Esoteric Survey

I'm glad it's still exciting to find a nice old bubble lamp. French catch all, Edward Kienholz poster, Victor Bisharat, and Jens Quistgaard.    

  I just added some new things for sale in the shop , including these things from Japan.  Sign up for the newsletter  at the bottom of the homepage to get notified first when new inventory is listed. And some things not from Japan.

  It was pretty slim on the picking front last weekend.  With Downtown Modernism this coming weekend, I'm sure I'll make up for it.  Weed Pot by Cliff Stewart. He was in some California Design exhibitions. Up until now, I've never really been that in love with his work. He did a good one here. Victor Bisharat. You can never have too many, right? A pretty wild Ikebana vase from Japan Also from Japan. The plinth is by the National Craft Council of Japan. 

  Weekend Stuff from the Bay Area.  The candle holder in the middle came from the estate of Muriel Coleman. We have Victor Bisharat on the right.   That's a Heath plate in the center. Val Robbins, William Chappelow and Panelcarve

 Earthgender, Robert Maxwell, La Gardo Tackett, Paul McCobb, Soleri Felmore fire tools (first time seeing outside of a period ad) and Victor Bisharat plant stand

Back at my favorite vista point on the way back from the Bay Area.  This time with a Robert Hanley for Modern Color Inc. floor vase. La Gardo Tackett Stan Bitters stool, Dean Santner jewelry boxes and a ceramic puzzle sculpture that opens up like a Russian doll. Victor Bisharat, Stan Hawk, Dora De Larios, Harrison McIntosh Irving Harper tray and some Euro stuff. Harvey Probber desk set and Carl Aubock Summerset Lounger

It was a great weekend for iron, including a Victor Bisharat table. I'm not making the mistake of selling this one. See here . Gross Wood Smalls

Pipsan Saarinen Swanson Victor Bisharat,  Architectural Pottery and Seymour Robins

It was a good weekend.

OK, so this Victor Bisharat  candelabrum sent me on one of those wormhole reserach expeditions.  It was designed in 1951 by Bisharat, a Jordan-born architect living in California. This I have known for quite some time. What I didn't know is that he designed this base around the same time.  It was used as a plant stand or a table and is pretty much the same concept as the candelabrum. It seems super obvious now. Here it is in table form. I've had a couple of these and never knew the designer. Since they are usually found in the SF Bay Area, I assumed it was a designer from up there. It turned out to be true. The wormhole paid off this time. Too bad I sold the tables. Also in the early 50's, Bisharat supposedly worked with with the Ralph M. Parsons Company and helped with the plan for Disneyland in  Anaheim . He was in the LA area, so it's plausible, but I couldn't find anything to substantiate the claim that he or the Parsons compan...

Raul Coronel (X 2), Amy Donaldson and Joel Edwards  Victor Bisharat  candelabrum. More on this next time.