No. 253948
Vintage Sascha Brastoff Surf Ballet Large 18" Black Marbled Ceramic Platter
Vintage Sascha Brastoff Surf Ballet Large 18" Black Marbled Ceramic Platter. Item No. 253948. Maker: Sascha Brastoff, California. Circa 1950s. Size: 18” long x 14” wide x 1.5” deep. Weight: 3 lbs 2 oz. Condition: pre-owned, sold as-is. Available now for $85, in person at Booth #99, Bliss Market, 390 Roseville Square, Roseville CA, or online through Bliss Market.
$85
Available now
Order online and Bliss Market professionally packs and ships it — same day on orders in by 6pm PT, next day after that — or holds it for you to collect at the booth. Message me before you head over and I'll confirm it's still on the shelf.
A large Sascha Brastoff Surf Ballet chop platter in the black marbled glaze, 18 inches across.
Brastoff ran one of the most ambitious ceramics studios in post-war Los Angeles, backed by Winthrop Rockefeller, and Surf Ballet was his signature effect — the marbling was made by floating glaze on water and drawing the piece through it, so no two are identical. Deep black breaks into liquid grey and white across a freeform wavy rim. This is the large platter, the biggest size the pattern was made in.
It works either way. Set it on a table and it is a serving platter with real presence. Put it on a plate hanger and it is abstract wall art — at 18 inches it is big enough to anchor a gallery wall on its own, or to be the one piece that pulls a black-and-white arrangement together.
The underside carries the full gold signature backstamp with the stylised rooster.
- Circa1950s
- MakerSascha Brastoff, California
- PatternSurf Ballet, black marbled
- MaterialGlazed earthenware art pottery
- Size18” long x 14” wide x 1.5” deep
- Weight3 lbs 2 oz
- MarkingsGold signature backstamp and rooster logo on the reverse
- UseServing platter or wall display
See it in person
Booth #99 · Bliss Market
390 Roseville Square, Roseville CA
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm