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May 2005: Volume I Issue of MODish.net

Gorbutt-Bowman. (Topeka, Kansas). This mid-century teapot is wonderfully organic. The asymmetrical handle fits the right hand well. The thumb rests comfortably on the flattened area of the top handle.
Gladding, McBean. Franciscan Contours Artware. 32. Twin vase, large. 11". 1954. George James.
Unknown manufacturer and line. Arno Scheiding. If you know more about this designer, please contact us.
Gonder. #914 La Gonda Tea Pot.
Salem China. Garden. Tempo shape. c.1949. Viktor Schreckengost. Both sides have different decals of stylized vegetables. The shape is Schreckengost and the stylized decorations in similar patterns on this shape are also Schreckengost's. Therefore, this pattern is also attributed to Viktor Schreckengost.
Taylor, Smith & Taylor. Spencerian Scroll. Versatile shape. Luray-style sugar lid. 1953. John Gilkes Versatile shape). Most of this line is on the Versatile shape. The covered sugar lid is likely a less common variation.
Marked, International China Company. (Alliance, Ohio). Swedish Modern. This line, seen in the navigational header above, is actually on the Forecast shape by Edwin M. Knowles Company. The decoration and the shape are both attributed to Erwin Kalla. Lehner reports (US Marks, Collector Books) that International China Company was an associated company of Cunningham and Pickett, a distributor that sold china made by other firms.