FRANCISCAN MARKS Identify the hallmark on your Franciscan Ware.This is not a comprehensive guide of all the hallmarks that were used by Franciscan. They did use more marks than the examples here during the...
This is an effort to present as much as I can gather about Covina Pottery, a local treasure that has spread around the world. For years I had a single brown glazed plant pot with the insignia of my home on it...
The California company that eventually developed into Metlox Pottery was actually started around 1920 by the Prouty family who sold their wares as ProutyLine Products. Combining parts of the words "metal" and...
La Mirada Pottery Mark The predecessor of American Ceramic Products was Cecil Jones of La Mirada Potteries. Jones was a talented and accomplished English ceramist with extensive experience working for...
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:...
Mary Erma Duncan (the founder of Duncan Enterprises) was a VERY talented artist who enjoyed sharing her talents with everyone she met.Her love for artwork began at a very early age, as did her natural ability...
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...
Roselane Pottery was founded in 1938 by William and Georgia Fields. They worked out of their Pasadena, CA home. Their first productions were figurines for the local florist trade but by the early 1940's their...
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.) ...
Delee, Rio Hondo, Brad Keeler, Elaine - These are some of the California potteries that made huge quantities of relatively crude animal figurines during the immediate post-World War II period (late 1940s -...