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 . This delicate porcelain is made from elements only found in Limoges, France. Some marks include the shape name such as Ever Yours. Judy of California is one of the many potteries in California that started about the middle of the 20th century. It is marked in the mold with an incised eCanada Art Pottery stamp. usually found on the bottom of ceramic objects created by potters, ceramic artists and sculptors. 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. Read more about the VanBriggle history on their website: Van Briggle Pottery & Tile. W.T.B. But if you're on the hunt, you can find California Pottery in six colors shared with the 200 Series: Canary Yellow, Poppy Orange, Rust, Sea Green, Delphinium Blue, and Turquoise Blue. Read more about the Heath Ceramics Heritage or see some of the most recent pieces for sale at their website. Niloak is identified by incised marks in the clay, but much Niloak has a raised "Niloak" in the mold. Another site has a similar one and they say it dates to the 1950's. Within the outer ring the phrases "Arequipa" and "California" are featured. There are many problems with company names. It made utilitarian ware and art pottery with heavy glazes similar to Grueby. Catalina Pottery - Identification & Value. Impressed manufacturer's mark to verso of each example 'Chelsea Keramic Art Works, Robertson & Sons'. Bauer Pottery, Metlox Potteries, Pacific Clay Products, and Gladding, McBean & Co. All of the "Big Five" potteries operated production facilities in the Los Angeles Basin. Often found with drip glazes during the mid-century modern era, this company produced ashtrays, cookie jars, vases and a few figurines. Many are similar to other companies, distinguishable only by size or decoration. This pottery is glazed with a clear finish and is a product of Cook Inlet Native Clay Ceramics, often signed by hand "Alaska Native Clay.". Louisville Stoneware is an old pottery company operating in Louisville, Kentucky, since about 1815. 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. The black-green combination is easiest to find and to recognize. This options two circles, one inside the opposite, which create a ring-like form. R. Guy Cowan of Cowan Pottery fame was designer for Syracuse starting in 1933. Vernon Kilns was an American ceramic company in Vernon, California, US. The California company used the K.T.K. The Tennessee Association of Craft Artists website indicates that the Stegalls make utilitarian stoneware as well as pottery. You can read more about Sascha Brastoff in the (affiliate link) Collector's Encyclopedia of Sascha Brastoff: Identification & Values by Steve Conti, A. Dewayne Bethany and Bill Seay (1995). 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. Dogs, horses and Disney figurines were specialties, in miniature and larger sizes, sometimes marked with a foil sticker. Robinson-Ransbottom produced crockery, but also produced art pottery with fantastic glazes. The Pfaltzgraff mark is impressed into the wet clay. Strong used red clay for some of his pottery, typical of North Carolina wares, where he had studied engineering at North Carolina State University. Helen Stiles, author of numerous books on the history of pottery, noted that Spanish, Mexican, and Chinese design of the 17th and 18th centuries all influenced the decoration of tile and other pottery in California.[1]. The company was sold to Designer Accents in 1985 and closed in 1990. Ceramics include terra cotta, earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware products. The most active period for the production of household ceramics including tableware, kitchenware, giftware, and art ware was from the 1930s through the 1960s. Alamo Pottery started about 1945 in San Antonio, Texas, making small vitreous ceramics and art ware. He marks his work with a stylized "H" and the year or "Hunt" and the year. The former Gladding, McBean & Co.'s Franciscan tableware and tile factory in Los Angeles was bought by Wedgwood from the Interpace corporation in 1979. Kaye or Kaye of Hollywood made figurines in Hollywood, California, usually signed "Kaye" in script. The Limoges Gout de Ville mark features two circles with a crown and the word "Limoges" in the center. Hairline to rim. Today, only a few are still in business. The pottery company Hagen Renaker (see separate page) assisted Roselane with the distribution of their pieces from 1965 to 1967 and many ended up with H-R stickers. Gordy and D.X. BUY, SELL & VALUE California Pottery - FIND TODAY's SELECTED California Pottery offered FOR SALE, BEST OFFER and Auction. Lenox developed Temperware in 1972, so you won't find the mark on Lenox prior to that date. Smaller, lesser known companies included Batchelder, Catalina Island, Brayton Laguna . The pottery was sold in 1981 and closed in 1986. Joy Thompson spring and autumn figurines. With sunlight year round, an abundance of raw materials, and relatively inexpensive natural gas, California became competitive with centers of ceramic production such as the "Pottery Capital of the World" East Liverpool, Ohio and Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Harris G. Strong Pottery made pottery, murals, paintings and tiles in Maine during the 1950s forward until his death in 2006, beginning in Bronx, New York around 1950 before moving to Trenton, Maine. Castleton China began production about 1939 in New Castle, Pennsylvania under an agreement with Rosenthal, a German porcelain company. Homer Laughlin is a dinnerware company, one of America's oldest. Pottery known as California Originals is typically marked with the three numbers for the shape Cal . The glaze sometimes makes it difficult to read the mark. Vernon Kilns produced artistic designs and figurines through the 1930s, but discontinued production prior to World War II. The Royal Gorge Scenic R.R. Eric Hellman developed the painting method for Nemadji Pottery in 1929. It is stamped "Trapp and Chandler" on the interior base. The number of ceramics and pottery marks we include has been restricted in an effort to avoid duplicating work. History of Jaru Pottery. It also made dinnerware lines with hand-painted decoration of apples, starflowers, roosters, foliage, teardrops and tulips. Out of Hand is a Sonora, California company that offers ceramics and clay programs so that others may learn the craft. We see planters and bowls and believe this pottery was operational into the mid-seventies, although little information is available in the California pottery books. Off. La Mirada made crackle and drip glazes and used an incised mark that was broken script. Rosemeade used an ink stamp for most of the pottery production, along with foil labels. The 20s are categorized by Bauer and Bauer Los Angeles; the 30s were marked as Bauer Made in USA and Bauer USA. 1919, glazed porcelain. The pottery closed in 1961. These marks indicate the manufacturer, the year the object was produced and, occasionally, the maker of the object. 