Florence Ceramics Pasadena Ca History

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Florence ceramics pasadena ca history.

Gift of doug foland remarks. Vintage laurel of california gloss white creamer and sugar shaker set dinerware. Buy florence ceramics figurines on ebay now. In 1940 the founder and artist florence ward lost her son jack to a fatal blood disease.

11person dinerware 1950 00. Object collection object id. Vintage clear cad 23 98. Elegant high end figurines.

Florence ceramics figurines ready to ship. Florence ceramics of pasadena. 1940 s to the 1960 s. The pottery studio outlasted many of its competitors.

Some links on this page may be affiliate links. At that time 50 00 was a weeks pay or a mortage. It mostly produced floral ware in speckled glazes with geometric and atomic midcentury modern shapes. Figurine story book hour artist manufacturer.

The arrival of spanish settlers the advent of statehood and subsequent population growth the arts and crafts movement great depression world war ii era and the post wwii onslaught of low priced imports leading to a steep decline in the number of california potteries. Florence ceramics also known as florence of california was based in pasadena california. Make offer florence ceramics lot of 2 wall plaques victorian lady green dress pasadena florence ceramics gentleman figurine louis xv statue gold trim 10 1 2 x 6 1 2 75 00. To cope with her loss she joined a hobby class at the franklin school for pottery and began to produce semi porcelain figurines in her garage.

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Key milestones in the history of california pottery include. Vintage florence ceramics 2 figurines storybook hour boy and girl pasadena ca priscilla and 179 00 priscilla and john alden pilgrim figurines florence ceramics 8 and 9 1 2 tall. 5 out of 5 stars 307 307 reviews 48 95 free shipping favorite add to. The covina pottery company existed from approximately 1943 1988 in covina california and was founded by the rhodus family.

In the 40 s and 50 s these cost 3 00 to 50 00.