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Covered bowl Wesley Trippett \| Redlands Pottery 1902-1909 This is a stained and burnished covered bowl. Both the bowl and the lid are decorated with a carved swimming shark motif. The overall shape is round and squat, and the lid has a knob shaped...	vase Wesley Trippett \| Redlands Pottery 1902-1909 Ovoid vasiform with short collar neck; carved with low relief eucalyptus leaves all over, smoothly burnished.
untitled Solon & Schemmel Tile Co. c. 1920-1936 Glazed square tile decorated with central stylized beige flower over a light green background, encased in a dark green/brown square; four beige buds in each corner over dark green background;...	ceramic tile Solon & Schemmel Tile Co. 1920-1936 Flat square ceramic tile glazed in shades of green, blue, and yellow. The surface of the tile has a geometric and floral design with a dark green scalloped outer border. Four dark blue flowers...
teapot Sargent Johnson \| Magnani Workshop 1941 Johnson was close friend of John Magnani, who was in charge of WPA ceramics in S.F. Item undoubtedly made in Magnani workshop as Johnson lived in an apartment behind the studio (1414 Grant Ave.,...	Inkwell Rudolph Schaeffer c. 1907 Yellow graniteware body; square box shape with pronounced crosseted corners; lid with beveled sides and square finial; green mat glaze.
Terra Cotta/Black No. 1 Ron Nagle 1986 Slab built terra cotta sculpture has a cylindrical form that is similar to a log. The surface is light brown with a black rectangular area covering an upward turned "branch".	Plate Peter Voulkos 1962
Green with Gold Teapot Ralph Bacerra 1990 This is a teapot with multi-color circular and linear designs. (A) base with a cylindrical form in the shape of an upside-down V. (B) chamber of teapot with handle and spout. (C) lid with handle...	View in Garden of Christoph Tornoe, Mission Canyon Rhead Pottery n.d.
Low Vase Rhead Pottery 1916-1917 This is a glazed earthenware low vase that has stylized decorations including flowers and birds around the top.	Lidded Jar Peter Voulkos Per S.B. - Footed, tall lidded jar; stoneware. An example of Voulkos' series of "faces vases." Galzes: faces are blue, gold lustre defines lower half of face and neck. Black glazes have...
untitled Debbie Mink 5/13/98 White clay in the shape of a bowl (A) and a plate (B). Both are covered with pink fabric faux fur and decorated with the same color of pink feathers.	Bread Plate Daniel Rhodes 1950 Ceramic salad plate with lavender glaze has a rectangular shape with rounded corners. A drawing of an ibex in the style of cave paintings from Lascaux, France appears in brown glaze at center....
Bread Plate Daniel Rhodes 1950 Ceramic salad plate with lavender glaze has a rectangular shape with rounded corners. A drawing of an ibex in the style of cave paintings from Lascaux, France appears in brown glaze at center....	Salad Plate Daniel Rhodes 1950 Ceramic salad plate with lavender glaze has a rectangular shape with rounded corners. A drawing of a bull in the style of cave paintings from Lascaux, France appears in brown glaze over an oval...
Tile Cathedral Oaks Tile Co. c. 1915 Hand-pressed fired clay (cream colored body) with glaze see page 269 in The Arts and Crafts Movement in California (Trapp) for a chronology of Cathedral Oaks	Mission Candle Sconce Claycraft Potteries c. 1925-1935 California Mission candle sconce in glazed earthenware. An architectural frame of spiral columns supporting an arch surrounds an image of adobe buildings. A tan tower at center and a low roofed...
Lemonade glass California Faience c.1925 Cast porcelain, gray/green "art glaze." The art glaze may be a variant of or a faulty crystalline glaze. (HB)	Pitcher California Faience c.1925 Cast porcelain, gray/green "art glaze." The art glaze may be a variant of or a faulty crystalline glaze. (HB)
Lemonade glass California Faience c.1925 Cast porcelain, gray/green "art glaze." The art glaze may be a variant of or a faulty crystalline glaze. (HB)	Vase Arequipa Pottery 1911-1918 Baluster vase with straight-sided collar neck; flat flanged lip. White earthenware body, cast. Allover stylized design of trefoil leaves, smaller leaves, scroll stems, glazed green; large...
vase Beatrice Wood 1950-1951 Earthenware vase with luster glaze decorated with a female figure and teal geometric designs.	vase Arequipa Pottery 1913 This is a glazed earthenware vase that has a cylindrical shape that flairs outward slightly near the top and tapers back in at the lip. A band of stylized ivy appears around the vase at its...