The black Alamo mark is older than the blue mark. Winart was marked with a foil label and some pieces have a script mark impressed on the bottom. (We don't currently have a photo of this mark, but will add it at the first opportunity.). Onondaga Pottery, sometimes marked O.P.Co, began business in New York about 1871 and is best known for restaurant ware. Pottery Marks Identification Made Easy Pottery Marks Identification Made Easy Pottery marks identification (a tricky task at the best of times) just got easier - with a little help from your friends! 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. 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. with three numbers for the shape. Mt. He and his wife, Anne, worked together about 5 years before his death from tuberculosis. Some of the Gonder glazes are unusual and help identify the artware, but most Gonder is marked with "Gonder USA" or "Gonder Original.". Calpotter was a Laguna Beach, California pottery company operating in the 1940s and maybe into the 1950s. Camark is noted for Lessell art pottery and handpainted flower designs, often over molded shapes. Watt Pottery used an impressed circular mark on some pieces. Many items are marked "Hall" in a circle. The marks aren't always the same, as you can see with this one. We welcome your feedback on the website, its search functions, and appearance. Rockdale Union Stoneware was founded in 1984 by Peter Jackson in Cambridge, Wisconsin. DeLee was marked with a foil sticker and sometimes a stamped mark on ecru clay. We'll update this if we can find another for you. However, the top 1% of the production can be worth in excess of $2,000. Dryden Hot Springs is one of the Arkansas marks used after the move, sometimes hand-written, sometimes in the mold. 9 7/8" wide. Blue Mountain pottery comes from Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, operating from about 1947 to 2004. Tips and tricks on how to shop for American pottery and how to get the best value for your time. Pottery Marks Explained. Learn more about Metlox Pottery history at Replacements Ltd. Mexican Arts and Crafts workshop operated in San Antonio, Texas, starting about 1931, under the guidance of Ethel Wilson Harris. Georgia Art Pottery is often marked "GA. Art Pottery" and "Handmade by W. J. Gilmer Potteries was sold to Hall China in 1977 and then sold to Olympic Tile. Gordy was a folk art potter and a studio art potter who contributed to the museum in Lumpkin, Georgia. Doug Ferguson and Ellis Ownby often signed their work. Weller Pottery was in production from 1872 through 1948. Identify the differences in U.S. ceramics and information about the manufacturing process. California pottery includes industrial, commercial, and decorative pottery produced in the Northern California and Southern California regions of the U.S. state of California. The pottery is thin with excellent color and a shiny glaze. The business went bankrupt, maybe as early as 1924. The "Big Five"[5] California potteries, from the 1930s to the 1960s in reference to the range of products and output, were Vernon Kilns, J.A. Antigua was a pattern marked Vernon Ware by Metlox. Many of the Metlox Poppytrail marks had the design name on the stamped mark, including California Ivy, one of the most popular patterns. Vontury maintained the studio until his death in 1992. The clay was a light beige, and most pieces are hand-signed in script in the wet clay. 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. Without the Metlox name in the mark, searching for "California Pottery" on the internet is almost pointless. Tony Evans also made studio art glass. Bought by Universal Rundle Corp. in 1951. Calpotter was a Laguna Beach, California pottery company operating in the 1940s and maybe into the 1950s. Weil Ware Pottery of California Set of 2 Bread & Butter Plates, One Dinner Plate. Camark used labels and a typewriter mark as well as identification in the mold. marked vitreous china with "Syracuse China" before the turn of the 20th century. Pfaltzgraff produced dinnerware starting about 1950, with "Heritage" issued in 1963 and "Village" in 1976. Blue Mountain pottery isn't often marked, but drip glaze on red clay helps with identification. "Shelledge" and "Federal" were popular thin porcelain shapes. Among the first wares produced were those for utilitarian purposes (e.g., mugs and plates). Obviously, the original name of a German company was in German. "Winfield Ware Santa Monica" is a mark used after the 1946 move from Pasadena to Santa Monica. Louisville Stoneware is an old pottery company operating in Louisville, Kentucky, since