VINTAGE MID MODERN Signed Sascha Brastoff Dish / Ashtray enamel on copper ashtray, signature to lower right of dish, measures 6 3/4 inches in diameter, 7/8 in tall, illustration on ashtray shows flowers in pastel green and blue on a green gold background, there are three notches for ash, wear consistent with age and use. Sascha Brastoff (1917-1993) was a performer, designer, and the founder of a successful production ceramics factory and line that operated in Los Angeles, California, from c.1946 – 1962. As the company grew, a massive factory and showroom designed by A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons was built on West Olympic Boulevard in West Los Angeles in 1953. At its height, Brastoff had around 100 ceramicists and decorators working for him. The productionware lines included dinnerware sets, vases, decorative plates, figurines and more. The wide range of series show Brastoff’s influences: theater and performance, futurism and abstraction, and the stylistic tastes of a midcentury Los Angeles. (AMOCA)