Crystal Glaze Teardrop Hanging Ceramic Ashtray Planter Mid Century Signed
$44.99
This is a handmade mid century crystal glaze ceramic hanging ashtray with large teardrop side openings and a top hanging hole, about 10 inches tall.
The glossy tan glaze still shows bright blue, cream, and black crystal bursts with no chips or cracks visible in the photos, and the piece stands ready to hang or sit on a shelf.
Crystal glaze pieces like this were popular with studio and hobby potters in the 1960s and 1970s, when colored glass frit melted into random burst patterns in the kiln. Collectors often use the bowl as a hanging planter, candle lantern, or incense burner as well as an ashtray.
Details
- Item: Handmade crystal glaze ceramic hanging ashtray/candleholder
- Item Type: Ceramic hanging ashtray and planter
- Era: 1960s to 1970s
- Materials: Ceramic with high gloss crystal glaze
- Color: Warm tan ochre base with teal blue, cream, and black crystal bursts
- Maker and Mark: Signed by the creator; SCB scratched in the base
- Pattern or Model: Teardrop cutout hanging form with crystal burst glaze
- Style: Mid century modern studio ceramic
- Dimensions: 10 inches tall; base about 6 inches round; top about 3 inches round; openings about 4 by 6 inches
- Special Features: Large teardrop side cutouts; small circular hole at the top for hanging; glazed interior bowl; can hang as a planter, candle lantern, incense burner, or ashtray
Condition Grade: Near Fine
Positives
- Graded Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named below.
- No chips or cracks are visible in the photos on the exterior, cutout edges, or bowl.
- Crystal glaze remains glossy and colorful, with clear blue, cream, and black bursts on the tan ground.
- Teardrop openings and top hanging hole are intact and fully glazed on the edges shown.
- Form stands upright and looks symmetrical in the photos.
Issues / Wear
- No chips, cracks, or repairs are visible in the photos. Wear is limited to light handling and the high gloss reflections shown under studio light.
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If you collect mid century crystal glaze hanging ceramics, this signed teardrop ashtray planter with its bright burst pattern is ready for a porch hook or shelf. If it's the one you've been looking for, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
Returns
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Questions buyers ask
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Every listing spells it out and shows it in photos. Chips, hairlines, crazing, worn plating, old repairs. If I did not mention it, it is not there.
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