Numbers like this on the back of the plate are almost always pattern numbers. Occasionally they are numbers designate the worker who did the...
Your "mashed potato dish" reminds me of my family's "noodle dish" because that is what we put our homemade noodles in. I have it, and will use it...
It looks like the hole in the bottom was drilled after the fact, probably to make it into a lamp. In general, drilling the bottom like that...
The only thing I can tell you is that if the pottery was drilled to make the lamp, most of its value as a piece of pottery has been lost.
Pics?
As an FYI, it's best to take pictures against a plain background. Dark ones do well for clear pieces, light for colored.
I'm glad you posted the wayback link to the Blenko Archives site Uncle Chuck. I liked it for the info on fakes as well as their color page with...
I stumbled across your pattern, but unfortunately it has not been positively ID'd. I was looking for my Wheeling Decorating Co book, pulled out...
I'm with george Wheeling Decorating was my first thought
I'm glad you found a reference
I saw that pitcher, and wondered about it, but was unable to find a catalog with any other size. I've seen pieces with S, M & L designations but...
I can see why you think it could be Blenko, but I have a feeling it isn't. In general, Blenko didn't make pitchers this small, in fact they are...
I was thinking that maybe a jobber had bought the Kent Coffee pots from them, and cream & sugars from another company and then decorated them to...
Based on what Tallcakes posted, I'm going to speculate that the decor was done by a decorating company vs by the manufacturer. Here is a Kent...
The restaurant group is now on facebook. I believe you need to join, but they may be able to provide assistance....
Neither tomatoes nor apples have as many lobes as the paperweight has, my guess FWIW is a pumpkin.
I don't think this is Blenko. Wheat is another color that Blenko made that is similar to yours, it was made from 1969-1983. I looked through the...
The blank used was 2630, Century. Replacements has an example of an undecorated Century candy jar without the lid with a height of 4 3/4" So you...
I pulled out a Fostoria book, I think what you have is the candy jar missing it's lid. The height, including the lid, to the very top of the...
As Marie said, no one else would have used that etch.
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