about 1815. It imported Christmas items, merry mouse, cozy kitchen kittens and pixieware. The large majority of Roseville pottery is very common and worth less than $100 in most cases. Lane and Company, located in Van Nuys, California produced pottery items in the 1950s and 1960s, marked with Lane & Co. and sometimes the date in the mold. [citation needed] The major area of U.S. household ceramics production was in the Los Angeles basin. California Originals pottery was located in Torrance, California, and the pottery is often marked Calif. Orig. She used paper labels and ink stamps along with some in-mold marks with "Kay Finch California" in script or printed. Production after Jack Carnes's death in 1958 was intermittent and the factory closed in 1982. How to identify US pottery companies and origins by clay color. This is precisely the reason for this website! The company made utilitarian art pottery and bathroom fixtures. 1944 to 1951. "H" in a circle was an early Hull mark, and "hull" without a capital "H" was a late mark. Early wares and figurines sell well in the American art pottery market. You can expect to pay around $150 for a simple vase. 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 . Chohlidakis pottery distribution seems to be primarily in Texas and California. Read more about the Heath Ceramics Heritage or see some of the most recent pieces for sale at their website. Pfaltzgraff was started in York County, Pennsylvania by German immigrants early in the 19th century, making crocks, jugs and jars for utilitarian purposes. (affiliate link) Lehner shows Chantilly China sold by Tebor, Inc. and affiliated with American Crownford China. Fireplace surround tiles with daisies and asters, pair. McCoy was sold to Lancaster Colony Corporation in 1974 and production continued, but the mark reflected the LCC ownership. Coventry was out of business by the 1960s. Learn about vintage Tiffin satin glass made in colors, including black. Vernon Kilns. Jimmie Lee Stewart started deLee about 1936 creating animal and people figurines, wall pockets and a few cookie jars until about 1958. Early Bauer production was red clay and stoneware, but later production was dinnerware, table accessories and florist and garden pottery. Rosemeade made some swirl pottery, but most of its pottery production was molded. Pigeon Forge animals are an interesting area of collecting, but the dogwood decoration (shown) is most common. Pixieware had elf or pixie faces on stoppers and lids of jam, honey and other utilitarian jars for the table and kitchen. Three employees of Universal Rundle, the company that purchased Alamo, started the Gilmer Potteries operation in 1952. California Figurine Company Weil Ware girl figurines. The Alamo Pottery was sold to Universal-Rundle in 1951, after nearly 7 years in business. Castleton and Mayer were purchased from Shenango by Interpace in 1968. Weller Pottery operated in Fultonham and Zanesville, Ohio from 1872 until 1948 with standard glaze and hand-painted pottery at the turn of the century that rivaled Loy-Nel-Art and Rookwood. Lightron Corporation purchased Cordey in 1969 and made lamps under the Schiller-Cordey name. It operated Synar as Gracetone Pottery through 1967. Mogle decorated Camark Pottery from 1947 until about 1958, when he decorated glass products until about 1965. Peter Jackson maintains a website at Wakefield Studio. Gordy." The California company used the K.T.K. Lenox sold decorated ceramics at the Lenox Ceramic Art Company before the turn of the 20th century and started dinnerware production about 1902. Wisecarver died in 2002 at the age of 52. $35. A pottery mark can be used to determine whether your most recent porcelain collectible or pottery mark is genuine. Goss Vermont Pottery used interesting speckled glazes on much of their wares. It was a large and successful operation, purchasing other tile companies throughout the first half of the 20th century. Vernon introduced their first solid color dinnerware line " Early California " on Montecito. She employed local artisans to design and decorate tile in the Mexican style. 1937 to 1942 C 806 is the shape number in the Catalina Pottery line made by Gladding, McBean & Co. 1937 to 1942 1937 to 1942 Used on Rancho tableware with or without Reg. McMaster made white clay figurines in the 1940s and some Disney pieces for Leeds, sometimes stamped with a black oval and the "McMaster" name. Some work is marked with two children holding a wreath marked "California Cleminsons." 