Coors Pottery Rose Pink Rosebud Cake Plate This 11" diameter cake plate is a scarce piece in the 1930s Rosebud dinnerware line by Coors pottery. The dark pink color, which I believe is called Rose, is also not very common. The plate is decorated with three signature rose buds in yellow with green leaves. There are a few light knife marks and some stacking wear to the glaze, otherwise it's in excellent condition with no chips or flakes.

Circa: 1930s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Coors Pottery  

1941 Crooksville China Raggedy Ann and Andy Baby Child's Feeding Dish This sweet child's or baby feeding plate was made by Crooksville China in 1941 though it is missing the usual mark on back. It depicts the original Raggedy Ann and Andy riding a cloth camel. The bowl measures 7-3/4" diameter by 1-1/4" and has a 3/4" rim.

The graphics are in good condition will little wear or fading. The bowl does have some fine crazing and some light staining around the outside edges of the graphics however, you can see this in the photo. The gold band at the rim is in good shape, about 95% intact and there are no chips, flakes, or cracks. This dish is usually marked Raggedy Ann and Andy Ware by Crooksville, Copyright 1941 Johnny Gruelle Co. but this particular piece didn't get marked.

Circa: 1941
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Crooksville China  

Childs 1924 Uncle Wiggily Ovaltine Advertising Pottery Mug This 1924 child's cup or mug was an advertising premium for Ovaltine, made by Sebring Pottery. It features Uncle Wiggily (often misspelled Wiggly) and Grandpa Goosey Gander arm-in-arm with the "Ovaltine House" in the background. The artwork is signed Lang Campbell, the original illustrator of the Uncle Wiggily books and comic strips. On the back of the mug is Uncle Wiggily at a run with the words "Uncle Wiggily Wants His Ovaltine".


Juvenile advertising china pieces were usually giveaways or very low priced. They were produced inexpensively and were often not the highest quality - the kids cared about the characters, not the aesthetics of their dishes. The mug's handle has a thin, small stress separation at the base which is under glaze and occurred during manufacture. There is crazing, wear to the blue band at the rim, and some pinpoint glaze fleabites at the rim, a couple of which have caused minor staining. There is also some staining at the underside base. The mug has no cracks, hairlines or structural damage but it was apparently much loved and used by its owner.

Circa: 1924
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Sebring Pottery  

Purinton Pottery Jardiniere Flower Pot I'm not sure what the pattern name is on this Purinton Pottery jardiniere or flower pot. Both the front and back are decorated with the same hand painted red 3-petal flower and leaf design. The jardiniere has a piecrust crimped rim and is 5" tall by 6" diameter at the rim.

There are no chips or flakes but there is some crazing (with staining at the inside bottom of the pot), and one glaze hairline at the rim. It doesn't extend down the inside of the pot and looks worse than it really is in the photo because of the staining. Marked on the underside Purinton Slip Ware.

Circa: 1940s - 1950s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Purinton Pottery  

Royal China Bucks County Dinner Plate, 2 Available These 10" dinner plates are in the early 1950s Bucks County pattern by Royal China of Sebring Ohio. They're pastel yellow with dark brown to nearly black transfer designs depicting early American farm life. Pennsylvania Dutch florals and dancing people decorate the rims. The plates have some very mild crazing but no damage and they are still glossy. I have some very rare glass tumblers that match listed elsewhere in the shop. Two plates are available, price is per plate.

Circa: 1952 - 1953
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Royal China  

American Belleek Hand Painted Roses Shaker This beautiful fine porcelain single shaker with hand painted roses design is marked Belleek on the underside in green. It looks like the remainder of the mark appears where the stopper hole is, as there is some green ink around the hole edge, as well as the number 7 and the initial G. in black.

The shaker is 2-3/4" tall with six panels and a hexagonal top painted gold. The panels alternate with hand painted roses and leaves near the bottom. There is no cork. There are three very light, faint craze lines near the neck, no chips or cracks.

Circa: 1900 - 1920
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: American Belleek  

Purinton Pottery Fruit Creamer and Covered Sugar Bowl An open creamer and covered sugar in the Fruits pattern by Purinton Pottery from the 1940s - 1950s. One side is decorated with hand painted red apples, the other with yellow pears.

