The Royal Gorge Scenic R.R. Orig. Calla Lily dinnerware was a San Jose Potteries product. usually found on the bottom of ceramic objects created by potters, ceramic artists and sculptors. Other marks on Roselane pieces are indented stamps on the larger figurines and print stamps on the smaller ones. c. 1878, glazed porcelain. Copa de Oro (Mary Jane Hart) horse figurine. Impressed manufacturer's mark to verso of each example 'Chelsea Keramic Art Works, Robertson & Sons'. Some common California pottery marks include the initials of the potter, the date the piece was made, and the name of the pottery company. Winfield continued business until about 1962. For example, Virginia Rose is a shape (see Robbins Nest: Virginia Rose china patterns). Gordy.". 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. Brock (Southern California Pottery Company), "Brock" "Brock Ware" "Grantcrest" tableware, "Bauer 2000" Tableware, art ware & kitchenware, Brusche Ceramics/Brusche Ceramics of California (J.A. We're emphasizing American pottery marks, but included a few Canadian pottery marks as well. note: this book is apparently out of print, and may be difficult to find. Hagen-Renaker is known for miniatures with colored slip clay. The approximate date of most of this pottery is 1880. Pierce continued production of pottery and sculptures until his death in 1994. Some Haeger pottery has a paper label and Haeger Floral is one of the less common labels we see. The Currier and Ives mark was in a cartouche; the Star Glow mark shows the name with a star. American Ceramics Products Company was the new name for La Mirada Pottery after 1939. [2] Vernon produced ceramic tableware, art ware, giftware, and . Marked Raymor Roseville USA. Out of Hand allows visitors to glaze cups and plates for a fee that includes firing. W.T.B. Eric Hellman developed the painting method for Nemadji Pottery in 1929. The pottery is best known for its bright, island-inspired matte and glossy glazes. The current Haeger Potteries website has the history of the potteries. If you have any information on Carmel Pottery don't hesitate to Contact Us. Most of the Haeger pottery on the secondary market today was made in the last 50 years. The California Heritage Museum, Joseph A. Taylor ed. John Frank started Frankoma Pottery in Sapulpa, Oklahoma about 1936. The first McCoy Pottery was started in 1848 in the Zanesville, Ohio, area. TV lamps, large serving and decorative pieces with airbrushed designs were typical Lane production. This mark causes confusion with collectors, as the immediate reaction is that this is Roseville Pottery, another company in the area that was much more famous. 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). The ceramics operation closed in 1953 and molds were sold, possibly to Gilner. Brad Keeler Ming Dragon Blood covered ginger jar. If we have more information on the pottery mark or piece, you can click on the image to open that section. 8 Impressed mark, . Owen and Owens are pottery families working in Seagrove, North Carolina for over a century. It used a black or gold backstamp with the Stangl name in an oval as well. His pottery is utilitarian stoneware with unusual glazes, signed with the name in bold hand. 9 7/8" wide. The basic shape came in numerous decal patterns, some in flashy 1970s style. Among the first wares produced were those for utilitarian purposes (e.g., mugs and plates). B. The mark is a round red stamp but may also be an incised clay mark. California Pottery Artisan Mugs Set Navy $24 Size: 12 ounce California Pottery reggie2327 MCM Orange Yellow California Pottery Retro Glazed Serving Chip Dip Tray Bowl 326 $50 Size: OS California pottery ladygiraffeak MCM Pottery Sectional Relish Tray REPLACEMENT Dishes Orange Speckle G20 USA $20 Size: OS California Pottery classicdazzle 2 Holt-Howard was an import company, not an American pottery. Pottery with this mark was produced in Primrose, Georgia, from 1935 until about 1955 when Gordy's son, D.X. Some of his pottery is marked Wihoas or Shezane, and the RW initials indicate his work. Calpotter was a Laguna Beach, California pottery company operating in the 1940s and maybe into the 1950s. Some common marks include the studio where the piece was made, the potter who crafted the piece, and the signature of the artist who decorated it. Malay Blossom was one of the dinnerware lines. Evan's pottery is one of the Brown family potters, in operation since 1955. This mug has the LP signature for Linda Potts and the year it was made. If you had a name, however, that would be waaaaay too easy. Rick Wisecarver was both potter and artist, working in Roseville, Ohio. California Originals In California Art Potteries All Auction Buy It Now 55,929 Results Time Period Manufactured Condition All Filters very rare Vintage Viking 9 in Long tail bird color " Root-beer" origin label $190.00 0 bids $15.60 shipping 6d 19h or Buy It Now ANTIQUE california pottery figurine JEAN MANLEY W/Rare Hand Drawing . Production includes brick, sewer pipe, architectural terra cotta, tile, garden ware, tableware, kitchenware, art ware, figurines, giftware, and ceramics for industrial use. and Roseville, O. Learn more about the Maddux history on the Maddux Pottery website. Description: A group of five Jun ware pottery decorations Comprising three bowls, a dish and tall vase. Lenox sold decorated ceramics at the Lenox Ceramic Art Company before the turn of the 20th century and started dinnerware production about 1902. Roselane Pottery was in Pasadena, California and then Baldwin Park, California, operating from the 1930s until it was sold in 1973. Pottery identification has facets clay color, glaze, shape and decoration are a few but if you're lucky, the potter or pottery marked the item. 11 h 6 w d in. Metlox and the Poppytrail name were sold to Evan K. Shaw in 1946. California pottery includes industrial, commercial, and decorative pottery produced in the Northern California and Southern California regions of the U.S. state of California. This pottery is sometimes marked McMaster Craft, and often has souvenir identification. Robbins Nest has some more information on Royal China's history. Knowles, Taylor, Knowles was originally in East Liverpool, Ohio, but the California operation started in 1923 in Santa Clara, California by Homer Knowles. Vernon Kilns plates are often marked with a horizontal line of writing, "Vernon Kilns Made in U.S.A." Dinnerware had a circular stamp, sometimes with the name of the series, such as "Native California.". The company was sold to Designer Accents in 1985 and closed in 1990. The phrase "California pottery" generally brings to mind the mid-20th-century output of Southern California potteries such as Bauer, Gladding-McBean, Metlox, Pacific, and Vernon. It made utilitarian ware and art pottery with heavy glazes similar to Grueby. Mount Saint Helens Ashware produces souvenir pottery from volcanic ash from Mt. Van Briggle Pottery Mark You might call them fifties kitsch, inexpensive but cute, and now vintage. Homer Laughlin is a dinnerware company, one of America's oldest. Ceramics that are white or off-white, often high-fired, including vitreous china and ironstone, and usually used for dinnerware or bathroom sets. The pottery is thin with excellent color and a shiny glaze. Best Art galleries in Santa Rosa Buy Art from artists near me Safe Delivery Secure Payment Free Returns A Manual of Marks on Pottery and Porcela - Specialty Appraisals Identify the differences in U.S. ceramics and information about the manufacturing process. (Ed. Vohann was in Capistrano Beach prior to San Clemente, and uses a paper label as well as marks in the mold. Kaye Schueftan used "Kim Ward" as her signature after a copyright infringment lawsuit by Hedi Schoop, another Hollywood ceramicist for whom she worked before starting her own shop. Kay Finch Ceramics went out of business about 1963. He completed his Master of Fine Arts from Claremont College in 1957 and taught ceramics in Walnut, California. Doug Ferguson and Ellis Ownby often signed their work. Production after Jack Carnes's death in 1958 was intermittent and the factory closed in 1982. There are many problems with company names. Shenango marks are stamped in black and include a coded manufacturing date. The California company used the K.T.K. He created single-fired ceramics in a studio setting. Lot 263: Chelsea Keramic Art Works. Royal China made many dinnerware patterns over the 50 years in existence. La Mirada Pottery operated in Los Angeles, California from 1935 until 1939. Royal China made dinnerware in Sebring, Ohio starting about 1934 and continuing until about 1986. We often see this pottery referred to as the same, but Garden of the Gods is Colorado pottery, while Nemadji is made in Moose Lake, Minnesota. The most active period for the production of household ceramics including tableware, kitchenware, giftware, and art ware was from the 1930s through the 1960s. Haeger Potteries has been in operation in Dundee, Illinois for about 140 years. Coffee mugs made for the restaurant trade can still be found on the secondary market. This was one of California's largest pottery operations, with plants in Los Angeles, Alberhill, Santa Monica and Glendale. The pottery was sold in 1981 and closed in 1986. Dryden Hot Springs is one of the Arkansas marks used after the move, sometimes hand-written, sometimes in the mold. Dimensions: tallest height 8 1/2in (21.5cm); largest diameter 9 1/2in (24cm) Condition: General marks, scratches, rubbing, wear, glazing and firing flaws. [citation needed] The major area of U.S. household ceramics production was in the Los Angeles basin. $35. He had been with Broadmoor Pottery a year (1935), and with Van Briggle before that. See the Out of Hand website for more information. Many items are marked "Hall" in a circle. Desert Sands swirl pottery has oxides added to make beautiful colors in the clay, and a clear glaze applied after the handmade pot is completed. Much of the Cherokee production is dated as well as marked with "Cherokee" and an arrow. The black-green combination is easiest to find and to recognize. Abingdon shapes are often plain Art Deco or geometric style and the glazes are smooth and often tertiary colors unusual blues, greens and pinks. The children are particularly collectible, and some were planters. Roseville, Ohio, was the location of several potteries, including Roseville Pottery one of the best known American pottery companies. Warwick used both hand-painted and decal decorations, and did some portraits on some of the wares. The tulip design was applied to the interior base in iron slip and loop and swag pattern along the interior rim. Letitia Landers published three volumes of (affiliate link) Camark Pottery: An identification and value reference in the 1990s, with catalog reprints in black and white. The first way is to look for a name along with the California mark. Bottles were gourd-like; a few, asymmetrical (21) like certain gourds; others bilobate as are gourds; the scoop was but a gourd cut in half; and pottery rattles were like the gourd ones. He used an impressed RD script in a circle to mark his work, but the chocolate stoneware and mid-century shapes also identify his legacy. Roseville Art Pottery. The pottery is made in Cougar, Washington. It couldn't compete with imports after the 1950s and closed in 1967. This pottery made figurines and planters, candleholders and home accessories from about 1933 through 1947 in Burbank. If you are serious about learning pottery marks or identifying pottery, you'll need (affiliate link) Lois Lehner's Encyclopedia Of US Marks On Pottery, Porcelain and Clay along with the (affiliate link) Kovels' New Dictionary of Marks. Starting business in Ohio in the 1870s, this company opened the Newell, W.Va. plant about 1907. Dean A. Mogle started Nor-So Studio in about 1947 in Camden, Arkansas. Winstanley Glass Eyed Cat, Marks to Underside, Winstanley Glass Eyed Cat, Marks to Underside, Stands 10 inches in height by 17.5 inches in Length. Bauer closed in 1962 as a result of a union strike. and K." Art ware, restaurant ware, figurines & novelty giftware, Cookie Jars, giftware, tableware & utilitarian ware, Utility ware, flower pots, garden ware & art ware, San Jose Tile (Handcraft Tile after 1931), Stockton Terra Cotta Company (Stockton Art Pottery after 1896), Firebrick, sewer pipe & stove pipe & art pottery, Stockton Art Pottery (Stockton Brick and Pottery Company after 1901), Technical Porcelain and Chinaware Company (TEPCO), Sanitary ware & "California Porcelain" art ware, Figurines, art ware, gift ware, terra cotta, "Brad Keeler Art Ware" "American Pottery", B.J. 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 business went bankrupt, maybe as early as 1924. George RumRill was born in Gainesville, Texas, but worked from Little Rock, Arkansas to get his designs produced by the potteries. Information and help identifying American pottery bird figurines by the maker, the marks, clay colors, types and styles of figurines. Wedgwood closed the Franciscan Ceramics plant in 1984, moving production of the Franciscan tableware brands to England. DeLee was in Los Angeles, California from 1937 through part of the 1950s. Abingdon is a high-fired pottery much like Alamo and Gilmer, using a white clay body. "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. Blue Mountain started with purchased blanks, but began producing red clay bodies with drip glazes around 1953. Nemadji Pottery was located in Moose Lake, Minnesota as early as 1922, producing tile. These were souvenir pieces available for sale in the shop near the Railroad in Canon City, Colorado. We are mostly including in our guide for the sake of completeness. (A quality that is consistent with the California pottery movement in general.) Florence Ceramics was a Pasadena, California maker of girl and lady figurines and sometimes boys and men to match. The Vernon Owens family operates Jugtown Pottery. Hyalyn ceased production about 1996. Southern California Ceramic Company/California Art Products, Inc. Southern California Clay Products (California Clay Products after 1923), Southern California Coal and Clay Company (Pacific