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. Note that some of the marks have been enhanced for clarity the original, unedited marks appear on linked photos. Gladding, McBean & Co. Catalina Pottery Art Ware head vase. Sebring was purchased by Royal China in 1964. Warwick used both hand-painted and decal decorations, and did some portraits on some of the wares. 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. The pottery is signed by hand in script with a distinctive "E" and a large "S". while others were named Taylormade or Taylorstone. Stangl made bird figurines along with hand-painted dinnerware, decorator items and jewelry. Strong used red clay for some of his pottery, typical of North Carolina wares, where he had studied engineering at North Carolina State University. The 5 best known were Bauer, Pacific, Gladding-McBean, Vernon and Metlox. Niloak Pottery was located in Benton, Arkansas, starting about 1910 through 1947. Shawnee is sometimes marked in the mold with a raised mark. 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. Gordy continued the tradition. The Franciscan Ware dinnerware line started about 1934 and continued until about 1984, producing hand-painted dinnerware patterns with accessories. Browse Similar. Description: A group of five Jun ware pottery decorations Comprising three bowls, a dish and tall vase. Harker discontinued business about 1972. Castleton made White House china for both Eisenhower and Johnson. This California pottery, usually with detailed hand-decoration, was made in Monterey Park starting about 1941 and later moved to El Monte. 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. Winfield continued business until about 1962. It didn't make the glass or porcelain object as the label might suggest. Pigeon Forge pottery closed in 1999. Haeger Potteries has been in operation in Dundee, Illinois for about 140 years. Bernice Stamper published a book entitled (affiliate link) Vallona Starr Ceramics (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) in 1995. Charleton often used pink enamel roses and a foil label identifies Charleton decoration. The Owen and Teague families were Jugtown potters, and some of the Owen family added an "s" to the name. B. This delicate porcelain is made from elements only found in Limoges, France. 2023 Terry Kovel and Ralph & Terry Kovel & Kim Kovel. Production includes brick, sewer pipe, architectural terra cotta, tile, garden ware, tableware, kitchenware, art ware, figurines, giftware, and ceramics for industrial use. 01 of 55 Alamo Pottery The Spruce / Pamela Wiggins This mark used ca. Nor-So was a decorating company that used Camark for the base pottery. Fine-quality figurines are often marked "Cal" in script. Read more about Niloak Pottery at the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. 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. Calla Lily dinnerware was a San Jose Potteries product. Some of the pottery is marked "Ga. Art Pottery" in a circle, while other pieces are marked "Hand Made by W. J. DeLee was in Los Angeles, California from 1937 through part of the 1950s. 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]. It's been in business since 1922, and is still in operation in 2012 with a new stamp to commemorate 90 years of stamping with the Jugtown mark. He marks his work with a stylized "H" and the year or "Hunt" and the year. Notice the three flaws on this Metlox pitcher (right), indicative of firing pins. Some of his pottery is marked Wihoas or Shezane, and the RW initials indicate his work. Given the number of manufacturers and the long production period of this earthenware, it is often difficult to date an object. Bauer Pottery quickly added items more suited to their new surroundings. Kay Finch Ceramics cocker spaniel dog figurine. Warwick China made pottery and dinnerware from semi-porcelain and vitrified china in Wheeling, W. Va. from the turn of the 20th century until about 1951. Shawnee started production in 1936 and was in operation until 1963. Architect Julia Morgan used tiles to adorn her buildings including the Hearst Castle in the 1920s. American Pottery Marks and Resource Directory, Paul E. 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Robbins Nest has some more information on Royal China's history. Pieces made before 1931 were all redware. It is the sound flea market fans rushing towa Dear Lee, To read this article and over 25,000 more try Kovels Membership FREE for 7 Days Kovels Knowledge Members get full access to 25,000 articles on antiques and collectibles from 60 years of publication. He established Cybis Porcelain in the 1950s and died in 1957. Freeman-McFarlin also purchased and produced designs from other artisans, including Kay Finch. Russel Wright designed White Clover, produced by Harker in the early 1950s. Miscellaneous Pottery Porcelain Marks: Including various marks from a range of British, American, and European pottery and porcelain manufacturers. To use the sortable tables: click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order. BUY, SELL & VALUE California Pottery - FIND TODAY's SELECTED California Pottery offered FOR SALE, BEST OFFER and Auction. The interior circle contains a graphic of a tree and a pottery vase in grass. 