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[1] [5] The company was known for its ironstone china and white granite ware, which were exported to many countries, especially the USA. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The company also made decorative wares with various patterns and shapes, such as Bamboo, Fishhook, Chelsea, and Bleu de Roi. [ 5 ]
The Fiesta Tableware Company (formerly The Homer Laughlin China Company) is a ceramics manufacturer located in Newell, West Virginia, United States.Established in 1871, it is widely known for its Art Deco glazed dinnerware line, Fiesta.
Ironstone china, ironstone ware or most commonly just ironstone, is a type of vitreous pottery first made in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. It is often classed as earthenware [ 1 ] [ 2 ] although in appearance and properties it is similar to fine stoneware . [ 3 ]
"Eternal Beau" pattern The Trent Works, Hanley, built 1896, for "sanitary wares" (toilets and sinks etc). Having established a solid reputation producing basic "whiteware", the company developed a product known as "semi-porcelain", a range of pottery that had the characteristics of fine china, but the durability of ironstoneware.
Blue Ridge china. Blue Ridge is a brand and range of American tableware manufactured by Southern Potteries Incorporated from the 1930s until 1957. Well known in their day for their underglaze decoration and colorful patterns, Blue Ridge pieces are now popular items with collectors of antique dishware. The underglaze technique made the ...
Barzilay Freund says, “Antique and vintage ceramics create talking points within a room and can be arranged (and endlessly re-arranged!) in compelling ways—on a mantle, tabletop, or shelf—to ...
Buffalo China was sold to Oneida Limited in 1983, [17] and went out of operation in 2004. [18] The hotelware industry in the United States faced many challenges beginning in the late 1980s. Following the economic downturn of 1987 and the 1990s, restaurants were hit hard by a decline in consumer spending and demand for hotelware declined by 20% ...
Otto Lund emigrated from Denmark in 1947. He was a pattern designer by trade and prior to his employment at Gladding, McBean & Co. he was the former director of Castleton China's design and decorating department. Lund's mastery was in the painting of flora and fauna, and he used this mastery in designing patterns for the Franciscan fine china ...