The pieces display nicely but each has flaws: a tight rim hairline on the creamer, a shallow glaze flake on the inside rim of the sugar, and a circular bruise on the lid of the sugar. Price reflects condition.

Circa: 1940s - 1950s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Purinton Pottery  

Walker China Childs Restaurant Ware Divided Nursery Rhyme Plate Red Riding Hood This vintage 8-1/4" restaurant ware grill plate by Walker China of Bedford Ohio features transfer decal illustrations of nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters in each of the three divided sections: the Three Little Kittens, Mary Had A Little Lamb, and Little Red Riding Hood. The designs are in colors of red or pink, green, and gray.

The heavy commercial quality plate is in very good condition with some light utensil and stacking marks to the glaze but no damage. The date code system used by the company is a bit confusing - according to my books it could have been made in either 1939 or 1961, but I believe the latter date is probably correct based on the company's logo above the date code.

Circa: 1961
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Walker China  

Winfield China Dragon Flower Dinner Plate, 2 Available 1940s Dragon Flower was a truly beautiful hand painted design by Winfield China, with no two pieces exactly the same - delicate pink, tan, and brown Oriental floral design on a cream background with brown edge trim. Here are two 10-1/4" dinner plates in the Dragon Flower pattern. They're in good condition with no chips, flakes, or hairlines, just a few light white utensil marks in the glaze. Two are available, price is per plate.

Circa: 1940s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Winfield China  

Pair of Purinton Pottery Fruit Water Tumblers Two 4-3/4" water tumblers in the 1940s Fruits pattern by Purinton Pottery. They're decorated with hand painted yellow pears and red apples. Both tumblers are in excellent condition with no damage or crazing. Price is for the pair.

Circa: 1940s - 1950s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Purinton Potty  

Stangl Golden Blossom Dinner Plate - 4 Available These 10" dinner plates are in the Golden Blossom by Stangl Pottery. It features hand painted stylized goldenrod type flowers and green leaves on a speckled off-white, high gloss background. It has a yellow band at the verge and sgrafitto loopy decoration around the rim. Very nice condition with no damage or utensil marks. Four are available, price is per plate.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Stangl Pottery  

TST Taylor Smith Taylor Shasta Daisy Serving Platter The Shasta Daisy dinnerware pattern was produced by Taylor Smith Taylor in the 1950s. It has an airbrushed pale yellow coupe rim with large side-placed decal of daisies in yellow, gold, and brown with green leaves on a cream background.

This is the larger of two oval serving platters in that pattern, 13-5/8" by 10". I noted two tiny stacking or storage marks on the surface, otherwise excellent condition, still glossy with no damage, fading, or utensil wear. I also have dinner plates in this pattern listed.

Circa: 1955
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Taylor Smith Taylor TST  

1940s Donald Duck Pink Pottery Baby Feeding Dish by Hankscraft This charming deep divided childs feeding dish was made for Hankscraft, a company that specialized in baby or juvenile items and small electric appliances. It's pink and in the shape of Donald Duck. Donald's head pulls off so you can fill the bowl with hot water to keep baby's food warm. It measures 8-1/2" by 6-1/2" by about 2" deep (not counting the head).

Hankscraft contracted with several American pottery firms from the 1920s to 1940s to make their ceramic items - they did not produce them in-house. Red Wing Potteries was one of them, but this dish is likely not by Redwing due to the lack of a certain mark style used only by them (though the dish is identical other than the bottom to the Red Wing versions).

In excellent condition with no damage or wear other than a tiny glaze flake under Donald's cap, visible only when his head is turned upside down.

Circa: 1940s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Hankscraft  

Walt Disney 3 Pigs 1930s Divided Childs Feeding Plate This very scarce 1930s 3-section juvenile feeding plate can be seen on page 82 of the original edition of Stern's Guide to Disney Collectibles. It's just under 8" diameter and has decaled illustrations of two of the original Disney cartoon Three Little Pigs plus the Big Bad Wolf in each of the plate sections. Each design is signed with the likeness of Walt Disney's signature.

