1950s Mid Century Sascha Brastoff's Vase, Alaska Line. This beautiful tall vase has an Alaskan Eskimo on the front with splashes of light aqua blue, with browns, white, tans, and gold accents. Signed Sacha B and on the bottom number 094.
It measures 13 1/2" tall at the highest point of the lip. The other side is 11 1/2". It is in excellent condition with one tiny chip that is within the vase, not on the opening or on the base. It is not easily seen.

The ‘Alaska’ art pottery pieces made by Matthew Adams in the mid-50s are in high demand by collectors.
He started to produce this atomic line of Alaskan pieces while still working for Sascha Brastoff’s Studio. Adams continued to make the ‘Alaska’ series once he opened his own studio. Sascha signed the pieces. From that point on his pieces prominently displayed his signature.

After the war (1944) Sascha moved to California and signed a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox as a designer and entertainer. In 1947 Brastoff opens his first ceramic plant in Los Angeles producing hand-painted pottery. In 1952 With backing from Winthrop Rockefeller, Brastoff opened a new, larger factory in Los Angeles. The factory is destroyed by fire after only six months. A new still larger 35, 000 sq. ft. factory and showroom opened that eventually employed more than 100 people.

In 1966 After several years away from the public eye, Brastoff opened a one-man show of metal sculpture at the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in Los Angeles. In the 70s Brastoff designed the Esplanade and Roman Bronze lines for Haeger Pottery and Produced a line of jewelry for Marilyn Watson Creations and for Merle Norman. 1975-1985 Brastoff designs and produces a myriad of lines for other ceramic, jewelry and decorative arts companies. He experiments with a wide variety of new materials and techniques, including holograms.

Many Hollywood stars were among his customers including Joan Crawford and Donna Reed. It is said that Joan Crawford bought an ashtray and stated in a letter to Sascha that she would not let anyone get near the ashtray with a cigarette as she considered it a work of art

This item is sold from an excellent, highly rated vintage boutique in Los Angeles, CA.