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California pottery includes industrial, commercial, and decorative pottery produced in the Northern California and Southern California regions of the U.S. state of California. Production includes brick , sewer pipe , architectural terra cotta , tile , garden ware, tableware , kitchenware , art ware , figurines , giftware , and ceramics for ...
Vernon Kilns was an American ceramic company in Vernon, California, US. In July 1931, Faye G. Bennison purchased the former Poxon China pottery renaming the company Vernon Kilns. [1] Poxon China was located at 2300 East 52nd Street. [2] Vernon produced ceramic tableware, art ware, giftware, and figurines. The company closed its doors in 1958.
Cemar Pottery, like Bauer, was based in Los Angeles, California. [2] Cemar was part of the larger boom in California pottery during the World War II era when pottery imports from Asia were restricted or banned; a variety of potteries operated in California to keep up with domestic demand. Cemar was one of 13 members of the California Pottery ...
Hagen-Renaker was a California pottery company established in Southern California in 1946. The company was founded and owned by John Renaker, Sr., and Maxine Renaker, The company's early production were plates, butter pats, and bowls made in their garage in Culver City, California. The company realized the potential for figurines, and began ...
Arequipa Pottery was a type of arts and crafts-style pottery produced in Marin County, California, in the United States from 1911 until 1918. Arequipa Pottery differs from many arts and crafts pottery businesses because it was produced as part of the therapy process for women recovering from tuberculosis in the San Francisco Bay Area .
Durlin Brayton, a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute and self-employed carpenter, bought a kiln and built a small ceramics workshop out of his home in Laguna Beach, California around 1927. Alongside his wife, he produced a small set of dinnerware – place settings, teapots, pitchers and bowls – notable not only for the hand-pressed mold ...
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Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California, 1945-1975. American Museum of Ceramic Art (2013) ISBN 978-0981672854; Chipman, Jack. Collector's Encyclopedia of California Pottery. Collector Books, Paducah, Kentucky (1999) ISBN 1-57432-037-8; Chipman, Jack. California Pottery Scrapbook. Collector Books, Paducah, Kentucky (2004) ISBN 1-57432-407-1