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Franciscan Ceramics are ceramic tableware and tile products produced by Gladding, McBean & Co. in Los Angeles, California, US from 1934 to 1962, International Pipe and Ceramics (Interpace) from 1962 to 1979, and Wedgwood from 1979 to 1983. Wedgwood closed the Los Angeles plant, and moved the production of dinnerware to England in 1983.
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.
Gladding, McBean factory in Lincoln, California.. Charles Gladding (1828–1894) was born in Buffalo, New York, served as a first lieutenant in the Union Army during the Civil War, [3] and later moved to Chicago, where he engaged in the clay sewer pipe business.
Ceramic Originals by Freeman-Leidy, crane figurine. Key milestones in the history of California pottery include: the arrival of Spanish settlers, the advent of statehood and subsequent population growth, the Arts and Crafts movement , Great Depression , World War II era and the post-WWII onslaught of low-priced imports leading to a steep ...
Parkway Central Library, the main library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, United States T.B. Scott Free Library , a public library in the city of Merrill, Wisconsin, United States TheFreeLibrary.com , free reference website that offers full-text versions of classic literary works.
Dora De Larios (1933 – January 28, 2018) was an American ceramist and sculptor working in Los Angeles. She was known for her work's clean lines and distinctive glazes, as well as for her line of tableware created under her family-run company Irving Place Studio.
Hi Mark Miller, I would say the same about the link not being RS too, however Bob Page, owner of Replacements, and author of a book on Franciscan is correct - also the non-published factory record confirms Concord as being introduced in 1952. There is a list of the first fine china patterns in the book Franciscan, Catalina, and Other Gladding ...
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." [2] It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. [3]