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Bauer Cinnamon Brown Ring Ware Mixing Bowl Number 18
This 1930s Bauer Ringware pottery mixing bowl is a reddish cinnamon brown color. It's the number 18 bowl, 8-1/4 inches diameter by 4" deep. It has an impressed mark "18" on the bottom. Guaranteed authentic old Bauer - the new Bauer bowls have raised marks and no size or mold line numbers. I've priced the bowl quite low for someone who needs it to complete a set or only wants it for display, due to the fact there's a tight hairline rim crack (last photo). Otherwise the bowl displays wonderfully, still glossy with no nicks, chips, or utensil marks.
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Mid Century Modern Sascha Brastoff Blue Star Steed 3 Leg Dish
This Mid Century Modern Sascha Brastoff California pottery biomorphic 3-legged dish or shallow bowl has the iconic Star Steed horse on a teal blue background. It's fish shaped, 8-1/2 by 9-1/2 inches, and stands 2-1/2" high. The hand painted design is signed Sascha B. The back side is marked Compliments of Hiram Walker along with the rooster mark - apparently this was a premium or commemorative piece for the distillery's 100th anniversary in 1958. The bowl is in excellent condition with no damage or decoration wear.
Circa: 1958
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Sascha Brastoff
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Winfield China Dragon Flower 3 Section Large Leaf Relish Dish
This large leaf shape 3-section handled relish serving tray is in the 1940s hand painted Dragon Flower pattern by Winfield China of California. It has a delicate pink, tan, and brown Oriental floral design on a cream background with brown edge trim.
The dish is a big 16 inches long by 9-1/2 inches wide. The gracefully curved handle at the top end rises 2-1/2 inches from the bottom of the tray. It's in still glossy, excellent condition with no damage or scratches. The unglazed bottom has two faint initials or marks made by the previous owner, plus the blue Winfield Hand Crafted China backstamp. White spots seen at the rim in the photos are just reflections. Perfect as a table centerpiece.
Circa: 1942
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Winfield China
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Abigail Lady Figurine Florence Ceramics California Pottery
This is Abigail, one of Florence Ward's exquisitely detailed 19th century lady figurines. She's 8-1/4 inches high, wearing a gray fitted capelet coat and long full-skirted dress. The bonnet ties and sleeves under the coat are dark violet. There are real 22 karat gold trim accents on the cape hem and the spaghetti fur trim of the bonnet and muff. The figurine is in excellent condition with no damage, crazing, or finish wear. Marked on the bottom Pasadena California Florence Ceramics Copyright.
Circa: 1950
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Florence Ceramics
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Bauer 1950s Pink Speckled Covered Casserole in Metal Cradle
This pink speckled covered casserole with cradle was part of Bauer's Monterey Moderne line from the 1950s (sometimes spelled Monterrey). It's 7-3/4" diameter by 3" deep (the bowl only, not including the cradle or height of the lid). The underside has the impressed Bauer mark and both the casserole and matching lid are in perfect condition with no damage or wear.
The retro goldtone shiny brass cradle stands on three wire tripod legs and has coiled wire double side handles. The cutwork sides have a curvy scroll design that I would describe as organic in a Mid Century Modern way. The cradle still shines and is in great condition with only very minor finish rub wear to the handle extensions.
Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Bauer Pottery
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Winfield Dragon Flower Divided Vegetable Bowl
The 1940s Dragon Flower dinnerware pattern was a truly beautiful hand painted design by Winfield China of California, with no two pieces exactly the same - delicate pink, tan, and brown Asian floral decoration on a cream background with brown edge trim. This divided serving bowl is 13 by 7-3/4 inches and is in excellent condition with no damage, crazing, or design wear. See my other listings for more pieces in this pattern.
Circa: 1948
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Winfield China
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15048
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Maddux California Pair Swan Planter Figurines
My aunt had a pair of these graceful Maddux of California swans in her bathroom when I was a child. Both of hers were black. She had filled one with little pink guest soaps, the other with rolled washcloths. Made in the 1950s, I have one black swan and one white, both with pink highlights. They're about 11 inches high.
The black swan once held water or soil, there's a light sediment line inside. The white swan interior has no sediment or traces of soil. The black swan has a glazed and painted-over nick to the underside of the beak, done during manufacture and visible only when viewed head-on at eye level. There are no chips, hairlines, or crazing. White spots in the photos are reflections.
Circa: 1950
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Maddux of California
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Twin Winton Squirrel Cookie Jar
This cute Twin Winton happy squirrel pottery cookie jar was made in San Juan Capistrano California in the 1950s. It has brown woodgrain finish and measures 10-3/4 inches high by about 9 inches wide from front to back. There are some faint pindot white specks to the finish, I believe from general age and cleaning. The only other issues are a craze mark in the bottom back of the jar and a tiny nick under the rim opening behind the squirrel's left ear, both shown in the next to last picture.
