Vintage MCM California Pottery Usa 404 Green & Aqua Drip Glaze Ash or Catchall Tray

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Offering for sale this vintage mid-century modern (MCM) California Pottery ashtray or catchall dish, highly characteristic of companies like Maurice … Read more Offering for sale this vintage mid-century modern (MCM) California Pottery ashtray or catchall dish, highly characteristic of companies like Maurice of California, Marcia of California, or Sequoia Ware.

Key Characteristics:

- Vintage mid-century modern California pottery leaf ashtray (model #404) featuring a glossy green drip glaze
- Features an organic, stylized leaf shape with a prominently ribbed center ridge designed to serve as cigarette rests
- Biomorphic freeform leaf or pod shape with a central ribbed cigarette rest
- Finished in a vibrant, high-gloss drip glaze blending rich avocado greens and turquoise/teal tones; an aesthetic popular throughout the 1960s and 1970s
- While originally manufactured as tobacciana, these pieces are widely collected today and repurposed as decorative catchall trays, trinket dishes, or coffee table accent pieces
- Measures 12" x 10"
- Made in the USA by California pottery studios during the mid-20th century (circa 1950s–1970s)
- In outstanding condition, with no observable imperfections See less