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Cookie Jars
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Franciscan
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Franciscan "Antique Green"
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Franciscan "Apple"
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Franciscan "Autumn"
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Franciscan "Ballet"
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Franciscan "Carmel"
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Franciscan "Daisy"
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Franciscan "Del Mar"
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Franciscan "Desert Rose"
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Franciscan "Duet"
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Franciscan "Echo"
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Franciscan "Encore"
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Franciscan "Fern Dell"
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Franciscan "Floral"
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Franciscan "Ivy"
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Franciscan "Martinique"
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Franciscan "Meadow Rose"
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Franciscan "Oasis"
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Franciscan "October"
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Franciscan "Pomegranate"
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Franciscan "Poppy"
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Franciscan "Silver Pine"
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Franciscan "Starburst"
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Franciscan "Strawberry Fair"
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Franciscan "Tahiti"
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Franciscan "Terra Cotta"
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Franciscan "Wildflower"
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Franciscan "Woodside"
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Metlox
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Metlox "Aztec"
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Metlox "Bandero"
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Metlox "Blue Tulips"
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Metlox "California Free Form"
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Metlox "California Palm"
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Metlox "California Strawberry"
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Metlox "Del Rey"
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Metlox "Luau"
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Metlox "Medallion Red"
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Metlox "Navajo"
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Metlox "Palm Springs"
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Metlox "Pepper Tree"
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Metlox "Pescado"
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Metlox "Sculptured Daisy"
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Metlox "San Fernando Gold"
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Metlox "Tropicana"
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VernonWare
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Vernon Kilns
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Aloha Don Blanding Collection
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Vernon Kilns Bird Pottery
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Vernon Kilns "Bits of America" Series
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Vernon Kilns "Casa California"
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Vernon Kilns "Desert Bloom"
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Vernon Kilns "Ecstasy"
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Vernon Kilns "Frontier Days"
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Vernon Kilns "Homespun"
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Vernon Kilns "Lei Lani"
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Vernon Kilns "RFD"
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Vernon Kilns "Rio Vista"
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Vernon Kilns Rockwell Kent Dinnerware
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Vernon Kilns "Sun Garden"
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Vernon Kilns "Trade Winds"
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Vernon Kilns "Walt Disney"
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Hawaiian Garden
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Restaurant Dinnerware
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Santa Anita Ware
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Sascha Brastoff
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Sugar Bowl
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California Pottery
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Serving Platters
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Coffee & Tea Pots
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Serving Pitchers
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Butter Dish
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Tumblers & Drinking Cups
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Cup & Saucer Sets
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Vintage Vase
Sascha Brastoff
Classic California Mid Century Modern Design

Brastoff, who was born Samuel Brostofsky in Cleveland, Ohio, began studying dance at 17, eventually performing with the Cleveland Ballet, when he changed his name. After attending art school, he moved to New York City where he designed Macy’s window displays and also held an exhibition of hand-sculpted terra cotta Whimsies, some of which were acquired by the Whitney and Metropolitan museums. With the outbreak of WWII, Brastoff enlisted in the Air Force, ending up designing costumes and scenery for USO shows. He even developed his own act, a wild impersonation of Carmen Miranda that was a big hit, not least with movie studio head Darryl F. Zanuck who subsequently hired Brastoff to design costumes for Miranda, Betty Grable, and other musical comedy stars.
While working at 20th Century Fox, Brastoff opened a small decorative arts studio producing hand painted earthenware. The business was so successful that he quit the studio and in 1953, backed by wealthy modern-design aficionado (and future governor of Arkansas) Winthrop Rockefeller, opened a much larger ceramics factory and showroom. The 35,000-square-foot facility was designed by blue-chip modernist architect A. Quincy Jones. Unfortunately the elegant building was torn down in the 1981.
By the late 1950s the factory employed more than 100 workers producing decorative household ceramics. Pieces designed and crafted by Brastoff himself bore his full signature; mass produced items, some of which were the work of other talented designers, received the abbreviated “Sascha B” signature of approval. Celebrity clients included Joan Crawford, who was particularly captivated by the company’s ashtrays, which she considered works of art and wouldn’t let near a cigarette. Brastoff also produced one-of-a-kind metal sculptures for Rockefeller and others; one of his elaborate fish sculptures was used in the 1956 classic sci-fi movie Forbidden Planet.
In 1962, unwise business decisions with severe financial consequences led Brastoff to leave the company, which continued to produce designs under his name until it closed in 1973. For a time, Brastoff went into seclusion, but he re-emerged in 1966 with a one-man exhibition of metal sculpture in Los Angeles. From that time on he remained active, producing decorative pastel drawings and designing ceramics for Haeger Potteries, custom jewels for private clients, costume jewelry collections for Marilyn Watson Creations and Merle Norman Cosmetics, and other ceramic and decorative arts lines for many other companies. Brastoff died of cancer in 1993.
While working at 20th Century Fox, Brastoff opened a small decorative arts studio producing hand painted earthenware. The business was so successful that he quit the studio and in 1953, backed by wealthy modern-design aficionado (and future governor of Arkansas) Winthrop Rockefeller, opened a much larger ceramics factory and showroom. The 35,000-square-foot facility was designed by blue-chip modernist architect A. Quincy Jones. Unfortunately the elegant building was torn down in the 1981.
By the late 1950s the factory employed more than 100 workers producing decorative household ceramics. Pieces designed and crafted by Brastoff himself bore his full signature; mass produced items, some of which were the work of other talented designers, received the abbreviated “Sascha B” signature of approval. Celebrity clients included Joan Crawford, who was particularly captivated by the company’s ashtrays, which she considered works of art and wouldn’t let near a cigarette. Brastoff also produced one-of-a-kind metal sculptures for Rockefeller and others; one of his elaborate fish sculptures was used in the 1956 classic sci-fi movie Forbidden Planet.
In 1962, unwise business decisions with severe financial consequences led Brastoff to leave the company, which continued to produce designs under his name until it closed in 1973. For a time, Brastoff went into seclusion, but he re-emerged in 1966 with a one-man exhibition of metal sculpture in Los Angeles. From that time on he remained active, producing decorative pastel drawings and designing ceramics for Haeger Potteries, custom jewels for private clients, costume jewelry collections for Marilyn Watson Creations and Merle Norman Cosmetics, and other ceramic and decorative arts lines for many other companies. Brastoff died of cancer in 1993.
Sascha Brastoff

Sascha Brastoff "Fruit" Teapot & Lid
$165.00
$165.00

Sascha Brastoff "Tropical Leaf" Coffee Pot & Lid
$225.00
$225.00

Sascha Brastoff "Totem Pole" Vase
$95.00
$95.00

Sascha Brastoff Triangular Ashtray
$88.00
$88.00

Sascha Brastoff "Surf Ballet" Black 3 Leg Bowl
$75.00
$75.00

Sascha Brastoff "Surf Ballet" Black Oval Serving Bowl
$100.00
$100.00

Sascha Brastoff "Surf Ballet" Black Cream Pitcher
$75.00
$75.00

Sascha Brastoff "Surf Ballet" Black Sugar Bowl & Lid
$100.00
$100.00

Sascha Brastoff "Tree of Life" Black Dinner Plate
$95.00
$95.00

Sascha Brastoff "Surf Ballet" Pink Cream Pitcher
$75.00
$75.00

Sascha Brastoff "Roman Coin" Coffee Cup & Saucer Set
$45.00
$45.00