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2. Franciscan Ceramics - Wikipedia

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   In 2013, the movie "Gangster Squad" starring James Brolin as Sgt. John O'Mara, the Franciscan pattern Desert Rose were the dishes on the breakfast table in the O'Mara kitchen. In Northern Exposure, season 4, episode 14, the china in Maggie's home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan is Desert Rose.

3. Mary K. Grant - Wikipedia

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   Mary K. Grant, (born Ethel May Kubishta) (April 21, 1902 – April 8, 1975) was an American industrial designer.Grant is known for her ceramic designs for Franciscan Ceramics manufactured by Gladding, McBean & Co. Grant designed several fine china and earthenware shapes for Gladding, McBean.

4. California pottery - Wikipedia

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   Vernon Kilns closed in 1958, J.A. Bauer in 1962, and Metlox in 1988. The former Gladding, McBean & Co.'s Franciscan tableware and tile factory in Los Angeles was bought by Wedgwood from the Interpace corporation in 1979. Wedgwood closed the Franciscan Ceramics plant in 1984, moving production of the Franciscan tableware brands to England.

5. Metlox Pottery - Wikipedia

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   Metlox Pottery was founded in 1927 by Theodor C. Prouty and his son Willis Prouty, originally as a producer of outdoor ceramic signs. After the death of T.C. in 1931, Willis renamed the company Metlox Pottery ("Metlox" is a combination of "metal" and "oxide," a reference to the glaze pigments), and began producing dinnerware.

6. White House china - Wikipedia

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   A piece from the Polk dessert service. The White House needed a new china service when the Polks took up residence in 1845. The same company which produced the Monroe china service, Dagoty-Honoré of Paris, made their state dinner service.

7. Lustreware - Wikipedia

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   Mary Magdalene on Italian maiolica dish, Gubbio, 1530–1540. The lustreware effect is a final coating applied over the ceramic glaze, and fixed by a light second firing, applying small amounts of metallic compounds (generally of silver or copper) mixed with something to make it paintable (clay or ochre).