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. D.X. 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. Some marks include the shape name such as Ever Yours. It moved to Loveland, Colorado in 1957. Roseville, Ohio, was the location of several potteries, including Roseville Pottery one of the best known American pottery companies. Our guess is that Carmel pottery was located in Carmel, California, but we have no information on this company. It was based out of a sanatorium for women suffering from the early stages of tuberculosis. Vernon Kilns operated in the old Poxon China building in Vernon, California starting about 1931. Southern Potteries, Inc. was the parent company of Blue Ridge Pottery, located in Erwin, Tennessee. It made Castleton China from about 1940 to 1968, a fine porcelain dinnerware comparable to Lenox. Potts Town Pottery of Seagrove, North Carolina makes hand-turned pottery on the wheel with lead-free glazes. Kaye or Kaye of Hollywood made figurines in Hollywood, California, usually signed "Kaye" in script. For more information on Homer Laughlin, see The Homer Laughlin China Company. The approximate date of most of this pottery is 1880. Older Florence pieces are sometimes marked "Florence Figurines.". This mark was used in the 1930s-1940s. We are mostly including in our guide for the sake of completeness. American Ceramics Products Company was the new name for La Mirada Pottery after 1939. "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. J. W. McCoy Pottery was founded in 1899 in Roseville. Metlox and the Poppytrail name were sold to Evan K. Shaw in 1946. Florence Ceramics was a Pasadena, California maker of girl and lady figurines and sometimes boys and men to match. Welcome to The Marks Project, www.themarksproject.org, A Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1946-present. Sascha Brastoff (1981-1993) began his career in the Sculpture Center in Manhattan. Tony Evans uses a studio art pottery approach, with handwork and individual designs and glazes. Marks may also be created in the mold and these are the most permanent. The number of ceramics and pottery marks we include has been restricted in an effort to avoid duplicating work. This page was last edited on 3 June 2021, at 03:06. The family operated the pottery after his death in 1973 until a sale in the 1980s. Hyalyn produced useful accessories for the home, including ashtrays, plaques, vases and table service items. Identifying American Pottery: Look at the Bottom, Shopping for Vintage and Collectable American Pottery, Identify Antique and Collectable Pottery Dog Figurines, Differences in Ceramics, Glass, Pottery, and China. A raised Alamo U.S.A. mark was also used. Out of Hand is a Sonora, California company that offers ceramics and clay programs so that others may learn the craft. Ceramics include terra cotta, earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware products. His work is marked with the Harris G. Strong name. HomegrownHandmade lists a website and more information on Potts Town Pottery, but the website is currently down. 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). RedWing closed in 1967 but reopened in 1996 with pottery demonstrations and limited production. Here's an article on Historic Loveland Pottery with some brief information. "[4] and porcelain. Nemadji Pottery was located in Moose Lake, Minnesota as early as 1922, producing tile. Out of Hand offers group or individual classes and conducted special Christmas ornament classes in 2011. Pottery with this mark was produced in Primrose, Georgia, from 1935 until about 1955 when Gordy's son, D.X. See the Out of Hand website for more information. 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. While in Los Angeles, he worked as a costume designer for Fox. Most Frankoma pottery is marked, but the pacing leopard mark and John Frank marks are scarce. (Ed. California Potteries and Marks This table lists major California potteries of the twentieth century and their locations, dates active, and marks. 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