Orca Productions

01/06/2025

Please note: DS Canavan no longer has access to this page. Please do not post or message him from here.

11/20/2024

01/04/2024

Exciting!! 2 more new Vendors are coming, we'll have Lots to see and buy, all the sellers here are very knowledgeable about the items they sell, buy with confidence.

The Lodi New Years 2024 Antique Show and Sale coming in about a week. Newspaper, Postcards, and social media ads are all out. Lodi is waiting for you!!!!

12/31/2023

Ring in the New Year at the Lodi 2024 New Year Antique Show!! Jan.12-14th

12/17/2023

Adorable 1940's "Garden Children" S/P shakers by Sorcha Boru of San Carlos, California

This Darling Salt and Pepper set is 2 Children Playing in the Garden Boy 3.5" x 3.5" and the Girl 2.5" (T) x 3.5" Base. Both are in terrific condition, no chips, cracks, or repairs. Hand script signature on the base "SBC"

-- History--

Sorcha Boru was the studio name of Claire Everett Stewart ( April 13, 1900 – January 30, 2006), a potter and ceramic sculptor. Most of her works include small items such as figurines, vases, planters, and salt and pepper shakers, mostly done in the art deco style. One of her pieces includes an "Alice in Wonderland" chess set (1932).

Stewart was born in San Francisco, California and graduated from the Girls High School in San Francisco in 1919. She received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California Berkeley in 1924. In 1926, she married Ellsworth R. Stewart (1897 – 1971) whom she met while they were students at University of California, Berkeley.

From c. 1932-39, Stewart had a studio at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, California. From about 1940 to the mid-1950s, she had a studio at 430 El Camino Real in San Carlos, California with a production factory nearby in San Carlos, operated by her husband who made pieces using molds.

12/01/2023

Patricia Garrett had a studio in the Berkeley/Oakland area during the 1980s and 1990s where she created beautiful, lifelike reproductions of fruit and vegetables that were part of her Great Impressions line.

Patricia Garrett Ceramic Butternut Squash Serving Dish is 9.75" (L) x 4.75 (T) x 3.25" (W). This piece is from her "great Impressions" line of realistically rendered vegetable form pottery. Circa 1990. This wonderful Squash/Vegetable will make a terrific addition to your Natural, or Country themed home.