He marks his work with a stylized "H" and the year or "Hunt" and the year. Established small studio pottery operation in Fallbrook, California 1973-77 Earthgender business partnership between David Cressey and Robert Maxwell located in El Segundo, California 1977-92 Started a company to represent concrete and fiber glass planters and containers for commercial building projects Reference: Potteries Across Texas website 02 of 55 Amphora The Spruce / Jay B. Siegel Mark Ca. Ben Seibel, a famous 20th century designer of dinnerware, with designs for Iroquois, Steubenville, Roseville Raymor and Mikasa, designed some of the Universal lines. Cajun history and language in brief, learn some Cajun speech. Sascha Brastoff operated a pottery in Los Angeles starting about 1952. Gilmer produced art ware until about 1965, but also produced sanitary or utilitarian ware for the plumbing trade. This company made yellow ware and hand painted dinnerware similar to Watt Pottery. Georgia Art Pottery was started in 1907 in Alvaton, Ga. by W. T. B. Gordy, father of W. J. Gordy. Including a tan Silhouette planter, raised Roseville U.S.A. 756 mark; Florane vase, raised R U.S.A. 80-6; Three pieces of pottery including: 1> RosevilleThree pieces of pottery including: 1> Roseville Raymor bowl in mottled green. The wares were hand-painted with a rustic look and some were marked on the bottom with the Calpotter name. The pottery made plumbing fixtures long before and after the artware production. For more information on Homer Laughlin, see The Homer Laughlin China Company. The Nemadji Collectors Club has more information for those interested. Coffee mugs made for the restaurant trade can still be found on the secondary market. This California pottery, usually with detailed hand-decoration, was made in Monterey Park starting about 1941 and later moved to El Monte. Maddux operated in Los Angeles in the late 1930s and early 1940s. $100.00 1 bid Mark Letters . Eric Hellman of Van Briggle and Garden of the Gods fame developed the swirled paint pottery in 1929, and Nemadji made pots with clay from the Nemadji river and swirled paint until 2002. Bauer Pottery two handled vase by Matt Carlton. Georgia Art Pottery and W.J. The mark shown is a very loopy font that spells out the Weller name. The California company used the K.T.K. According to Cajunc there are a few ways to figure out where your piece originated. History of Jaru Pottery. Shawnee started production in 1936 and was in operation until 1963. Wedgwood closed the Franciscan Ceramics plant in 1984, moving production of the Franciscan tableware brands to England. Weil is often marked with a burro logo and the "Weil Ware" name, along with "Made in California." It imported Christmas items, merry mouse, cozy kitchen kittens and pixieware. Most Weller production was yellow or light-colored clay. estimate: $400-600. The Tennessee Association of Craft Artists website indicates that the Stegalls make utilitarian stoneware as well as pottery. the base possibly by Rose Fechheimer, circa 1905 converted from an oil lamp, Rookwood flame mark partly obscured by glaze, artist's cipher and numbers covered by glaze, bearing partial Rookwood paper label height 27 1/2in (69.8cm); diameter of shade 18 1/4in (46.3cm) From 1932-1942: "Pacific Pottery" tableware, kitchenware, art ware & figurines. Firing Pins: Vohann Vohann is another example of a glazed bottom with firing pins. O.P.Co. and porcelain. Haldeman sold the factory in 1947. It may be marked U.S.A. with a mold number or USA with no mold number. and Roseville, O. In July 1931, Faye G. Bennison purchased the former Poxon China pottery renaming the company Vernon Kilns. They are known for their classic Arts and Crafts designs, as well as beautiful Art Noveau pieces. Some of the Hall teapots are interesting shapes and very valuable. Sometimes you can identify an unmarked plate with the USA impressed mark on a rounded ecru back, but most dinnerware sets had an individual stamp. The California Heritage Museum, Joseph A. Taylor ed. His strong designs and mid-century modern art style kept him at the forefront of the industry in his artistic endeavors, working in pottery for years, then shifting his talent to wall decor, prints and paper in later life. Vallona Starr is