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Roseville for Raymor. Raymor Modern Stoneware. Ben Seibel. [Chartreuse]. 152. Dinner Plate. This color was experimental. Only one partial set of this color has been currently found. |
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| Shenango. [Manannan's Playground]. Pattern attributed to Paul Cook. 1965. This pattern has been [unofficially] named by Bonnie Howard, who correctly identified the manufacturer in MODish.net's April 1, 2004 Quiz. Bonnie writes: Manannan mac Lir is the Irish god of the sea. They named the Isle of Man after him, so why not a lovely pattern? I thought of using Sedna (the Inuit sea goddess), but they just named a whole *planet* after her. |
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| Universal Potteries, Inc. Stratoware. San Diego Brown/Wing Brown. Eva Zeisel. 1942. Covered vegetable dish. |
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| Laurel of California. [California "Seaside"]. [Pink]. Charles E. "Ted" Scarpino. 1953>. This is the hard-to-find [Pink] color. To date, no mention of this color has been found in the trade journals. Ted Scarpino, designer of many wonderfully modern Laurel dinnerware lines, died in November 2003.
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| Design Technics. [Candy box]. R45. |
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| American Limoges. Animal Kingdom. Viktor Schreckengost. 1936. Mug. Courtesy of Irene Guber. |
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| Grant Ceramics. Social Butterfly. Attributed to Mary k. Grant. <1957. This rare whimsical pattern is hand-painted in vibrant color. No two butterflies are exactly alike. |
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| < Grant Ceramics. Social Butterfly. Attributed to Mary K. Grant. <1957. [Platter] and [cereal bowl]. |
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Social Butterfly. Cream & sugar. Shapes are traditionally influenced and suggestive of Mary Grant's work.
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Grant Ceramic Company was owned by Frederick J. Grant, Mary Grant's (the attributed designer) husband. Both Grants had been formerly with Gladding McBean. Mr. Grant was a partner in Grant-Jacoby Co. (Brack Shops) of Los Angeles, California when he bought the Weil of California pottery (3160 Fernando Road, Los Angeles) in 1954. This soon became the home of the Grant Ceramic Company.
Weil of California became a division of the new firm. One of Grant's early offerings was a new version of Weil's Bambu pattern in charcoal on pink. It was also reported that the firm anticipated production of Granoby ovenware, which was being made at Hollydale Pottery. Actual production has not been confirmed.
The ceramic body of the new ware was "higher-fired" and ovenproof. Flatware's new "safety edge" was chip resistant. These characteristics seem apparent in the Social Butterfly line. |
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Stratoware covered vegetable dish
We have the exact same dish as shown. We found it in box of items from a cousin's estate. We love the pattern, and wonder how difficult it would be to find pieces to add to the collection. Any comments would be welcome.
Cwatts1
They pop up on eBay
They pop up on eBay from time to time, but are often pricey for some of the hard to find pieces and a number of the items in the line are hard to find, if not rare.
Stratoware Availability
For some reason, the serving pieces are much easier to come by than the plates, bowls and cups and saucers. It took me over 10 years to find the flats pieces on ebay after finding most of the serving pieces. The serving spoon and fork are the hardest pieces to find. I am still missing the fork after 15 years of hunting.