Vontury maintained the studio until his death in 1992. Vernon Kilns operated in the old Poxon China building in Vernon, California starting about 1931. Dryden Hot Springs is one of the Arkansas marks used after the move, sometimes hand-written, sometimes in the mold. If we have more information on the pottery mark or piece, you can click on the image to open that section. Hull Pottery Company started as A. E. Hull Pottery Company in 1905, and changed to Hull Pottery Company about 1952, operating in Crooksville, Ohio until 1986. Brad Keeler Ming Dragon Blood covered ginger jar. LaSolana started in Solana, California, in the 1940s, and moved to Glendale and later Scottsdale, Arizona, with distinctive mid-century modern dinnerware the primary output at the Mesa factory. 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]. David Chohlidakis is a contemporary Texas pottery from Devine who makes wheel-thrown pottery under the Chohlidakis Originals name. That's understandable, since those "big five" firms, as they are known, produced countless vases, pitchers, and plates, as well as acres of ceramic tiles. (A quality that is consistent with the California pottery movement in general.) I read m Join tens of thousands of other collectors who receive this Free weekly email with insider tips, news, marks and other news from the Kovels, How to Identify Silver and Find the Marks, Did you fall in love with a silver item in, Q: My wife and I picked up some Limoges pieces, Modern art pottery and tableware have been made by several, The marks pictured here were used by artists/jewelers who are, Before French decorative artist Ren-Jules Lalique (18601945) became known for, A mark on an old doll can help identify the. Pieces made before 1931 were all redware. 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. Arequipa California Pottery Marks. These stilt marks (left) can help you establish the maker of this bowl. Pfaltzgraff was started in York County, Pennsylvania by German immigrants early in the 19th century, making crocks, jugs and jars for utilitarian purposes. 1944 to 1951. Fine-quality figurines are often marked "Cal" in script. Dean A. Mogle started Nor-So Studio in about 1947 in Camden, Arkansas. We'll update this if we can find another for you. Georgia Art Pottery is often marked "GA. Art Pottery" and "Handmade by W. J. This was one of California's largest pottery operations, with plants in Los Angeles, Alberhill, Santa Monica and Glendale. Gladding McBean was in Lincoln, California in 1875, making brick products and sewer pipe. Copa de Oro (Mary Jane Hart) horse figurine. U.S. Cat. Get the best deals on California Pottery Pottery & Glass when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. Niloak is known for swirl pottery called "Mission Ware" but it also made figurines and accessories for the home. 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. Pacific Clay Products continues to manufacture sewer pipe. The photos are grouped as follows:: Art Pottery Commemoratives Accessories Dinnerware Patterns Art Pottery Commemoratives Accessories Dinnerware Patterns The dinnerware patterns are sorted alphabetically by pattern name. Provenance: Property from the collection of Richard Guzauskas, Palm Springs, California. Production after Jack Carnes's death in 1958 was intermittent and the factory closed in 1982. Chantilly China (from Trenton, New Jersey) made Victorian figurines in the U.S similar to Cordey China. The family operated the pottery after his death in 1973 until a sale in the 1980s. It used a hand-written mark or a stamp with thick letters for the name and sometimes shape numbers. Canuck Pottery started producing Evangeline Ware about 1938. The Tropico Pottery mark was used on kitchenware (mixing bowls) and art ware from April 15, 1935 to December 31,1937. 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. Ceramics California Oakland Museum Milwaukee Art Museum Denver Art Museum Smart Museum Of Art Museum Of Fine Arts Weisman Art Museum Everson Museum Santa Barbara Museum Rodin Museum $4,995.00 Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, Circa 1950s 1stDibs.com Beatrice Wood Pottery Marks Dining And Entertaining Earthenware Abingdon pottery made artware from about 1934 to 1950 in Abingdon, Illinois. We have a public forum here on this site with over 2000 pages of pottery mark queries and answers. This company used paper labels and not many remain. McMaster Pottery was located in Dundas, Ontario, Canada from 1938 until 1988. Howard Pierce operated his pottery in Claremont, California, starting in 1941, moving to Joshua Tree, California about 1968. Gordy.". Hagen-Renaker is known for miniatures with colored slip clay. Weil also used a foil sticker. Malay Blossom was one of the dinnerware lines. c. 1878, glazed porcelain. D.X. 