The plate was made by Salem China Company under their Patriot China mark. The back is marked S.C. Co. Patriot China, Made in America, Mfgd. by permission Walt Disney Enterprises. The heavy plate has no chips, flakes, or hairlines but it does have stained crazing and there is quite a bit of wear and fading to the largest decal, the fiddling pig at the lower center. The wolf and other pig decals have much less wear. The black spot on the back to the right of the mark appears to be an impressed number 8 with an overabundance of ink.

Circa: 1930s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Salem China Patriot China  

TST Taylor Smith Taylor Shasta Daisy Dinner Plates, 7 Available The Shasta Daisy dinnerware pattern was produced by Taylor Smith Taylor in the 1950s. It has an airbrushed pale yellow coupe rim with large side-placed decal of daisies in yellow, gold, and brown with green leaves on a cream background.

I have seven coupe rim dinner plates in the Shasta daisy pattern, 10-1/4" diameter. They are marked on the backs Shasta Daisy in gold with a Taylor-Smith-Taylor Versatile backstamp, all with the same 1955 date code. Each one is in excellent condition, still glossy with no damage or wear other than a few white stacking or utensil marks in the centers. Price is per plate. I also have a serving platter in this pattern listed.

Circa: 1955
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Taylor Smith Taylor TST  

Raggedy Ann and Andy 4 Piece Childs Melamine Dinnerware Set Mint in Box This boxed Raggedy Ann & Andy child's 4-piece place setting by Oneida was a Storybook Dinnerware Premium offered by General Mills / Betty Crocker Coupons in the 1970s. Included are an 8" plate, 6-1/2" soup or cereal bowl, a 4-3/4" fruit bowl, and a 3" tall mug. Each piece has a different scene of Ann and Andy at play.

The Melamine dishes were made by Oneida. They're dated 1969 and marked The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc. The dishes are mint and unused, packed in the original shipping box with original packing papers inside. The box has some minor age discoloration and a blacked-out shipping address but is intact with no tears.

Circa: 1970s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Oneida Deluxe for Betty Crocker  

1920s Child's Antique Wheaties Cereal Bowl This 1920s children's bowl was an advertising premium from Wheaties cereal. It's 6" diameter, 8 sided with vertical ribs at the sides, and a charming old fashioned decal in the center depicting a little boy and girl. The boy holds a pot of tulips, the girl has a pan of food or a pie. A kitty and a bunny are in the scene as well. Marked WHEATIES on the bottom in gold lettering.

The bowl has no chips or cracks but there is crazing to the glaze and the decal is faded in spots.

Circa: 1920s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Unknown  

Baby Child Plate Girl Feeding Teddy Bear in High Chair This adorable juvenile feeding plate depicts a sweet curly haired little girl feeding a teddy bear in a high chair. The heavy china plate is 7-1/2" diameter with a faded gold band around the rim. There is no maker's mark on the back so I'm not sure where or when it was made, but the girl's clothing, hairstyle, and general look of the design seem to be from the late 1920s to 1930s era. No damage other than the wear to the gold trim.

Circa: 1930
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Unsigned  

Chrome and Porcelain 1930s Childs Covered Feeding Dish with Mexican Southwestern Theme This divided, 3-part childs warming bowl by Excello is chrome with a pottery insert, and it comes with a rare matching lid. The handles and lid finial are olive green Bakelite. This is a food warmer type bowl - it's designed to be filled with hot water to keep the baby's food warm, and the cover helps with that too. The dish is 8" diameter, 10-1/2" handle to handle, by 2" high to the rim (not including the lid).

In each of the divided sections is a different Southwestern scene - a boy wearing a sombrero with Mexican pottery, a girl in sombrero with a duck, and a Mexican village scene with cactus, palm tree, adobe buildings, a woman with a pot on her head, and a man with a burro. The cork stopper has a pink ceramic top and doesn't quite match - it may be a replacement. The dish dates to the 1930s and reflects the popular Mexicana or Mission Fiesta kitchen themes of the era.

The bowl has no chips or cracks but it is crazed, with staining to the craze lines on the left half of the dish. The chrome body and cover are shiny and clean, in excellent condition with no pitting or scratches, though there are a couple of very slight dings at the edges of the lid. The underside is marked Excello Chromium Made In U.S.A.

Circa: 1930s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Excello