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Brayton Pottery Seahorse Vase - Laguna Beach, Calif ca: 1940

this page features mid-century examples of some great California Potters plus examples of earlier American Antiques and Art Pottery Relax, allow the page to completely load...

Brayton Laguna - Gingham Dog Shaker - ca: 1947 Durlin Brayton, an alumnus of Hollywood High School and Chicago Art Institute, began his pottery in Laguna Beach, California in 1927. After the passing of Durlin Brayton, the pottery closed in 1968. The factory buildings now house the Laguna Art Center.

Avis Wright - Glendale, California - ca:1950

Brayton Laguna 11" Figurine - ca: 1935

Roseville Pottery - Luffa 7" - Zanesville, Ohio 1934 SOLD

Stangl Pottery 9" Vase - Trenton, NJ - ca:1970 $45

Brayton Pluto ca: 1938 Brayton Laguna was one of the first potters to be licenced by Disney

Chaulkware 11" Victorian Lady Robia Ware - Roman Art Company, Inc - St. Louis $35

Stangl Pottery - Double Parakeets

Brayton Laguna - the "Purple Cow" Family modeled by Andy Anderson, Laguna Beach, California - 1957 $350

"Adirondack" Large Mirror with Brass Towel Bar ca: 1930 $395

"Plein-aire" Arts & Crafts period Oil on Canvas Oregon Coast - unsigned $325

Roseville Pottery - Imerial I Jardiniere - 1916 $175

McCarty Brothers - 1947 Lee and Michael McCarty operated in Sierra Madre, California (near Pasadena) from 1941 to 1952 when cheap imports from Japan forced them out of business (see more "McCarty Kids" in Gallery V)

Tour de Force - Willets American Belleek Vase - 12.5" circa 1906 This vase also carries the "Stouffer Hand Painted" mark #4 dating from 1906-1914. Jacob Stouffer went into business for himself in 1902 decorating blanks produced by others. This vase was decorated and signed by K.Ryba.... SOLD *** The three Willets brothers, Joseph, Daniel, and Edmund, purchased the Excelsior Pottery in Trenton, New Jersey in 1879 and changed the name to Willits Manufacturing Company. Walter Scott Lenox, formerly at Ott and Brewer, became head of decorating at Willets in 1884. When William Bromley Sr. came to Willits in 1887, he brought his formula for Belleek porcelains. In 1909 the company went into receivership and was reorganized as the New Jersey Pottery Company. ref.....Warmans American Pottery and Porcelain

Weller Pottery - Woodcraft "Trellis" - 8" Double Bud Vase ca:1925 Weller ads refer to this item as a "gate" SOLD

Monumental Sascha Brastoff "Star Steed" Vase This vase was made in the 1960s and measures nearly 11" tall and is 31" in diameter. It is signed Sascha B on the side and has the Rooster mark and full signature stamp on the bottom...it is also marked F46 (mold number) by hand $450