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Heath Ceramics

Heath Ceramics continues as one of California’s last remaining mid-century era potteries, compared to several hundred which once operated in the state. It continues to produce and sell handcrafted dinnerware and tiles at its original Sausalito factory location. In 2003, industrial designer Catherine Bailey and her husband mechanical engineer Robin Petravic bought Heath Ceramics when Edith and Brian Heath could no longer run the company. The new owners continue to revitalize Heath’s original designs with new ideas and by engaging talented artists and designers, while maintaining Heath’s design tradition.

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Heath Ceramics Dual-Glazed Tiles

Basic installation is all you need to create a unique display with Heath's new dual-glazed collection. Each color pattern has up to six different pieces that, when put together randomly, make for a subtlly striking set of field tiles. They're kept in-stock so there's no waiting or delivery time, which means you can get grouting as soon as you're ready.

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Heath Vases

Historic pottery Heath Ceramics has unveiled two new colors for the soon-to-be released summer 2009 collection—Marigold Frost and Hibiscus Frost. The new colorway will appear on vases (seen here), serving bowls, and mugs. The collection will only be available for a limited time, from April 1st until supplies run out.

Medium Straight Glass by Heath Ceramics made in Jane Lew, West Virginia.

Medium Straight Glass

We love Sausalito, California–based Heath Ceramics for carrying the torch of mid-century design and California manufacturing. For their drinking glasses, they linked up with an 80-year-old glassblowing workshop in West Virginia. Each glass is touched by no fewer than ten artisans—who blow and finish every piece by hand—before it heads to market.

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Neutra House Numbers

Sausalito-based ceramics company Heath together with type foundry House Industries recently released these eye-catching address plates, emblazoned with fonts designed by Richard Neutra and Charles and Ray Eames.

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Suede Red Shallow Salad Bowl

There are few manufacturers who warm our hearts—and tables—like Heath Ceramics in Sausailto, California. This ceramic bowl, in a seasonal red hue, could be a salad-serving piece as its name suggests, though we think it'd look most excellent filled with green beans.