Description -- Chinastone Line. 2 5/8" high, deep blue accents, red flowers. Excellent used condition with no damage. First issued in 1984 and discontinued in 2007. Current (05/09) replacement value $44.99.Historical Data -- Lenox is the name of a porcelain maker. Walter Scott Lenox and Jonathan Coxon, Sr., founded the Ceramic Art Company in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1889. In 1906, Lenox left and started his own company called Lenox. The company makes a porcelain that is similar to Irish Belleek. Their superior dinnerware has made the company famous. Lenox was bought by Department 56 in 2005.
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Description -- Restaurant ware. All white body with scalloped rim.. Pink Cherry blossoms on black branches design. 10" diameter. Excellent condition with no chips, cracks or crazing. Light wear. Current (06/09) estimated replacement value $12.99 each.Historical Data -- Syracuse China, located in Lyncourt, New York (a suburb of Syracuse), was founded in 1871 as Onondaga Pottery Company (O.P. Co.) in the town of Geddes next to Syracuse and is still producing to this day. Initially a producer of earthenware, in the late 19th century, O.P.Co., under President James Pass, developed a new china body and won the medal for translucent china at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. In 1897 production turned to the vitreous china body. Its first colored china body, "Old Ivory," appeared in 1926. The company thrived with its hotel and railroad sales. The narrow-bodied "Econo-Rim" was tailored for the cramped table space of dining cars. Highly sought after collectible patterns sell regularly on eBay and at estate sales. The company was renowned for its fine china designs until 1970 when it limited its production to mostly restaurant dinnerware. They purchased the Mayer China Co and the Shenango China Co in 1984. In 1995, Libbey Inc. of Toledo, Ohio purchased the Syracuse China Company to complement its strong presence in the food service industry. My best information is that Libbey is closing the plant in 2009 and will manufacture off shore with the Syracuse trademark.
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Description -- California Pottery. Circa 1930's. Solid turquoise blue body with raised in mold mark on bottom. Handle to handle 8", opening diameter 4", foot ring 5 1/4", height 6". Beautiful display piece for any collection. Very good condition except for age wear (mostly on the handles) and a dot glaze flake on one handle. There is a small unglazed area on bottom (probably a manufacturing defect). I estimate (08/09) current retail value at around $135.00. Historical Data -- Catalina Island Pottery was first established on Catalina Island in the 1920's, when William Wrigley, Jr. founded a pottery to make roofing & patio tiles & bricks from clays found on the island. In 1930 dinnerware was added followed in 1931 by art pottery. In the late 1930's the company was sold to Gladding Mcbean (Franciscan). Because of transportation expenses all production was relocated to the mainland and the name Catalina soon disappeared.
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