If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
Posted 4 months ago
subversive…
(7 items)
This piece was made by Hall China of East Liverpool, Ohio for Manning-Bowman - it was part of their "Cape Cod" Baker and Server, ca. 1936, and originally was intended to be placed at the center of a circular chrome tray. It is marked Manning-Bowman; however, I was able to confirm through a contact with the Hall China Collectors group that the bean pot was made for M-B by Hall.
The 1936 Manning-Bowman catalog described this set as: "may be placed directly in the oven, of course, and then inserted in the beautifully chromium plated server which accommodates breads, crackers, celery, and other essentials so handily on its flared edge." The complete set can be seen on page 111 of the book "Art Deco Chrome" by Jim Linz.
The bean pot is about 8" in diameter and is made of heavy vitrified china. It makes a great cookie jar, by the way. ;-)
China and DinnerwareThe art of making decorated porcelain ware originated in China more than 1,…
KitchenCollectible kitchen items span a wide range of objects, from teakettles and…