Circa: 1958
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Twin Winton Pottery
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Treasure Craft Lucky Sprite Pixie Elf Log Boat Planter
Treasure Craft of California produced their 1950s Lucky Sprite pixie planters and other decorative items in a wide variety of designs, but this clever little planter is one I haven't seen before. The pixie sits cross legged on the back of a dark green log or plant stem boat with a large leaf in the front serving as a sail. A small cured leaf at the back is the rudder. It's 6 inches long by 4-1/2" high. The planter is in excellent condition with no chips, flakes, fleabites, or other issues. The foil label is missing, but you can identify Treasure Craft pixies by the realistically outlined detail of the ears.
Circa: 1955
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Treasure Craft
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Gilner Pixies Maroon Pottery Salt Pepper Shakers
A pair of scarce upright pixie salt and pepper shakers, made by Gilner Pottery of California in the early 1950s. The salt shaker is a girl and the pepper is a boy - her features are painted a little lighter. I don't know if that was intentional or not. They're about 4-1/2 inches tall and have no damage or crazing. Stoppers are not present. The shaker holes are not very prominent so you can display them as figurines with your pixie collection.
Circa: 1950
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Gilner Pottery
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Maddux of California 1950s Black Rooster Figural Planter
I wonder what the deal was with chicken decor in the 1950s? Chicken figurines, wall decor, dinnerware, all types of kitchen accessories, and even curtains. Here's a delightful take on the Mid Century chicken obsession: a friendly looking, long necked black crowing rooster ceramic planter from Maddux of California, whose owner, William Maddux, specialized in art pottery birds of all types.
The planter is 12-3/4 inches high to the top of the white comb by about 5-1/2" wide overall. Other than some minor water sediment inside the ringed planter bowl, it's in excellent condition with no damage.
Circa: 1952
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Maddux Pottery of California
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Twin Winton Kittens Cats Salt Pepper Shakers Set
A pair of figural pottery salt and pepper shakers from Twin Winton of California. They're fluffy kittens, done in the vintage Mid Century matte brown woodgrain glaze with painted pink noses and tongues and black eyes. The shakers are fairly large, about 4-1/2" tall, and have their original rubber stoppers. In perfect condition with no damage or wear, and no evidence they ever held salt and pepper.
Circa: 1960
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Twin Winton Pottery
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Yona California Pottery Lady Flower Holder Vase
An attractive 1940s lady flower holder vase from Yona Ceramics of California. She's 8-1/2 inches high, wearing a long wind-swept flowered dress in green and mauve. The crock or jug carried on her shoulder holds the flowers. Yona Lippin worked for Hedi Schoop before starting their own studio. In excellent condition with no damage or crazing.
Circa: 1948
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Yona Ceramics of California
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Lane California Biomorphic Teardrop Aqua Gold Pottery Ashtray
This attractive 1957 pottery ashtray was made by Lane & Company of Van Nuys California. It's a biomorphic double tear drop shape in aqua or turquoise with gold swirled marbling. About 10-/12 by 5-1/2 inches and in perfect condition with no damage, scratches, or staining. There are felt bumpers on the bottom to protect furniture, easily removed if desired. Marked "Lane & Co. Van Nuys Calif. © 1957, No. 652".
Circa: 1957
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Lane & Co Calif Pottery
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California Cleminsons Kitchen Kettle Pottery Wall Pocket
This 1940s black kettle shape pottery wall pocket by the California Cleminsons is pictured in Jack Chipman's Collector's Encyclopedia of California Pottery. It's about 4-1/2 inches high to the rim by 5" wide. The hand painted decoration is a flowered heart shape with the words "... The kitchen is the heart of the home!". The original wire bail handle is present. There is some typical crazing to the light colored areas, no damage.
Circa: 1945
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: California Cleminsons Pottery
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Twin Winton Baby Elephant Sailor Cookie Jar
This sweet faced Mid Century baby elephant wearing a sailor's hat cookie jar is from Twin Winton Pottery of California. It's about 12 inches high by a little over 8" wide ear to ear, decorated in the classic brown wood grain finish with pink, blue, and yellow trim. The finish has a few minor rub marks: left cheek near the trunk, back of one ear, a short scratch between the eyebrows, and several small rubs to the center of the checkerboard pants. There is a chip below the interior rim (last photo), which is of course completely covered by the lid and only visible when viewed from the back without the lid.
