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Jeanne Gorbutt

Jeanne Gorbutt Ashtray
Hand-Decorated Ashtray

This hand-decorated ashtray is marked "Jeanne" on the bottom and was made by Gorbutt Bowman in Topeka, Kansas in the late 1940s.

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tennebrac's picture

Re: Jeanne Gorbutt

It's kind of Sascha Bellaire-ish don't you think?  

atomicscott's picture

Re: Jeanne Gorbutt

Absolutely!

tennebrac's picture

Re: Jeanne Gorbutt

but I think it predates both of them!

mpratt's picture

Re: Jeanne Gorbutt

Exactly my first thought as well.

nostalgiaholic's picture

Re: Jeanne Gorbutt

Very nice!  Love the loose brush, free-hand style.

modlectic's picture

Re: Jeanne Gorbutt

Jeanne was one talented artist. Thanks for the share!

Brunettepet's picture

Re: Jeanne Gorbutt

Gorgeous colors and I love the breeziness of the brush strokes.

myhermitude's picture

Re: Jeanne Gorbutt

A lot like Sascha Brastoff... I have a ceramic "uplight" lamp from the same period, which is unsigned and has a very similarly worked leaf design. I've always thought my lamp was an unsigned Brastoff, and have seen only one other on the Internet. Interesting.