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A tabletop display features a marbled ceramic vase, a striped pottery bowl with handles, a standing ceramic incense holder shaped like a figure, a yellow souvenir bell with a miniature guitar, and a Hilma af Klint art book propped upright in the background.
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Santa Ana Ware Bowl

$150.00

Mid-century ceramic bowl from the Irene Santa Ana Ware studio, featuring earth-toned glaze.

• Time Period: Mid-20th Century
• Origin: Santa Ana, California, USA
• Maker/Brand: Irene Saltern
• Medium: Stoneware
• Style: Mid-Century Modern / California Studio Pottery
• Condition: Excellent
• Decoration: Rustic brush-glazed finish with hand-thrown form

1 in stock

SKU: BOW-SANTAANA Category:
Description

This handcrafted bowl by Irene Saltern — produced in her Santa Ana, California studio — exemplifies the hallmarks of mid-century West Coast studio pottery: earthy tones, organic forms, and expressive glazing. Irene Santa Ana Ware is known for marrying simplicity with rich surface textures, aligning with the California pottery aesthetic that emphasized functional beauty and artisanal authenticity.

Collectors value Saltern’s pieces for their rustic elegance and their contribution to the mid-century ceramics movement. This bowl, with its textured glaze and hand-thrown proportions, reflects a quiet mastery — ideal for design-forward collectors of modernist American pottery.

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