posted on November 6, 2005 05:57:33 PM
Didn't see anything similar on Replacements.com under Hartstone. This set is very heavy stoneware. I was told that it's a cocoa set but can't identify the 3 serving pieces - hot chocolate, marshmallows, and what else?
posted on November 7, 2005 04:14:51 AM
Hartstone Pottery started in 1975 in the building formerly Chatham Potters in Chatham, NJ. In 1979, they moved to the former J.B. Owens plant in Zanesville, OH. When I listed a creamer on eBay, I listed under Owens. Didn't sell for much....I think $4.95. I don't think I would call it rare.
posted on November 7, 2005 03:56:34 PM
I did not mean that Hartstone was rare, I meant that an early incised vs stamped Hartstone complete chocolate set is rare.
I rarely call an item rare unless I can't find it anywhere else.
For the item to be hand imprinted, that means they probably were not firing 2000 of them a week. With modern production methods, they maybe popping 2K of these out of the oven ever 4 hours.
posted on November 8, 2005 01:00:24 AM
Heres the same pattern but this seller didn't name the pattern either and is calling the covered piece a honey pot.