Vintage taylor smith taylor china patterns

Greg and Teresa Benkert of Cincinnati Ohio, began their friendship with the Museum of Ceramics in when they agreed to loan their extensive collection of Lu-Ray Pastels, made by Taylor, Smith, and Taylor, for a temporary exhibit.

Shown below are cuts from two undated catalogs. The first is from around and features a set of fancy embossed shapes. The second set shown is from circa It features fewer shapes and simpler forms. It was during this time pieces were picked up from standard dinnerware shapes namely Normandie and Latona and given art ware treatments.

Vintage taylor smith taylor china patterns

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Fancy embossed Tete-a-tete Covered Sugar. Jumbo coffee cup and saucer Courtesy: Greg and Teresa Benkert. Several items were added and subtle changes made.

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It replaced the twenty-year old, ornate Garland shape. Versatile was created to meet the demand for clean, rimless shapes that became popular in the very late s and early s. Traditional handles and finials were not used on the casserole and sugar, nor on lids of the coffee pot and teapot. Instead, handles were made as tab extensions. Besides the solid color line, Pebbleford, Versatile was also made in pastel glazes - with and without decals, and in white with decals and underglaze decorations. Several Versatile patterns made use of special "fade away" or wash trims along the rim. Other lines were more complicated with a sugar from one shape and a creamer from another resluting in new mix-and-match shapes.

Vintage taylor smith taylor china patterns

The distinctive square shape and its patterns were designed by Walter Dorwin Teague. Montgomery Wards sold at least three Conversation lines. Interestingly, when Wards initially sold Conversation in pastel glazes, the colors chosen were blue, gray, yellow, and pink. When gray was discontinued from Lu-Ray in , Wards changed the color lineup in Conversation to blue, green, yellow, and pink. Shortly thereafter, the Conversation shape itself was discontinued. As a result, green Conversation is harder to find than the other four glazes. This is not true for the Lu-Ray Pastels line where gray is the rarer color.

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The example here is Persian Cream. Normandie Plaques. Beattie and his wife were tragically killed in an automobile accident in Paris plaque Courtesy: Greg and Teresa Benkert. Pots such as this one could be formed in one mold for the body and another mold for the lid. Brew 4 minutes. Add freshly sliced lemon. They enjoy traveling and often spend considerable time in antique malls and stores. Earlier pieces were decorated with gold trim or gold stipple, whereas later pieces relied more on the blended tints. Laurel, designed by J. Shell Bowl. Other shapes required a separate mold for the spout that would then be added later.

The following article was written by Lucille T. Cox and ran in several pottery trade publications in Photos shown did not appear with the original article.

The curvey shape of this pot was sufficiently pleasing and needed no additional embellishments. Serves 2. Most of the decorations used involved blended tints of various shades with decals of fruits, figures, or flowers. Stir in an additional 12 cups of water. Palin Thorley and introduced in Taylorcraft, designed by John J. Tip: put mint leaves in pitcher before adding water or add pineapple, peach, or guava to the pitcher before the water. Thorley went on to work at other local potteries including Hall China and Sebring. This teapot is one of the early shapes. Brew 5 minutes, dunking bags occasionally. The art ware was discontinued by the ealry s. Puree a pint of fresh strawberries and sieve them to remove seeds. The second set shown is from circa The pottery, operating in Chester, WV, was in business until when the Anchor Hocking Corporation, who had purchased the business in , closed the pottery at the end of that year.