posted on November 11, 2005 11:14:56 AM
Anyone recognize this piece? It is not marked and trying to ID it is driving me nuts.
And while you at it... Anyone familiar with this US pottery stamp? P.G.A.
Pottery Guild of America??? I can find a site but nothing that makes me think they would be linked to this piece. It is a Kentucky souvenier cream pitcher.
can't ever get those links right the first time!
[ edited by LtRay on Nov 11, 2005 11:33 AM ]
posted on November 11, 2005 12:18:53 PM
Thanks Fluff, that's it and it lead me to Paden City Pottery. I was familar with their china but not their other lines.
Now if I can just identify the other one. I think it is from the 1940's
posted on November 11, 2005 12:40:08 PM
The creamer color is one of the most-used Bauer pottery colors. They didn't mark some of their smaller pieces. In the past, a couple of times I've listed, for example, a "mystery creamer, Bauer?" and asked in the description that anyone knowing who the maker is would tell me. I've gotten some good answers that way. I would emphasize in the description that this is a familiar Bauer Pottery color.
Doing this in the past, Ebay hasn't ever come down on me for keyword spamming.
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posted on November 11, 2005 09:18:25 PM
Fluff: I've seen some small Bauer pieces that were unmistakably part of a Bauer set (my mother-in-law's old old set comes to mind) that weren't marked. Most ARE marked, though.
My MIL got the dishes in 1933 in Philadelphia when first married. Very old members of my husband's family have told us how funny they thought her everyday dishes were--so different from others' delicate porcelain. The plates (ringware) in all the different colors were used by her, then taken to the family cabin in 1940 to be used by 3 generations, and washed by hand, by horsing-around teenagers!--and most of them don't even have a chip or crack in them. 15 plates. The cups and saucers have seen better days, though. We don't eat on them now; I've hung the plates at intervals where the walls meet the ceiling in the cabin, and they're just beautiful.
Edited to add: NOw that I've looked at the pitcher, above, one more time, I can see that the little protruding bit on the handle shows that it is definitely not Bauer. Pretty, though.
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[ edited by Roadsmith on Nov 11, 2005 09:19 PM ]