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. 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. Hadley are names associated with Louisville Stoneware. Calla Lily dinnerware was a San Jose Potteries product. He died in 2010 at the age of 85 after a long life of pottery production. Note that some of the marks have been enhanced for clarity the original, unedited marks appear on linked photos. Camark used labels and a typewriter mark as well as identification in the mold. Cowan Pottery operated in Cleveland, Ohio, making fine quality pottery and glazes starting about 1926, but was out of business by the Depression. In the late 1970s, as a two-person pottery studio and shop, sales were made through art fairs and the studio showroom. We'll update this if we can find another for you. This mark was used in the 1930s-1940s. Bright Yellow Pottery Bowl - Think Spring!! Alan Stegall and his wife, Nancy, have a pottery business in Erwin, Tennessee. Metlox and the Poppytrail name were sold to Evan K. Shaw in 1946. 11 h 6 w d in. McMaster made white clay figurines in the 1940s and some Disney pieces for Leeds, sometimes stamped with a black oval and the "McMaster" name. Obviously, the original name of a German company was in German. Wallace China started in Huntington Beach California in the 1930's. Desert Ware was a popular line of restaurant dinnerware during the 1930's & 1940's. The company relocated to Vernon California and continued operations there until 1959 when Shenango acquired Wallace China. Pat and Covey Stewart covered box with lid. Pixieware had elf or pixie faces on stoppers and lids of jam, honey and other utilitarian jars for the table and kitchen. In the mid-1930s, Vernon Kilns established a short-lived art division featuring the work of top designers like May and Vieve Hamilton, Harry Bird and Jane Bennison. Harker discontinued business about 1972. U.S. Cat. Rupert Deese started working in Claremont, California, about 1950, after graduation from Pomona College. Niloak is known for swirl pottery called "Mission Ware" but it also made figurines and accessories for the home. Jugtown Pottery is one of the Seagrove, North Carolina, pottery companies operated by the Owens family. His pottery is utilitarian stoneware with unusual glazes, signed with the name in bold hand. We have a public forum here on this site with over 2000 pages of pottery mark queries and answers. Production includes brick, sewer pipe, architectural terra cotta, tile, garden ware, tableware, kitchenware, art ware, figurines, giftware, and ceramics for industrial use. You might call them fifties kitsch, inexpensive but cute, and now vintage. Roman numerals identify the year of production from 1900 until 1967. Environmental Ceramics chicken bakeware by Win Ng. 2023 Terry Kovel and Ralph & Terry Kovel & Kim Kovel. The Lawrence County Historical Society maintains an article on the history of Shenango China, if you want more in-depth information. Durlin Brayton started the Brayton Laguna pottery in his Laguna Beach, California home in 1927, expanding to a dedicated facility, operating until about 1967. The Tropico Pottery mark was used on kitchenware (mixing bowls) and art ware from April 15, 1935 to December 31,1937. The large majority of Roseville pottery is very common and worth less than $100 in most cases. Lawton Gonder took over the old Zane Pottery building in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1941 and operated Gonder Ceramic Arts until about 1955. 1892 to 1905. For more information on Homer Laughlin, see The Homer Laughlin China Company. Metlox was one California pottery using firing pins. Some marks are made up of letters listed in alphabetical order. The marks below are images we've captured on ceramics we have owned. Purinton Pottery was located in Wellesville, Ohio from 1939 to 1941 and Shippenville, Pennsylvania, from 1941 through 1959. 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. Some of his work is marked S. Ballard, but paper labels identifying the pottery as "Ballard Hand Made" and "A Product of Vermont Craftsmanship" are usually his work. They are known for their classic Arts and Crafts designs, as well as beautiful Art Noveau pieces. Goss Vermont Pottery used interesting speckled glazes on much of their wares. The (affiliate link) Book of Buffalo Pottery by Violet and Seymour Altman, published in 1969, is the leading publication on the company. Other pieces are marked in the mold on the bottom, sometimes with a year or shape number. Collecting Tip: Bauer's marks changed over time. Learn how to distinguish American pottery by clay color, the base, numbers written on the foot, glaze type and the weight. Please don't copy our images but use them for free to help with identification of your pottery. Holt-Howard was an import company, not an American pottery. Key milestones in the history of California pottery include: the arrival of Spanish settlers, the advent of Statehood and subsequent population growth, the arts and crafts movement, Great Depression, World War II era and the post-WWII onslaught of low-priced imports leading to a steep decline in the number of California potteries. The first products were plaster, but by the 1940s, the business was making pottery figurines, flower holders and useful accessories for the table. Mosaic Tile Company used an entwined MTC in a circle for marking most of the tiles, but we see Mosaic in a racetrack oval on ashtrays and other Mosaic pieces. American Pottery Marks and Resource Directory, Paul E. 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