Circa: 1960
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Twin Winton Pottery
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Brock of California Harvest Large Serving Bowl 11 Inch
This late 1940s to early 1950s large salad or pasta serving bowl is in the Harvest farm scene dinnerware pattern by Brock of California. The reddish brown, dark green, and chartreuse colors were popular in that era, especially for tableware. It measures 10-3/4 inches diameter by 2-3/8" deep. The bowl is in excellent condition with no scratches, chips, crazing, or other damage.
Circa: 1950
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Brock of California
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Twin Winton Wood Stove Cookie Jar
This 1950s Twin Winton pottery cookie jar is in the form of an old fashioned wood stove, finished in their matte wood grain brown with black and yellow glossy trim. It's 11 inches long by 6-1/2" deep by about 10" high at the back of the lid. The exterior is in excellent condition. The top has a shallow chip along the inside lip as shown in the last photo, which of course will never show when the cookie jar is displayed.
Circa: 1958
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Twin Winton Pottery
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Treasure Craft Pair Pixie Elf Leaf Dishes
These two 1950s leaf dishes are part of the Lucky Sprite pixie collection by Treasure Craft of California. I'm not sure if they were marketed as candy dishes or ashtrays, but there are no stains or other signs they were used as ashtrays. They're about 5 inches long by 3 inches wide and high. Each has a pottery clay pixie figure, or Lucky Sprite as Treasure Craft called them, sitting on the back edge of the leaf with legs crossed. The dish on the right in the first photo has a chip under the leaf edge, below where the pixie sits. There is also a tiny fleabite to the back edge his leaf hat, not visible from the front. The other pixie dish has no damage.
Circa: 1950
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Treasure Craft of California
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Newell Studios 1967 Ceramic Cherubs Clock
This Italian baroque style electric ceramic mantle or table clock has three cherubs arranged in an arch of grapes and leaves. The off-white finish is iridescent. The clock stands 15 inches high by about 12-1/2 inches wide and is 6-1/4" deep front to back. The 3-1/2 inch clock movement was made in the USA by Sessions; the clock itself was made by Newell Studios of California in 1967.
The clock runs well and the 4 foot white cord and plug are in excellent condition with no issues (though the plug has the old fashioned non-polarized prongs). The clock has no chips, flakes, or damage of any kind, just some mild crazing to the high gloss glaze.
Circa: 1967
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Newell Studios
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California Pottery Weil Ware Lady With Heart Flower Holder Vase
This ceramic lady vase or flower holder figurine was made in the 1940s by Max Weil's California Figurine Co. She's about 7 inches high, wearing a long pastel flowered dress. Her flowered yellow hat coordinates with the yellow heart planter box held in her arms, where there is an opening for flowers. She could also be used to hold used razors or coins. The back has an embossed label reading California Figurine with the initials MWC for Max Weil Company. There is some crazing, otherwise in very good vintage condition.
Circa: 1946
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Max Weil California Figurine Co
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Maddux California Pottery Black Swan Planter Figurine
This elegant black swan figural planter was made by Maddux Pottery of California in the 1950s. The swan is nearly 11 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide and in excellent condition with no damage. Marked on the underside "510 Calif. U.S.A.".
Circa: 1954
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Maddux of California Pottery
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Mid Century Modern Harlequins Ceramic Wall Plate
I'm almost certain this Mid Century Modern ceramic wall plate was an early piece or prototype from either Marc Bellaire or Sascha Brastoff, or done by someone who was amazingly good at imitating their unique style (Bellaire was employed by Brastoff before branching out on his own). There are numerous different ashtrays out there with this same dancing twin Harlequins decoration, all attributed to one or the other, but none signed.
The 11 inch plate has an irregular scalloped border with sponged gold. The airbrushed background is speckled off-white and black with a pale purple halo below the border. The slender masked dancers are lavishly decorated in gold with accents of purple and turquoise. There are two or three craze lines to the glossy glaze, but no chips or damage.
Circa: 1949
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Mid Century American Production
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Treasure Craft Pixie Elf Water Pump Log Planter
This 1950s figural ceramic planter was made by Treasure Craft of California as part of their Lucky Sprite pixie elf collection. The pixie figure is perched at the end of the log water trough, with an old fashioned water pump at the other end. The planter measures 8 inches wide including the pump handle by a little over 4 inches high. The sprite has a tiny speck of green paint on one cheek from manufacture, otherwise it's in very good vintage condition with no damage.
Circa: 1950
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Treasure Craft of California
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Hand Painted Forget Me Nots Divided Pottery Tray Dish
This vintage 3-section divided tray or dish has hand painted sprays of blue forget-me-not flowers on matte pastel mint green with curvy ruffled edges and an ornate center handle. It measures 9 inches square. There are no labels or maker's marks but it's a quality piece, not home ceramics. My guess is a 1930s - 1940s California ceramics studio. In excellent condition with no damage or paint loss.
Circa: 1940
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Unsigned California Pottery
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