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2 Vintage SaschaB Brastoff Enamel Copper Art Plates Mid Century Modern 1950s
2 Vintage SaschaB Brastoff Enamel Copper Art Plates Mid Century Modern 1950s
2 Vintage SaschaB Brastoff Enamel Copper Art Plates Mid Century Modern 1950s
2 Vintage SaschaB Brastoff Enamel Copper Art Plates Mid Century Modern 1950s
2 Vintage SaschaB Brastoff Enamel Copper Art Plates Mid Century Modern 1950s
2 Vintage SaschaB Brastoff Enamel Copper Art Plates Mid Century Modern 1950s
2 Vintage SaschaB Brastoff Enamel Copper Art Plates Mid Century Modern 1950s
2 Vintage SaschaB Brastoff Enamel Copper Art Plates Mid Century Modern 1950s
2 Vintage SaschaB Brastoff Enamel Copper Art Plates Mid Century Modern 1950s

2 Vintage SaschaB Brastoff Enamel Copper Art Plates Mid Century Modern 1950s

$ 13.2

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Object Type: Plate
  • Vintage SaschaB Floral Enamele: Vintage SaschaB Floral Enameled Copper Art Plate
  • Model: marked 1T3
  • Brand: Sascha Brastoff
  • Main Color: green

    Description

    This auction is for a pair of beautiful vintage enamel on copper by Sacha
    Brastoff the "Hollywood Sweetheart".
    The two enamel plates are Octagonal with
    Gold spots, ferns and floral in blues, greens and whites on a lovely golden avocado green background.  Both are signed "SachaB", with black backs and gold "1T3" mark.
    The plates measure approximately 4-1/2" across.  The plates are in good condition but several of the corners the copper is showing, the enamel has been chipped off or worn off.  I show a close up of one corner in the last photo.  This is an "As-Is" auction so please see all photos and feel free to ask questions.
    Sacha was an American designer who worked in front of and behind the camera but is much better known for his terra cotta, ceramic, and jewelry designs. He was raised in Cleveland, Ohio where he trained and danced with the Cleveland Ballet as a teenager. He attended Western Reserve School of Art. He moved to New York City to pursue his artistic hopes, supporting himself as a Macy department store window dresser. By age 22, he had had a successful show of his terra cottas and had sold items to some of the most prestigious museums in New York. Soon after the U.S. entry into World War II, he joined the Army Air Corps and was assigned first as a designer and then as a performer to the Air Force show "Winged Victory," in which he stopped the show with his impression of Carmen Miranda,  an act he repeated in the film version. His work in "Winged Victory" landed him a postwar contract with 20th Century Fox, and he designed costumes for Carmen Miranda also Betty Grable in Diamond Horseshoe.
    In 1947, he opened his own decorative ceramic factory in Los Angeles. In 1953 he opened a state of the art factory and studio. At the Grand Opening such Hollywood luminaries as Edward G. Robinson, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Mitzi Gaynor made it the party of the year. Sascha counted Joan Crawford, Donna Reid and many other prominent stars as customers.