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Chintzware, or chintz pottery, describes chinaware and pottery covered with a dense, all-over pattern of flowers (similar to chintz textile patterns) or, less often, other objects. It is a form of transferware where the pattern is applied by transfer printing as opposed to the more traditional method of painting by hand.
Wright introduced Casual around 1950, and Seibel designed a line called Impromptu that stayed in the line for the rest of the company's history. [1] Among the firm's designs were Bridal White, Frolic, Vision, Jardinieres, Pins and Beads, and in 1956, new geometric patterns like Parasols and Pyramids.
Homemaker was a pattern of mass-produced earthenware tableware that was very popular in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and 60s. [ 1 ] [ page needed ] The pattern was designed by Enid Seeney [ 2 ] [ 3 ] (2 June 1931 – 8 April 2011), [ 2 ] manufactured by Ridgway Potteries of Stoke-on-Trent between 1957 and 1970, [ 3 ] [ 1 ] [ page needed ...
[1] [5] The company was known for its ironstone china and white granite ware, which were exported to many countries, especially the USA. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The company also made decorative wares with various patterns and shapes, such as Bamboo, Fishhook, Chelsea, and Bleu de Roi. [ 5 ]
Otto Lund emigrated from Denmark in 1947. He was a pattern designer by trade and prior to his employment at Gladding, McBean & Co. he was the former director of Castleton China's design and decorating department. Lund's mastery was in the painting of flora and fauna, and he used this mastery in designing patterns for the Franciscan fine china ...
In 1935, this work culminated in his designs for the Fiesta line. The company reached its production peak in 1948, manufacturing 10,129,449 items. [6] In 2010, the company — then known as the Homer Laughlin China Company (HLCC), purchased The Hall China Company in East Liverpool, and under the new name were the two potteries in the area. [7]
In 1928 the company began to produce chintzware, floral patterns inspired by textiles of the period. The first pattern was "Marguerite". Soon afterwards the trade name "Royal Winton" was established. Leonard Grimwade died in 1931, and James Plant took over. Over subsequent years, more than sixty chintz patterns were introduced.
Buffalo China, Inc., formerly known as Buffalo Pottery, was a company founded in 1901 in Buffalo, New York as a manufacturer of semi-vitreous, and later vitreous, china. [1] Prior to its acquisition by Oneida Ltd. in 1983, [ 2 ] the company was one of the largest manufacturers of commercial chinaware in the United States.