Trish DeMasi Ashtrays

Hannelore’s creations are intended to be functional, yet deeply imbued with expressive content. In her ceramic vessels, she looks for relaxed forms that feel more gestural, soft and fluid even after they have been fired. All her creations are "one-of-a-kind" pieces, or Limited Editions. The stoneware ceramic slab vessel...

Hand built clay pot by ceramic artist Sally Terrell of Santa Barbara, California. Dark, high fired clay with glaze.

Decorative ashtray by Stig Lindberg, Sweden, circa 1950, from the group of Domino. Made by Gustavsberg. An artistic jack-of-all-trades, Stig Lindberg was accomplished in Industrial ...

Blue glazed (Rimini Blu) ceramic large ashtray designed by Aldo Londi and manufactured by Bitossi. Italy, 1950-1960s. It was handcrafted in Italy with hand carved geometric design ...

Vibrant, contemporary ceramic sculpture by Los Angeles-based artist and curator Jenny Hata Blumenfield. A gorgeous vessel that is an energetic accent to any room. A vibrant, sunny y...

Hannelore’s creations are intended to be functional, yet deeply imbued with expressive content. In her ceramic vessels, she looks for relaxed forms that feel more gestural, soft and fluid even after they have been fired. All her creations are "one-of-a-kind" pieces, or Limited Editions. The stoneware ceramic slab vessel has a Charlie black and white Shino...

Decorative ashtray by Stig Lindberg, Sweden, circa 1950. This ceramic comes from the group Domino. Made by Gustavsberg.

Large vintage green Italian ceramic ashtray designed by Studio O.P.I. for Gabbianelli Ceramiche, made in Milan, Italy, circa 1970. Rare find in original box - new old stock item.

Small 'Rimini blu', blue glazed terracotta ceramic squared ashtray. Design by Aldo Londi and manufactured by Bitossi. Italy, 1950s-1960s. Handcrafted in Italy with hand carved geomet...

Very elegant design in this ashtray by the well known artist/designer Aldo Londi.

Amazing blue glazed (Rimini Blu) ceramic ashtray design by Aldo Londi and manufactured by Bitossi. Handcrafted in Italy with hand carved geometric design and in a glazed vibrant turquoise and cobalt blue, Italy, 1950s-1960s. Marked Italy at the back. Measures: 15 cm W x 15 cm D x 3 cm H ( 5,90 in W x5,90 in D x 1,18 in H ) About Bitossi (Manufacturer) Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass. The company was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.” But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. Starting in the 1950s, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis Postmodern design...

Made in Italy, 1950s. They are in in lacquered ceramic. These could be by Antonia Campi or Gio Ponti. These are vintage pieces, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but t...