Beautiful Carved Frame by Fine California Frame Maker Richard Tobey

Carlton Ball (1911-1992) studio ceramic lidded vase, circa 1960s-1970s. Beautiful green and brown glaze with sgraffito swirl design on the body. Signed on the bottom “F. Carlton Ball”. Excellent condition. Measures: 7 1/8" H (includes lid) x 5 3/4" W. Born 1911 in Sutter Creek, California, Frederick was a ceramicist, ceramics professor, and author of Making Pottery Without a Wheel. He taught ceramics for over 50 years at several different colleges including the University of Puget Sound...

Antonio Prieto (1912-1967) wonderful studio bowl. Signed on the bottom: Prieto. In excellent condition. Measures: 4" H x 12 3/4" D. Antonio "Tony" Prieto (1912-1967) was a cerami...

James Lovera (1920-2015) ceramic studio vase. This beautiful vase by James Lovera has a wonderful and unusual copper colored glaze and dates to the 1960s, perhaps as early as the ...

Brock & Company Sterling Art Nouveau vase - 17 ½ inches tall. Beautiful poppy flower design. Slender stem with attached tendrils. Marked: Brock & Company, Sterling, 7369, 17 ½ in. Beautiful vase in excellent condition. Measures: 17.5" H x 4.75" D. Brock & Company was a nationally-prominent jewelry firm, and it certainly was the most important jewelry and giftware store in Los Angeles. It was considered to be the jewelry store of the stars and was shopped by many notable Los Angeles actors of the day including Mary Pickford and others. It's jewelry workshop was housed in the top floor of the building on West Seventh Street. Brock & Co. was founded by George A. Brock in 1903. George C. Brock, George A.'s son, took charge of the company, and it continued to grow and thrive. A second store was opened on Wilshire Boulevard, in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Tiffany and Co. even approached Brock's to do a merger to become Tiffany-Brock & Co. That merger did not take place, and Angelenos continued to buy their jewelry, watches, silver, fine china, and crystal at Brock & Co. Brock retired in 1964 and the building and inventory were sold. This vase had a note attached upon purchase that attributed it to Clemens Friedell...