Sewer Pipe Company after 1910), Triangle Studios (Vallona Starr Ceramics), Tropico Potteries (Gladding, McBean & Co. after 1923), Tile, architectural terra cotta & sewer pipe, Weil of California (California Figurine Company prior to 1946), West Coast Tile Company (American Encaustic Tiling Company after 1919), Western Art Tile Company (Tropico Potteries after 1921), Will-George (became The Claysmiths in 1945), Winfield Pottery Gabriel Porcelain Pottery, "Winfield" "Gabriel Porcelain" tableware, art ware & figurines. I have attended many auctions in all parts of the country. Arequipa Pottery was an early twentieth century Arts and Crafts pottery manufacturer whose pottery is currently valued at anything from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars. The Anthony signature mark was from Anthony Freeman, one of the company owners and a designer of production figurines. Purinton Pottery was located in Wellesville, Ohio from 1939 to 1941 and Shippenville, Pennsylvania, from 1941 through 1959. Although you may not be able to read the mark, you'll recognize the German architecture of the building that is part of the logo. You would not even need to read this post. It may be marked U.S.A. with a mold number or USA with no mold number. Bennett also experimented with clay bodies and glazes. Description: A Van Briggle blue glazed pottery Lorelei vase 20th century Incised factory mark above Van Briggle / Colo Spgs / H/M Provenance: Property from the estate of Bobby Sang Diamond, Hancock Park California. Much of the Universal production was marked with a round stamp, but Ballerina has a rectangular stamp with the ballerina logo. 1919, glazed porcelain. The interior circle contains a graphic of a tree and a pottery vase in grass. Rowe Pottery Works was established in 1975 in Cambridge, Wisconsin. Out of Hand offers group or individual classes and conducted special Christmas ornament classes in 2011. Gladding, McBean & Co. Catalina Pottery Art Ware head vase. Between 1955 and 1957, Gonder produced tile. You'll occasionally see a thin-walled chocolate pot or fine dish made by Hampshire. A. Bauer pottery started production in Los Angeles, California in 1910. Desert Sands Pottery, originally started by Arthur Evans, was in Boulder City, Nevada, producing swirl clay items from the 1940s until 1962. Stangl used paper and foil labels and also marked some of the output with an in-mold mark or number. The round Jugtown Ware mark was used from the early 1920s until about 1960. American Pottery Marks and Resource Directory, Paul E. 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The marks aren't always the same, as you can see with this one. The Royal Gorge Scenic R.R. His work is mid-century modern style with hand-created art on pottery, and he had artisans who executed his designs. Older Florence pieces are sometimes marked "Florence Figurines.". Provenance: Property from the collection of Richard Guzauskas, Palm Springs, California. J. Founded in 1910 in Roseville, Ohio, McCoy Pottery later moved to Zanesville, Ohio, as part of a merger with other pottery companies. It imported Christmas items, merry mouse, cozy kitchen kittens and pixieware. Universal Potteries was located in Cambridge, Ohio from 1934 to 1955 and the "Ballerina" shape was one of the best sellers with Cattails the decal you're most likely to see. BUY, SELL & VALUE California Pottery - FIND TODAY's SELECTED California Pottery offered FOR SALE, BEST OFFER and Auction. These Southern California artists were no doubt inspired by the California pottery aesthetic of the 20th century, but their artistic sensibilities were too quirky or sophisticated for mainstream acceptance. 4 Antique Bauer Rosenthal & Co BRC Bavaria Purple Flower Porcelain Plates 7.75" . The four brothers Davis, Javan, Willie and Rufus became known for utilitarian kitchen ware, and Brown family descendants continue to produce pottery in the Arden area. Strong used red clay for some of his pottery, typical of North Carolina wares, where he had studied engineering at North Carolina State University. Camark Pottery produced pottery in Camden, Arkansas, starting in 1926 and continuing until about 1962. Stangl pottery closed in 1978. Marks are incised or cut into the wet clay, impressed with a tool into the wet clay or stamped with a machine and ink on dry clay. You can read more about the Gordy family in John A. Burrison's book entitled (affiliate link) Brothers in Clay: The Story of Georgia Folk Pottery. Paper labels are the least permanent marks, and many companies used a paper label and another method for marking wares. It made Castleton China from about 1940 to 1968, a fine porcelain dinnerware comparable to Lenox. Some of the Hall teapots are