Wallace China of Los Angeles California
Wallace China started operating in 1931 in the Los Angeles area of California. Desert Ware was a popular line of restaurant dinnerware during the 1930's & 1940's. The company relocated to Vernon California and continued operations there until 1959 when Shenango acquired Wallace China. In 1964 Wallace China was dissolved, and fours years later Shenango was sold to Interpace Corporation, who was manufacturing Franciscan China.
The Westward Ho patterns designed by Till Goodan have become highly collectible due to the success of the "Yellowstone" television series starring Kevin Costner. These patterns include: "Boots 'n Saddle", "Longhorn", "Rodeo", and "Little Buckaroo". The other western patterns produced by Wallace China are "Chuckwagon", "49er", and "Pioneer Trails". gr8am pottery now has many new items in this pattern available.
The Westward Ho patterns designed by Till Goodan have become highly collectible due to the success of the "Yellowstone" television series starring Kevin Costner. These patterns include: "Boots 'n Saddle", "Longhorn", "Rodeo", and "Little Buckaroo". The other western patterns produced by Wallace China are "Chuckwagon", "49er", and "Pioneer Trails". gr8am pottery now has many new items in this pattern available.
Textured! Bold! Primitive! California Aztec
The subdued effect of grey and black on the soft grey-flecked satin glaze should prove a welcome relief to the discriminating homemaker. The neutral shades and primitive pattern
of AZTEC blend decoratively with your table mats and napkins. Hand decorated, oven-safe, detergent proof and durable. Designed under the direction of Allen & Shaw. Buy the bargain starter set and add open stock extra pieces from time to time. Metlox Potteries of Manhattan Beach, California produced the glazed earthenware "Aztec"; making its debut in 1955. Aztec was the third in a series of four "Freeform" shapes.
The Designer of the Freeform shape was Frank Irwin, & it was introduced in 1954. The Designer of the Aztec pattern was Robert Allen, & it was introduced in 1955. Part of the "Poppytrail" Line; the Freeform Shape, California "Aztec" pattern is a glazed white earthenware with grey flecks. It has a transfer-printed decorative band along the inside edge; consisting of a dark grey ribbon superimposed on a light grey band of elongated oval shapes. |
gr8ampottery now has a new stock of Metlox California Aztec dinnerware available. To see more, click on the button.
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Rockwell Kent Design for Vernon Kilns, California
Metlox Mosaic Originals & Tropicana
California Casual Patio
California Casual Patio
Mosaic Originals was a series of satin white decorative pieces featuring a pattern of small blue, turquoise, ivory and gold squares. Tropicana pattern was available in a hand painted pineapple or tropical fish motif; patterns were designed by Helen McIntosh. Legendary designers Bob Allen and Mel Shaw developed the line.
Sascha Brastoff
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Classic California
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The Hawaiian Garden
Aloha ! Welcome to the Hawaiian Garden. During the late 1930's & well into the 1940's America had a fascination with tropical design & décor. During World War II, U.S. military families were stationed at Pearl Harbor. They bought Hawaiian furniture & fixtures, as it was too expensive to ship traditional heavy wooden furniture to Hawaii. Don Blanding was hired in 1936 by California-based Vernon Kilns to design Hawaiian styled patterns for a line of dinnerware to compliment the tropical furniture.
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gr8am pottery presents Winchester 73 & Frontier Days as our feature pattern for February 2016. Designed to be marketed in conjunction with the new movie "Winchester 73" starring James Stewart and Shelly Winters. This pattern was introduced in 1950 to tie-in Vernon Kilns dinnerware to the movie. The pattern was also coordinated with Heisey glassware with similar design and name.
Due to a change in the movie's premier date, the promotion did not work. Neither Heisey nor Vernon Kilns could develop the wares and advertising quickly enough to meet the new date. It is now a very rare pattern. Vernon Kilns would later market the western themed dinnerware as "Frontier Days". |
![]() Winchester '73 is a 1950 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, and Stephen McNally. Written by Borden Chase and Robert L. Richards, the film is about the journey of a prized rifle from one ill-fated owner to another and a cowboy's search for a murderous fugitive. The movie features early film performances by Rock Hudson as an American Indian, Tony Curtis, and James Best. The film received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for Best Written American Western. It was filmed in black and white. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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