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Submitted by nostalgiaholic on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 10:28am
Franciscan
GMcB Franciscan. Encanto Silver Pine.
Probably the coolest of the mcm pine motifs, imo, I've always thought I wouldn't mind owning a small service of this line and pattern, but I never see it outside of an overpriced antique mall booth. Well, I came across a set at a thrift so cheap I couldn't resist.
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Re: GMcB
Scott, I've always loved this pattern. It reminds me of an ebay experience a few years back.
I found the coffee pot to this set in a shop at an unbelievably low price and the piece was mint. I was rather excited because I had thought about collecting this pattern for some time and this was the first piece I had ever found. After checking ebay & seeing that pieces (at that time) were selling far higher than I was willing to pay, I decided I would just sell it there. Seven days later I was very happy when it sold for ( I'm thinking) around $400! It turns out that the buyer was getting it to go with the set that was hers & she was giving the set to her daughter for her wedding gift since the daughter had always liked it. Apparently the mother and other family members had failed to communicate and were bidding against each other, driving the price higher. I think they had a good laugh and were happy someone in the family had gotten it.
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Great story...and oh so smart of you to "get out of the market" while you were ahead. Bravo on your profit taking, too. I would have just used the windfall to fund another aquisition or two. Funny, I've seen much the same scenario a few times with wives bidding against husbands and neither realizing it until it was too late.
Re: GMcB
The Silver Pine pattern was designed by Jay Robinson and introduced in 1955.
Re: GMcB
Oh terrific! Thanks Mike! You have Mary Grant listed as the line's designer in your book, but I hadn't a clue on the pattern or intro date.
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Yes, Mary Grant created the shape/line. Hey, when the line comes in an unadorned white, I give it to the shape deisgner. The pattern designer is news to me as well. Recently came across a company chronology from the thirties into the early 60s. Many designers of patterns have been named plus much more. Now if someone else can tell us more about these individual designers, that would be even more wonderful!
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My my, you've really hit your stride with research and ephemera aquisition lately. Thanks SO much for sharing it with us all.
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Love the pattern
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This is a "botanical" that even interests abstract modernists.
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I just recently saw the same exact pattern on on a more traditional style teapot, sugar, and creamer by Hakusan. The teapot had a green and black color scheme and the sugar and creamer had blue and black. It looks much better presented in a more modern way.