California Pottery

de Bill Stern

"Unrestrained by tradition, California pottery has generated some of the most imaginative shapes and designs in American ceramics.". "Between the 1920s and 1950s, an astonishing period of design creativity, renowned designers including Ernest Batchelder, Rockwell Kent, and Edith Heath, and producers like Bauer, Catalina, and Vernon Kilns made remarkable contributions to the spirit of California pottery. Their work includes not only the strikingly colorful dishware we have come to associate with California, but also agricultural pottery, garden pottery, and decorative and architectural tiles. Each piece reflects the flavor and style of the times - from the sober Arts and Crafts and romantic Mission styles in the teens and twenties, to the homey Rural Revival and the starkly aerodynamic Morderne styles of the thirties, and the Modernist style of the forties and fifties. It's this ingenious take on everyday-ware that makes California pottery a sought after and prized collectible today.". "With color photographs featuring hundreds of pieces, California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism provides a comprehensive history of the extraordinarily diverse and colorful pottery of California."--BOOK JACKET.