Pottery from the Swap Meet - Nikko, Pearl, Johnson Brothers

On the way back from the Casino early this morning I had my wife drop me at the Swap Meet. I didn't really expect to find anything. In fact, I didn't even have my (really vintage) Kipling backpack with me. as things turn out I was wrong again. I found two very salable items, a small Johnson Brothers Rose Chintz Platter at Quality Junk in the Atomic Mall and a Nikko English Garden Coffee Pot at Quality Junk in the Atomic Mall. While both are very nice pieces they are only of interest to me as merchandise.

I also found a beautiful (in my eyes at least) Pearl China teapot.


Yellow with heavy gold trim and a stylized gold flower & leave design. Unfortunately it suffers from a few aches and pains, heavy loss of the gold trim and a very visible chip on the opening rim. I don't know if I will list this piece, but it is exactly the type of item I love to buy for study purposes. For example, since this is a teapot and Pearl worked out of a Hall China facility (by most accounts the largest manufacturer of teapots in the world), I think there is a high probability that the teapot was made by Hall and decorated by Pearl China. Now a small part of my mind will always be on the lookout for proof of this.



The Pearl China Company was formed in 1931 by George and Dennis Singer as a pottery outlet. I believe they were primarily a decorating company. They used a leased part of the Hall China Plant in Liverpool Ohio. Their new store was opened in 1939 on Dresden Road in East Liverpool, Ohio and they distributed items from many companies, Homer Laughlin among them. They went out of business in 1958.

I do have a pretty pair of Pearl China candle holders listed in my store.


Pearl China at Quality Junk in the Atomic Mall

Thanks for listening.... ☺☺☺☺