leah’s ebay finds: heath ceramics tea set
The organic tableware created by Edith Heath beginning in the 1940s is a modern American classic. Each piece is handcrafted by skilled artisans in Heath Ceramics‘ small pottery in Sausalito, California, and has an elegant earthiness and a streamlined simplicity that’s all about material and form. Many Heath pieces are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Heath items are relatively scarce on eBay — I suspect because people tend to hang onto theirs forever and pass them down to family members. This vintage stoneware tea set, purchased from the Heath Ceramics Factory Store, includes a teapot with a cord-wrapped copper handle, six teacups, a creamer, and a lidded sugar bowl — all made from Heath’s signature brown clay finished with a creamy ivory glaze. Current bid: $10.49. –Leah H.
(P.S. Click here to see the absolutely breathtaking Sausalito home of current Heath owners Catherine Bailey and Robin Petravic, who were kind enough to let me feature it in an Apartment Therapy writeup awhile back.)
See more of Leah’s great finds on her blog, More Ways to Waste Time.
