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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Early California Pottery For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of early california pottery on 1stDibs. A piece of early california pottery — often made from ceramic, pottery and iron — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for newer or older items, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each item from our selection of early california pottery bearing Arts and Crafts or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. Dora De Larios, Gainey Pottery and Peter Shire each produced at least one beautiful choice in our collection of early california pottery that is worth considering.

How Much is a Early California Pottery?

A piece of early california pottery can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $975, while the lowest priced sells for $250 and the highest can go for as much as $8,500.