the name of a California pottery company operated by Valeria Dopyera de Marsa and Everett and Leona Frost starting about 1946 in El Monte, although they made ceramics for a gift store from home 10 years prior to that time. Jane Fauntz baby and sitting boy figurines. Much of the Universal production was marked with a round stamp, but Ballerina has a rectangular stamp with the ballerina logo. Hagen-Renaker minis are often glued to a small card with the company name. Gordy." Some common California pottery marks include the initials of the potter, the date the piece was made, and the name of the pottery company. Stanley Ballard was an Alfred University graduate in ceramics in 1939 who produced pottery in the mid-century modern style. The pottery was made of white clay, often with brown or drip glazes, and was mid-century modern style. For more information on McCoy's history, see the McCoy Pottery website. It's often marked with 3 numbers or with the Abingdon name in a stamped rectangle, circle or a diamond. Shenango Pottery operated independently but had invested money in Castleton, and by 1951 had taken over Castleton, changing the name to Shenango China in 1954. "Shelledge" and "Federal" were popular thin porcelain shapes. Provenance: Property from the collection of Richard Guzauskas, Palm Springs, California. Brown family potters settled in Arden, North Carolina, in the 1920s. You'll also find RumRill shapes with the RedWing name, made after the RumRill-RedWing contract ended. Alamo Pottery started about 1945 in San Antonio, Texas, making small vitreous ceramics and art ware. Gordy was a folk art potter and a studio art potter who contributed to the museum in Lumpkin, Georgia. Rocky Mountain used pine and pine bark designs, sometimes with pinecones and pine scent. The photos are grouped as follows:: Art Pottery Commemoratives Accessories Dinnerware Patterns Art Pottery Commemoratives Accessories Dinnerware Patterns The dinnerware patterns are sorted alphabetically by pattern name. Arequipa California Pottery Marks. The ceramics operation closed in 1953 and molds were sold, possibly to Gilner. The Limoges Gout de Ville mark features two circles with a crown and the word "Limoges" in the center. Franciscan Ware was one of the names of Gladding, McBean & Company, operating in California from about 1875. It also made decorator items, plaques and a few utilitarian pieces during the 1940s until about 1964. Much of the Vallona Starr output wasn't marked, but some pieces are marked in the mold. Hear that thunder in the distance? The first products were plaster, but by the 1940s, the business was making pottery figurines, flower holders and useful accessories for the table. The Holt-Howard pixie ware is collectible, and imitations abound. Chantilly China (from Trenton, New Jersey) made Victorian figurines in the U.S similar to Cordey China. Hill Pottery in Trenton, New Jersey became Fulper Pottery, and Martin Stangl changed the name to Stangl Pottery in 1929. Others are identifiable because of the smooth glaze, gold edging or identifiable shape. Syracuse acquired Meyer China about 1984 and Shenango China about 1988. Miscellaneous Pottery Porcelain Marks: Including various marks from a range of British, American, and European pottery and porcelain manufacturers. Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, Ohio was the most famous American pottery at the turn of the 20th century, and much of the early Rookwood was hand-painted by artists, using the pottery as a canvas. The pottery relocated to Aberdeen, Ga. and back to Alvaton, finally moving to Primrose in 1935. Goss Vermont is marked with a script "Goss" and printed "Vermont" in a red clay body. Goss was made in Winooski, Middlebury and several Vermont towns over the years since 1970. (Ed. Temperware was oven-to-freezer-to-table technology that allowed the splendid dinnerware patterns to withstand heat and cold. Ceramics that are white or off-white, often high-fired, including vitreous china and ironstone, and usually used for dinnerware or bathroom sets. Hyalyn Porcelain operated in Hickory, North Carolina, starting about 1947. It didn't make the glass or porcelain object as the label might suggest. Howard Pierce operated his pottery in Claremont, California, starting