HOLIDAY, aka California Holiday, dinnerware introduced to market 1948. Designed 1947 by Edith Kiertner Heath, (who later started her own pottery). Spicy colors: All glossy speckled, rich complex shades:...
Living, aka California Living introduced in early 1950, and advertised at least as late as 1956. Design attributed to Caleb Jackson, and originated as a commission for Laurel for distribution exclusively...
TIP TOP A Pre-Listing Guide for all Sellers of Vintage Collectibles, Glass Figurines A 5 Step Program designed to help sellers inspect their collectibles and list the items more accurately. Most sellers...
LIFE pattern 5 colors: SeaGreen (mimics Steubenville's Seafoam; is a teal gloss a bit transparent, not fully opaque); Desert Brown (gloss brown sort of like brewed coffee); Peach Blossom (Pale peachy...
I'm going to ramble here generally about the different factors or elements which make for difficulty in identifying Seaside, and why it is easily confused with other patterns, or where there are...
Cerama-Stone by Laurel of California. This is one of Laurel's best made lines. Mostly because with this line Laurel much improved the clay,glaze,and firing techniques such that the Laurel product was, at long...
I will eventually post more detailed information regarding this line. . (carafe shown should have lid - it's missing) (Platters are new -that is not a mold or shape found in previous lines.) ...
Mariposa was the first dinnerware line which this plant produced under the company name of Laurel Pottery. Surely marketed by 1946, probably 1945. Mike Pratt has left the 1944-1948 period of the plant history...
(Yes, some of this article is copied from my other article discussing "Hard to ID speckled dinnerware, Seaside, etc.", but I expound on Seaside somewhat in this article.) SEASIDE: Seaside is very common...