arts and Crafts Side Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
H 17.75 in W 22 in D 22 in
Victoria Littlejohn California Pottery Seahorse Sculpture
By Victoria Littlejohn
Located in Ferndale, MI
A handmade 1970s terra cotta earthenware seahorse sculpture created by California studio potter
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Art Glass, Cork
California Design Stoneware Pottery Vase, 1950s
By Peter Voulkos
Located in San Diego, CA
An early studio work. Glazed stoneware. Signed and stamp.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Maxwell Signed Large Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Charger
By Robert Maxwell
Located in Studio City, CA
Cressey.
This charger/platter was made at his Venice beach, California Pottery studio in the early
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
H 1.5 in W 16.25 in D 16.25 in
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic California Studio Pottery Glazed Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and extremely rare/scarce early work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic California Studio Pottery Glazed Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and extremely rare/scarce early work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
H 2.25 in W 4.5 in D 3.75 in
Marc Bellaire Large Decorative Ceramic Bowl Luau Signed California Pottery USA
By Marc Bellaire
Located in Monrovia, CA
piece of California pottery.
Marc Bellaire was born in 1925 in Toledo, Ohio. He studied at the Toledo
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
H 19.5 in W 19.5 in D 3.5 in
Stan Bitters Signed Large Mid-Century Modern California Pottery Sculpture Bowl
By Stan Bitters
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, beautifully and sumptuously glazed sculptural bowl by American California
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
H 7.25 in W 11.5 in D 11 in
California Pottery Ceramic Tropical Cockatoo on Branch Statue
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Early Mid-Century Ceramic Tropical yellow colored Cockatoo on a Branch by Fame California Potter
Category
Vintage 1940s Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
California Pottery Ceramic Tropical Cockatoo Bud Vase Statue
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Early Mid-Century Ceramic Tropical Cockatoo on a Branch with a 2" inch opening for a rosebud by
Category
Vintage 1950s American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire Exp Signed Post Modern Ceramic California Pottery Splatter Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
H 2.5 in W 5 in D 4 in
Peter Shire Exp Signed Post Modern Ceramic California Pottery Splatter Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
California Pottery collection or admirers of the artist's work or eye-catching stand-alone piece in about any
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
H 2.5 in W 5.5 in D 4 in
Early 20th Century Catalina Tile Table Mission Craftsman Arts & Craft Spanish
By Catalina Pottery
Located in Monrovia, CA
Square Antique Oak Table With Turned Legs And 4 Beautiful Inlaid Catalina Tiles Of California Pottery
Category
Early 20th Century American Mission Side Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
H 18 in W 20 in D 20 in
1988 Randall Bruce Luster Studio Art Pottery Ceramic Weed Vase California Design
By Randall Bruce
Located in San Diego, CA
Early Randall Bruce studio art pottery ceramic weed vase dating from 1988. The vase has a wonderful
Category
Late 20th Century American Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
H 7.5 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
California Pottery Ceramic Tropical Cockatoo on Hibiscus Branch Statue
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Early Mid-Century Ceramic Tropical Cockatoo on Hibiscus Branch by Fame California Potter William
Category
Vintage 1940s American Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
EdE Studio Pottery - West Los Angeles California - Late 1940s - 1950s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Scarce collection of three early modernist studio pottery pieces made by Ede of California. From my
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Dora De Larios Signed Mexican American California Studio Pottery Sculpture
By Dora De Larios
Located in Studio City, CA
California studio art potter Dora De Larios. It was recently brought to our attention by a collector of her
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
H 12.25 in W 6.5 in D 10 in
Peter Shire Signed Ceramic California Exp Studio Pottery Splatter Bowl, 1982
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
modern ceramic or California Pottery collection or admirers of the artist's work or eye-catching stand
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 3 in W 7.15 in D 7.15 in
Rare Edmund Ronaky Jaru California Art Pottery Sea Bird Vessels like Tackett
By Lagardo Tackett, Edmund Ronaky
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Early Edmund Ronaky for Jaru of Callfornia sea bird vessels, iconic midcentury Southern California
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Ceramic
H 14.5 in W 6 in D 4.75 in
Set of Two Early 1940s White Matte Pottery Bowls
By Hamilton Achille Wolf
Located in Soquel, CA
Set of two hand thrown mid-century pottery bowls by California artist Hamilton Achille Wolf
Category
Vintage 1940s American Organic Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
Early 1940s Abstract White Matte Pottery Vase with Figure
By Hamilton Achille Wolf
Located in Soquel, CA
One-of-a-kind hand thrown figural abstract mid-century modern vase by California artist Hamilton
Category
Vintage 1940s American Organic Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
La Gardo Tackett White Cylinder Planter for Architectural Pottery C-12
By La Gardo Tackett, Architectural Pottery
Located in Oakland, CA
White ceramic cylinder planter designed by La Gardo Tackett for Architectural Pottery of Southern
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Ceramic
Ken Price Signed Early Glazed Midcentury Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Vessel 1956
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed American/ California potter/ artist Ken Price.