in 1941, moving to Joshua Tree, California about 1968. It is the sound flea market fans rushing towa Dear Lee, 8 Impressed mark, . We'll update as able. Russel Wright designed White Clover, produced by Harker in the early 1950s. Learn more about Cowan Pottery in Mark Bassett's book: (affiliate link) Cowan Pottery and the Cleveland School (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) produced by Schiffer Publishing (1997). Boyd Owens, the son of M. L. Owens, operates Owens Pottery in Seagrove in 2012. The Tropico Pottery mark was used on kitchenware (mixing bowls) and art ware from April 15, 1935 to December 31,1937. Castleton made White House china for both Eisenhower and Johnson. Rookwood pottery is marked with a logo formed from the "RP" initials and flames in a circle a flame added for each year after 1886, up to 1900, which had 14 flames. usually found on the bottom of ceramic objects created by potters, ceramic artists and sculptors. The large majority of Roseville pottery is very common and worth less than $100 in most cases. It continued dinnerware and souvenir plate production until 1958. Ceramics California Oakland Museum Milwaukee Art Museum Denver Art Museum Smart Museum Of Art Museum Of Fine Arts Weisman Art Museum Everson Museum Santa Barbara Museum Rodin Museum $4,995.00 Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, Circa 1950s 1stDibs.com Beatrice Wood Pottery Marks Dining And Entertaining Earthenware Some of the Gonder glazes are unusual and help identify the artware, but most Gonder is marked with "Gonder USA" or "Gonder Original.". The "Golden Era in tile making"[2] and art pottery, influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, was around 1910. Hall China made dinnerware, kitchenware and advertising items along with Autumn Leaf for Jewel Tea Company. "Fiesta" was one if his designs. While in Los Angeles, he worked as a costume designer for Fox. The Louisville Stoneware mark was in use after 1970. Note: Not all makers have a mark here, or a good one. George RumRill was born in Gainesville, Texas, but worked from Little Rock, Arkansas to get his designs produced by the potteries. Cordey China Co. started making figurines and decorative items in Trenton, New Jersey about 1942. Metlox was one California pottery using firing pins. Jeff and Linda Potts changed the name from Potts Town to Potts Pottery. Abingdon is a high-fired pottery much like Alamo and Gilmer, using a white clay body. Please don't copy our images but use them for free to help with identification of your pottery. Desert Sands Pottery, originally started by Arthur Evans, was in Boulder City, Nevada, producing swirl clay items from the 1940s until 1962. Purinton was hand-decorated pottery without the use of decals or stencils. Although this mini pitcher is marked only "Made in California" it is typical Guppy's pottery production. The Vernon Owens family operates Jugtown Pottery. Royal China made many dinnerware patterns over the 50 years in existence. Gordy and D.X. Also marked "Bell" inside a bell design. or Cal. Winthrop Rockefeller provided some of the financing. Franciscan Ware dinnerware was quality hand-painted table service, but Franciscan also made porcelain dinnerware service and miscellaneous decorator items. California pottery includes industrial, commercial, and decorative pottery produced in the Northern California and Southern California regions of the U.S. state of California. It used a black or gold backstamp with the Stangl name in an oval as well. "Gabriel Pasadena" is also a Winfield China mark, used after American Ceramic Products Company (formerly La Mirada) took over the Winfield name in the 1940s. Hull Pottery Company started as A. E. Hull Pottery Company in 1905, and changed to Hull Pottery Company about 1952, operating in Crooksville, Ohio until 1986. Bauer Pottery after 1950), California Brick and Tile Company (formerly Owens Brick Company, Figurines, giftware, tableware & art ware, California Ceramics (Ceramic Manufacturing Company), California China Products Company (CCPCo), California Figurine Company (Weil of California after 1946), "Weil Ware" giftware, artware, tableware & figurines, Tableware, art ware, tile, giftware & figurines, Giftware, kitchenware, art ware & figurines, Crest