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. It didn't make the glass or porcelain object as the label might suggest. The Franciscan Ware dinnerware line started about 1934 and continued until about 1984, producing hand-painted dinnerware patterns with accessories. Rocky Mountain used pine and pine bark designs, sometimes with pinecones and pine scent. The wares were hand-painted with a rustic look and some were marked on the bottom with the Calpotter name. 1919, glazed porcelain. Van Briggle Pottery Mark Larger Roselane items are marked in the mold. while others were named Taylormade or Taylorstone. Metlox and Vernon Kilns were related companies, but production was not the same. These marks indicate the manufacturer, the year the object was produced and, occasionally, the maker of the object. California Potteries and Marks This table lists major California potteries of the twentieth century and their locations, dates active, and marks. 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. Syracuse China started as Onondaga Pottery in Syracuse, New York. Bauer Pottery quickly added items more suited to their new surroundings. From 1943present: brick & pavers, Carnegie Brick and Pottery Company Pottery plant, Figurines, art pottery, vases, urns, clay pipes, Handcraft Tile (San Jose Tile before 1931), Garden ware & architectural wall surfaces, "K.T.K" "K.T. The J.A. Jane Bennison was the daughter of owner Faye Bennison, and in addition to her . Goss Vermont is marked with a script "Goss" and printed "Vermont" in a red clay body. Reference: Potteries Across Texas website 02 of 55 Amphora The Spruce / Jay B. Siegel Mark Ca. If you're new to looking at pottery, any marks you find may seem cryptic and random. Some marks show the Sebring name in the Ohio outline; others show "S.P. Often found with drip glazes during the mid-century modern era, this company produced ashtrays, cookie jars, vases and a few figurines. California Life, California Seaside and Cerama-Stone were designed by in-house designer, Ted Scarpino; California Holiday was designed by award-winning potter Edith Heath; and California Living, which won the Museum of Modern Art's "Good Design Award" in 1951, was designed by Caleb Jackson and Ted Scarpino. Information online shows the business still in operation on Clayton Road in 2012. 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. Catalog Number 1996.0344.04 Baldwin, Cinda K. Early wares and figurines sell well in the American art pottery market. 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! Ben Owen was sole potter at Jugtown for several years in the 1930s. Some marks are made up of letters listed in alphabetical order. Metlox and the Poppytrail name were sold to Evan K. Shaw in 1946. He used pottery for his canvas in the Weller style, first working for his mother, Yvonne Hoadley, who had a shop. Hall China made dinnerware, kitchenware and advertising items along with Autumn Leaf for Jewel Tea Company. 4 Antique Bauer Rosenthal & Co BRC Bavaria Purple Flower Porcelain Plates 7.75" . Weil is often marked with a burro logo and the "Weil Ware" name, along with "Made in California." This McCoy line was from about 1905 and often has an incised mark identifying it as Loy-Nel-Art. Bauer expanded to Atlanta in 1945, producing Russel Wright designs for a short time. Off. Roman numerals identify the year of production from 1900 until 1967. Jane Fauntz baby and sitting boy figurines. 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). Pottery with this mark was produced in Primrose, Georgia, from 1935 until about 1955 when Gordy's son, D.X. Purinton was hand-decorated pottery without the use of decals or stencils. See their recent pieces at the Louisville Stoneware website. 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. Ben Owen's website has a brief section on the Potter's Mark for the curious. The first way is to look for a name along with the California mark. Established small studio pottery operation in Fallbrook, California 1973-77 Earthgender business partnership between David Cressey and Robert Maxwell located in El Segundo, California 1977-92 Started a company to represent concrete and fiber glass planters and containers for commercial building projects Ineke Pottery is a Victoria, British Colombia, Canada, business that is sometimes found in the U.S. Ineke is often hand-turned with artisan decoration of applied flowers, in studio-pottery style. These were souvenir pieces available for sale in the shop near the Railroad in Canon City, Colorado. Roselane Pottery was in Pasadena, California and then Baldwin Park, California, operating from the 1930s until it was sold in 1973. He established Cybis Porcelain in the 1950s and died in 1957. New items have the RedWing logo and a date stamp, but the older items aren't dated and aren't handmade, just hand painted. It made Castleton China from about 1940 to 1968, a fine porcelain dinnerware comparable to Lenox. Lawton Gonder took over the old Zane Pottery building in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1941 and operated Gonder Ceramic Arts until about 1955. A pottery mark can be used to determine whether your most recent porcelain collectible