This an earlier work
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Catalina Style Oak, Iron & Inset Ceramic Tile "Rooster" Occasional Table, 1930s
By Catalina Pottery
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Catalina Pottery, Monterey style early California Oak, Iron and painted Ceramic tile top table
Category
Early 20th Century North American Arts and Crafts Side Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 21 in W 16.5 in D 16.5 in
Monterey Style Turned End Table with Orange & Yellow Spanish Tiles, C. 1930
By Catalina Pottery
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Rancho California Catalina Pottery, Taylor Tilery style Spanish tile top table. Featuring a sturdy
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts End Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Oak, Walnut
H 18 in W 24 in D 16.3 in
Catalina Style Spanish Turquoise & Orange Tile, Oak & Walnut End Table, C. 1920s
By Catalina Pottery
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Rancho California Catalina Pottery, Taylor Tilery style Spanish tile top side table. Featuring a
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts End Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Oak, Walnut
H 18 in W 24 in D 16.3 in
Mid Century Malcolm Leland Chalice Planter Bisque Finish
By Malcolm Leland, Architectural Pottery
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
work of art. This is a very early marked USA before the Architectural Pottery stamp was used to mark
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Harrison Mcintosh Signed Monumental Midcentury Large Ceramic Pottery Charger
By Harrison McIntosh
Located in Studio City, CA
A very rare and early atomic themed or motif (a motif he would later come back to some years later
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
All Seeing Eye Hand-Made Ceramic Bowl, by Bruce Anderson Pogonip Pottery
By Marguerite Wildenhain
Located in Soquel, CA
functional, production pottery. He studied at Pond Farm where he was an early student of Marguerite
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, circa 1950s
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic early work (circa early 1950s) by Master Greek-American potter Peter Voulkos.
Signed
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
15th Century Antique Burma 'Myanmar' Burmese Green & White Pottery Ceramic Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
directly from the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California where it was part of their impressive
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Burmese Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Midcentury Decorative Ceramic Dish by Phillip H. Paradise, California, 1950s
By Phillip Herschel Paradise
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Rare decorative earthenware dish by renowned Californian artist Phillip Herschel Paradise.
Hand
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Marguerite Wildenhain Signed Pond Farm Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Bowl
By Marguerite Wildenhain
Located in Studio City, CA
California (while her husband Franz Wildenhain was forced to stay. He would later join her in 1945).
In
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Mid Century Bronze Styled Cast Plaster Male Mask
By California Art Bronze Foundry, LA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A plaster cast mask with great strong details of a male face with a pottery styled glaze in the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Plaster
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Tall Mug Sculpture, Dated 1981
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
and one-of-a-kind work.
Would be a great addition to any modern ceramic or California Pottery
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 4.5 in W 4.5 in D 2.75 in
Rare Robert Maxwell & David Cressey Planter for Earthgender
By David Cressey, Robert Maxwell, Architectural Pottery
Located in Glendale, CA
coveted Earth Gender design collective that only produced pottery for a few glorious years in the early
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...
