Bauer's Ringware is the pattern that made the Los Angeles pottery famous in the 1930s: a plain, heavy form wrapped in concentric rings and dipped in a single saturated glaze. The 9-inch vase is the workhorse of the line, tall enough for a market bunch of flowers and wide enough for wooden spoons on a counter, and it will chill a bottle of wine on a hot night.
The Bauer Pottery Company of Los Angeles makes each piece in Southern California today from the original molds and glaze recipes. Slight variations in glaze are part of the hand-dipped finish.