interesting shapes and very valuable. Cherokee Pottery is located in Porum, Oklahoma, producing Cherokee Nation pottery since 1977. O.P.Co. "Currier and Ives," the most popular pattern, was given as premiums at the A&P grocery stores in the 1950s. It didn't make the glass or porcelain object as the label might suggest. Garden of the Gods is a visitor and nature center near Colorado Springs, CO, and the Garden of the Gods pottery is Native American style, much like Nemadji. William Hunt, of Columbus, Ohio, is a studio potter who works in earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. Hall China made dinnerware and vitreous china in East Liverpool, Ohio, but production of Autumn Leaf made it famous, starting in 1933. The mark is stamped in small print but with excellent detail. Ozark Frontier was an early 1970s mark, according to G. L. Dybwad, author of (affiliate link) Dryden Pottery of Kansas and Arkansas: An Illustrated History, Catalog, and Price Guide, published in 2001. Joanne Fulton Schaefer wrote a book on deLee Art in 1997, 144 pages of color photos in hardcover format entitled "Delee Art: The Pictorial Story of a California Artist and Her Company." 03 of 55 Howard Pierce operated his pottery in Claremont, California, starting in 1941, moving to Joshua Tree, California about 1968. Similar to marks on vintage Bauer. Calpotter was a Laguna Beach, California pottery company operating in the 1940s and maybe into the 1950s. Autumn Leaf was a decal applied to kitchenware premiums for Jewel Tea Company. Abingdon pottery made artware from about 1934 to 1950 in Abingdon, Illinois. The clay was a light beige, and most pieces are hand-signed in script in the wet clay. Production continued in Calabasas until 1953. Bennett Pottery Company Records NMAH.AC.0213 Page 2 of 4 Biographical Note Bennett was the founder of the Edwin Bennett Pottery Company, Baltimore, Maryland which operated 1846-1936. For more information on McCoy's history, see the McCoy Pottery website. Another site has a similar one and they say it dates to the 1950's. Niloak is identified by incised marks in the clay, but much Niloak has a raised "Niloak" in the mold. Lawton Gonder took over the old Zane Pottery building in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1941 and operated Gonder Ceramic Arts until about 1955. Bauer purchased Cemar Pottery molds in 1955 and made Cemar designs at the Bauer factory. It was based out of a sanatorium for women suffering from the early stages of tuberculosis. San Jose Potteries operated from the 1920s to 1945 in San Antonio, Texas, and was a sister company to Mexican Arts and Crafts, operated by Ethel Wilson Harris in San Antonio from 1931 to 1941. Stangl made bird figurines along with hand-painted dinnerware, decorator items and jewelry. RedWing closed in 1967 but reopened in 1996 with pottery demonstrations and limited production. This page was last edited on 3 June 2021, at 03:06. While in Los Angeles, he worked as a costume designer for Fox. Some work is marked with two children holding a wreath marked "California Cleminsons." The Nemadji Collectors Club has more information for those interested. Later pieces were marked in the mold. Genter, J. Three employees of Universal Rundle, the company that purchased Alamo, started the Gilmer Potteries operation in 1952. Gilmer produced art ware until about 1965, but also produced sanitary or utilitarian ware for the plumbing trade. Garden of the Gods pottery opened in 1950 in Colorado with Eric Hellman as owner. Some Watt pottery was fired at temperatures that allowed it to be used for baking in the oven. It produced vitreous porcelain for the restaurant trade as well as dinnerware for the American table. The heyday of California Pottery was from the 1920's through the 1950's. There were a number of talented artisans producing colorful and dramatic designs in the Southern California area. History of Jaru Pottery. The mark shown is a very loopy font that spells out the Weller name. that began operation about the turn of the 20th century, producing dinnerware and decorative plates. He edited Ceramics Monthly for over 20 years and has written about and taught ceramics as well as maintained a studio in Ohio in recent years. It continued dinnerware and souvenir plate production until 1958. Early Bauer production was red clay and stoneware, but later production was dinnerware, table accessories and florist and garden pottery. McMaster Pottery was located in Dundas, Ontario, Canada from 1938 until 1988. The 5 best known were Bauer, Pacific, Gladding-McBean, Vernon and Metlox. Off. Canuck Pottery is one of the better-known Canadian potteries. Much of the Vallona Starr output wasn't marked, but some pieces are marked in the mold.