or pottery mark is genuine. Hyalyn ceased production about 1996. Out of Hand offers group or individual classes and conducted special Christmas ornament classes in 2011. Welcome to The Marks Project, www.themarksproject.org, A Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1946-present. estimate: $1,500-2,000. Shenango marks are stamped in black and include a coded manufacturing date. "Shelledge" and "Federal" were popular thin porcelain shapes. Buy, sell and value in over 150+ specialist categories. Early Bauer production was red clay and stoneware, but later production was dinnerware, table accessories and florist and garden pottery. Watt Pottery used an impressed circular mark on some pieces. Winfield continued business until about 1962. Some work is marked with two children holding a wreath marked "California Cleminsons." For more information on McCoy's history, see the McCoy Pottery website. It operated Synar as Gracetone Pottery through 1967. 2023 Terry Kovel and Ralph & Terry Kovel & Kim Kovel. Sebring was purchased by Royal China in 1964. Solid glazes were named after island features, such as Catalina Blue , Descanso Green , Toyon . Sometimes marked Bell of California, Bell Manufacturing Company was in Los Angeles in the 1950s, crafting figurines and artware for the American public. Ivory Jewel Porcelain vase with japonesque scene. Laura Taylor and her husband, Robert Hughes, changed the name to Rosemeade Pottery in 1953. Frederick Hurten Rhead, artistic director from 1927 until his death in 1942, gets credit for much of the success of HLC. that began operation about the turn of the 20th century, producing dinnerware and decorative plates. Wallace China and Mayer China became subsidiaries of Shenango in the 1960s. Between 1955 and 1957, Gonder produced tile. You'll occasionally see a thin-walled chocolate pot or fine dish made by Hampshire. The former Gladding, McBean & Co.'s Lincoln factory was purchased by Pacific Coast Building Products in 1976 and continues to produce sewer pipe, architectural terra cotta, and terra cotta garden ware. 1892 to 1905. Nemadji was produced in Minnesota, using clay from the banks of the Nemadji River from about 1923 until about 2001. (We don't currently have a photo of this mark, but will add it at the first opportunity.). Bauer purchased Cemar Pottery molds in 1955 and made Cemar designs at the Bauer factory. Robinson Ransbottom operated a pottery in Zanesville, OH from 1900 until 2005 and marked many pots with R.R.P.Co. A piebird and some other pieces of Cleminson pottery, California, are marked with an interlacing BC. Starting business in Ohio in the 1870s, this company opened the Newell, W.Va. plant about 1907. Ben Owen III operates under the Ben Owen Pottery name, participating in exhibits and displays throughout the state. Hueckel China and Porcelain Company, Inc. Los Angeles Stoneware Company (Douglass Clay Products Company after 1903), "French Chef Cookware" cookware and "California Giftware" giftware, Tableware, kitchenware, art ware & figurines, Pacific Art Tile Company (Western Art Tile Company after 1904, Pacific Sewer Pipe Company (Pacific Clay Products after 1916), Proutyline Products (American Encaustic Tiling Co. after 1926), "Robert Maxwell Stoneware" art ware, planters, figurines. 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. Metlox was one California pottery using firing pins. Vintage California Pottery Ceramic Elephant Planter Figurine VintageCaliPottery (89) $28.00 $35.00 (20% off) Sunset Pottery California Pink Mid Century Large 13 1/4" Chop Plate CobblestoneGlass (337) $32.47 $64.95 (50% off) Vintage Matte Pink Hexagonal Double Square Design California Pottery Marked 8118 GreenSagedotcom (301) $24.80 The mark shown is a very loopy font that spells out the Weller name. 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. You can expect to pay around $150 for a simple vase. 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. John B. Taylor and M.A. Holt-Howard was an import company, not an American pottery. Catalina Clay Products made pottery from dark red or white clay, or a mix of both. Hill Pottery in Trenton, New Jersey became Fulper Pottery, and Martin Stangl changed the name to Stangl Pottery in 1929. Within the outer ring the phrases "Arequipa" and "California" are featured. Potts Town Pottery of Seagrove, North Carolina makes hand-turned pottery on the wheel with lead-free glazes. mark is found on pottery that looks like Garden of the Gods or Nemadji swirl pottery. The Louisville Stoneware mark was in use after 1970. Other pieces are marked in the mold on the bottom, sometimes with a year or shape number. Roseville, Ohio, was the location of several potteries, including Roseville Pottery one of the best known American pottery companies. Metlox opened in 1927 in Manhattan Beach, California, and was producing Poppytrail dinnerware in 1932. The Holt-Howard pixie ware is collectible, and imitations abound. Calpotter was a Laguna Beach, California pottery company operating in the 1940s and maybe into the 1950s. Rosemeade Pottery started as Wahpeton Pottery about 1940, in Wahpeton, North Dakota. Camark used labels and a typewriter mark as well as identification in the mold. This pottery and tile workshop was closely related to San Jose Mission pottery from San Antonio. Like Blue Mountain Pottery, Evangeline Ware was red clay production. J. Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, is the location of the Pigeon Forge Pottery, established about 1946 by the Ferguson family. 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. Read more about the Heath Ceramics Heritage or see some of the most recent pieces for sale at their website. Learn more about the Maddux history on the Maddux Pottery website. Enter at least 3 consecutive letters of the signature. Rick Wisecarver was both potter and artist, working in Roseville, Ohio. Gordy." Keep in mind only a lucky few got a mark added at the factory: we're talking a 50/50 chance. Charleton often used pink enamel roses and a foil label identifies Charleton decoration. 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. Brown family potters settled in Arden, North Carolina, in the 1920s. Nemadji Pottery was located in Moose Lake, Minnesota as early as 1922, producing tile. Roselane made beautiful animals in Art Deco style and added plastic eyes to "Sparklers." Some of the Garden of the Gods pots appear to be glazed. The Pfaltzgraff mark is impressed into the wet clay. W.T.B. Haeger made Royal Haeger while Royal Hickman was affiliated with the company. Peter Jackson maintains a website at Wakefield Studio. Tony Evans also made studio art glass. Some of the Hall teapots are interesting shapes and very valuable. Environmental Ceramics chicken bakeware by Win Ng. "[4] Some marks look like a circle, square, bird or animal shape, etc. Winart Pottery was made in Miami, Oklahoma, from 1951 until about 1972. Mount Saint Helens Ashware produces souvenir pottery from volcanic ash from Mt. The pottery is thin with excellent color and a shiny glaze. 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. 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. The name was changed to Hyalyn-Cosco and later Hyalyn Pottery. Bauer Pottery Company opened in Lincoln Heights, just north of downtown. Syracuse acquired Meyer China about 1984 and Shenango China about 1988. Pierce continued production of pottery and sculptures until his death in 1994. See Haeger Potteries. You'll also find RumRill shapes with the RedWing name, made after the RumRill-RedWing contract ended. The ceramics operation closed in 1953 and molds were sold, possibly to Gilner. Hunt, Eric Hellman and Cecil Jones are names to look for in Broadmoor and Colorado pottery as they signed some of the products. This wheel-thrown, alkaline-glazed stoneware bowl was made around 1845 by Thomas Chandler (1810-1854). The most active period for the production of household ceramics including tableware, kitchenware, giftware, and art ware was from the 1930s through the 1960s. Pottery production ended with Max Weil's death in 1954. Shenango China made vitreous china or restaurant ware in New Castle, PA. from the 1920s until the company was sold to Interpace in 1968. 1950-1994", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California_pottery&oldid=1026580078, Flower pots, crocks, jugs, tableware, garden ware, & art ware, Sewer pipe, roof tiles, architectural terra cotta, paver tiles & garden ware, Tableware, giftware, kitchenware, cookie jars, figurines & art ware, Sewer pipe. Dog figurines were her specialty, but the shop also produced a series of Christmas plates from about 1950 through 1962. The Royal Gorge Scenic R.R. Pixieware had elf or pixie faces on stoppers and lids of jam, honey and other utilitarian jars for the table and kitchen. 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. Winthrop Rockefeller provided some of the financing. Very nice vintage art pottery; has incised mark on bottom: 'Artistic', California #505, and the initial C. It stands 5.5 tall x about 6 wide. Hear that thunder in the distance? Many figurines are marked in the mold, but pixies are often unmarked unless they are attached to a planter. Carol and Jim Carolton relate Garden of the Gods to Broadmoor in their (affiliate link) Collector's Encyclopedia of Colorado Pottery: Identification and Values. Pieces are occasionally marked ROMCO USA and sometimes have a paper label like the one shown. Wallace China made restaurant ware in Huntington Park, California, from 1931 until about 1964. Vases, lamps and wall sconces were common production as well. RS is his partner, Richard Simms. Calpotter was a Laguna Beach, California pottery company operating in the 1940s and maybe into the 1950s. 