China Company (Royal Crest China after 1952), Cookie jars, kitchenware, giftware, & planters, Douglass Clay Products Company (Pacific Sewer Pipe after 1910), Flintridge China Company (Gorham after 1970), "Clay in Mind" planters, cookware, & giftware, Grand Feu Art Pottery (Brauckman Art Pottery), Heirlooms of Tomorrow (California Originals after 1955). Mt. From 1943present: brick & pavers, Carnegie Brick and Pottery Company Pottery plant, Figurines, art pottery, vases, urns, clay pipes, Handcraft Tile (San Jose Tile before 1931), Garden ware & architectural wall surfaces, "K.T.K" "K.T. What started in the Pacific Palisades as an awkward meeting between the two quickly blossomed into a relationship -and marriage- which gave rise to one of the most successful power couples in Southern California in the 1940s. David Gifford authored the (affiliate link) Collector's Guide to Camark Pottery: Identification & Values (Collector's Encyclopedia) and (affiliate link) Collector's Guide to Camark Pottery, Book 2: Identification & Values. Vontury maintained the studio until his death in 1992. In the 1950s, favorable trade agreements toward Asian countries contributed to a flood of competitively priced ceramic wares entering the United States market. of Calif. or K.T.K. The pottery is made in Cougar, Washington. 1944 to 1951. Roselane Pottery was in Pasadena, California and then Baldwin Park, California, operating from the 1930s until it was sold in 1973. Identify the differences in U.S. ceramics and information about the manufacturing process. It was based out of a sanatorium for women suffering from the early stages of tuberculosis. The Anthony signature mark was from Anthony Freeman, one of the company owners and a designer of production figurines. Vontury used pastel glazes and impressionistic art designs, creating large vases, tiles, ashtrays, and figurines. Pfaltzgraff produced dinnerware starting about 1950, with "Heritage" issued in 1963 and "Village" in 1976. Canuck Pottery started producing Evangeline Ware about 1938. Shenango China made vitreous china or restaurant ware in New Castle, PA. from the 1920s until the company was sold to Interpace in 1968. Evans Ceramics of Healdsburg, California, has produced pottery since about 1960. They used a pitcher and bowl set, a chamber pot, a toothbrush cup and assorted pieces in the bath area. Vernon introduced their first solid color dinnerware line " Early California " on Montecito. It is unclear if this was a father and son duo or brothers. Most of the production has a drip glaze, making it easily identifiable. Some marks are made up of letters listed in alphabetical order. Antigua was a pattern marked Vernon Ware by Metlox. The number of ceramics and pottery marks we include has been restricted in an effort to avoid duplicating work. Desert Sands was located in Barstow, California, for a while, operated by Arthur's son, Ferrell and nephew, Terrell. Old Ivory was a colored clay body first available in 1926, followed by Adobe (tan body) in 1931. Antiqueweek.com has a brief history on RumRill Pottery for the curious. The pottery was open until about 1973. Camark Pottery Camark Pottery produced pottery in Camden, Arkansas, starting in 1926 and continuing until about 1962. Cordey workers applied handmade pottery flowers and leaves, with pink roses one of the favorites. Copa de Oro (Mary Jane Hart) horse figurine. Freeman-McFarlin also purchased and produced designs from other artisans, including Kay Finch. Stilt marks: RumRill Canuck Pottery is one of the better-known Canadian potteries. Alamo Pottery expanded to Hondo, Texas, and became a profitable sanitary ware business. The approximate date of most of this pottery is 1880. Out of Hand is a Sonora, California company that offers ceramics and clay programs so that others may learn the craft. The most active period for the production of household ceramics including tableware, kitchenware, giftware, and art ware was from the 1930s through the 1960s. The black-green combination is easiest to find and to recognize. She employed local artisans to design and decorate tile in the Mexican style. The pottery is best known for its bright, island-inspired matte and glossy glazes. 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