Materials
Earthenware
Harrison Mcintosh Signed Mid-Century Modern Set of 6 Pottery Sake Liqueur Cups
By Harrison McIntosh
Located in Studio City, CA
American West Coast Californian master ceramist Harrison McIntosh who was famed for his Mid-Century Modern
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Gladding McBean Fountain Centerpiece Child with a Fish
By Gladding, McBean
Located in San Mateo, CA
Fountain center piece of a child with a fish by the California pottery company, Gladding McBean
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Fountains
Materials
Pottery
China 618-907 Ad Tang Dynasty Ancient Earthenware Sculpture of a Walking Horse
Located in Miami, FL
, carefully made of earthenware clay pottery.
The horse is standing in a very elegant and majestic
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antiquities
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
H 14.05 in W 13.5 in D 5.5 in
China 549-577 AD Northern Qi Dynasty Ancient Caparisoned Horse In Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
Exceedingly rare Chinese pottery caparisoned horse from the Northern Qi region.
A beautiful
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
H 15.53 in W 13.52 in D 10.15 in
Jerome "Jerry" & Evelyn Ackerman Victorian Shoe Corset Button Hook or Hook & Eye
Located in Studio City, CA
photo from their home studio wall of the couple working on their pottery early in their careers).
The
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass
H 0.75 in W 10.5 in D 0.5 in
Sculptural Stoneware Large Serving Bowl or Low Centerpiece
By Dana Harel
Located in New York, NY
surface details suggest both ancient geological landscapes and early man-made forms. The low-lying piece
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Ceramic Barware Horse Mug by Dorothy Kindell
By Dorothy Kindell
Located in San Diego, CA
Studios of California produced this line of "Strip Tease" or as they were officially known "Eye Appeal
Category
Early 20th Century American Barware
Materials
Ceramic
"Strip Tease- Eye Appeal" Ceramic Barware Mug by Dorothy Kindell
By Dorothy Kindell
Located in San Diego, CA
California produced this line of "Strip Tease" or as they were officially known "Eye Appeal Barware". Today
Category
Early 20th Century American Barware
Materials
Ceramic
China 549-577 AD Northern Qi Dynasty Ancient Caparisoned Horse in Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
Extremely rare Chinese pottery caparisoned horse from the Northern Qi region.
A beautiful large
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antiquities
Materials
Earthenware, Clay, Paint
H 17.1 in W 12.55 in D 9.44 in
Vintage Ceramic Woman Warrior Sculpture by Dorothy Kindell
By Dorothy Kindell
Located in San Diego, CA
6"W x 5"D x 9"H. #2206
Dorothy Kindell Studios of California was known for producing cermic
Category
Early 20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Ceramic Tan Horse Sculpture by Dorothy Kindell
By Dorothy Kindell
Located in San Diego, CA
colletor of Dorothy's work. #2201
Dorothy Kindell Studios of California was known for producing cermic
Category
Early 20th Century American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Ceramic Woman Bust / Vase by Dorothy Kindell
By Dorothy Kindell
Located in San Diego, CA
is signed on the underside. #2207
Dorothy Kindell Studios of California was known for producing
Category
Early 20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Ceramic Horse Sculpture by Dorothy Kindell
By Dorothy Kindell
Located in San Diego, CA
of Dorothy's work. #2202
Dorothy Kindell Studios of California was known for producing cermic
Category
Early 20th Century American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Bottle Vase in the Style of Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
that featured many well know Mid-Century and California artists' pottery pieces, artworks, and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
H 22.25 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in
Jerome 'Jerry' & Evelyn Ackerman Micro-Mosaic Inlaid Desk Drawer Handle Pull
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Studio City, CA
their home studio wall of the couple working on their pottery early in their careers).
Would be a
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Jerome 'Jerry' & Evelyn Ackerman Micro-Mosaic Inlaid Desk Drawer Handle Pull
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Studio City, CA
(please see photo from their home studio wall of the couple working on their pottery early in their
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
H 0.75 in W 4.75 in D 1 in
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