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. American Ceramics Products Company was the new name for La Mirada Pottery after 1939. estimate: $400-600. "Winfield Ware Santa Monica" is a mark used after the 1946 move from Pasadena to Santa Monica. Our guess is that Carmel pottery was located in Carmel, California, but we have no information on this company. Today, only a few are still in business. Charleton Decorating Company operated in New York, New York starting about 1941 and was a branch of Abels, Wasserberg & Co. Charleton decorated wares for many companies, including Fenton, Cambridge, Westmoreland and Consolidated Glass. Those in the collection were gathered from a variety of excavations that include Old Sacramento SHP, Old Town San Diego SHP, Monterey SHP, Sonoma SHP and Fort Ross SHP. Lot 92: Arthur Conant for Rookwood Pottery. 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. Gordy started the original pottery, and his sons, W.T. Sascha Brastoff (1981-1993) began his career in the Sculpture Center in Manhattan. Notice the three flaws on this Metlox pitcher (right), indicative of firing pins. You can see some Winart pieces in the (affiliate link) Frankoma and Other Oklahoma Potteries (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) by Phyllis and Tom Bess. GMB moved to Los Angeles about 1924 after acquiring Tropico Pottery in the early 1920s. Paper labels are the least permanent marks, and many companies used a paper label and another method for marking wares. A raised Alamo U.S.A. mark was also used. Our website includes marks (stamps, chops and/or signatures, etc.) We are mostly including in our guide for the sake of completeness. 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. The pottery is still in business in 2012. Cordey China Co. started making figurines and decorative items in Trenton, New Jersey about 1942. Stilt marks: RumRill Michael and Lori Palmer wrote a book on (affiliate link) The Charleton Line published by Schiffer Books. Max Weil started Weil of California in Los Angeles, CA in 1941, creating vases, figurines and dinnerware. The current Haeger Potteries website has the history of the potteries. It couldn't compete with imports after the 1950s and closed in 1967. McCoy Pottery was sold to Designer Accents in 1985 and closed in 1990. Some of his pottery is marked Wihoas or Shezane, and the RW initials indicate his work. Broadmoor Pottery opened in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1933 as Broadmoor Art Pottery & Tile Company, primarily for tile production. Pieces marked with the full "Sascha Brastoff" name on the front are likely his personal work. St. Helens clay is tan and ecru with a light swirl effect. Metlox closed in 1989, but it sold large quantities of hand-painted dinnerware over the years. Freeman-McFarlin was a California pottery operating in El Monte from the early 1950s until about 1980. 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. Originally started by Edith Heath in 1948, this pottery uses one firing process and mid-century modern designs for quality dinnerware and decorative items, including tiles. The children are particularly collectible, and some were planters. The pottery was sold in 1981 and closed in 1986. His work is marked with the Harris G. Strong name. The link to Abebooks gives all the information you should need to track it down, if you're so inclined.). The Jones Pottery of Pittston, Pennsylvania, operated in the 19th century by Evan R. Jones and Evan B. Jones. 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. We don't know much about Carmel Pottery. What started in the Pacific Palisades as an awkward meeting between the two quickly blossomed into a relationship -and marriage- which gave rise to one of the most successful power couples in Southern California in the 1940s. The Vernon Owens family operates Jugtown Pottery. The former Gladding, McBean & Co.'s Franciscan tableware and tile factory in Los Angeles was bought by Wedgwood from the Interpace corporation in 1979. Hall discontinued Autumn Leaf in 1976 and reissued a few items in 1978 and a few more at a later date. "Winfield China" is stamped in a script, along with "Pasadena" or "California" in block letters. The pottery closed in 1961. Some of the Gonder glazes are unusual and help identify the artware, but most Gonder is marked with "Gonder USA" or "Gonder Original.". Weller used an impressed script mark, sometimes "Weller Pottery Since 1872" and a stamped half-kiln mark as well as several circular marks. Some marks include the shape name such as Ever Yours. A. Bauer pottery started production in Los Angeles, California in 1910. Wedgwood closed the Franciscan Ceramics plant in 1984, moving production of the Franciscan tableware brands to England. Artisans signed or initialed the hand-painted pieces, and some lines had the name of the product, such as "Louwelsa" or "Eocean" in the mark on the bottom. Red Pot Marked Calif. U.S.A. For more information on Jack Carnes and Camark pottery, see The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. George RumRill was born in Gainesville, Texas, but worked from Little Rock, Arkansas to get his designs produced by the potteries. 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