6 Vernon Kilns Vernonware Plaid Homespun Plate Bread & Butter Vintage Made USA

Description

6 Beautiful Vernon Kilns HOMESPUN Vernonware BREAD & BUTTER PLATE from the PLAID Collection, Made in Vernon California, USA, circa 1948-1958
DESCRIPTION:
This simple but elegant plaid plate is in the Homespun pattern featuring rust, green & yellow with rust trim.
CONDITION:
The condition of this Vernonware bread & butter plate is superb.  All plates are in mint condition except one has a very tiny chip on it  There are no chips, nicks, cracks, scratches, rubbings or hairlines on any of the others.  Please refer to the photos to see how classically beautiful this is.
DIMENSIONS:
The plate has a diameter of 6 3/8" and a height of 7/16".
HISTORY/MARKS:
The beautiful collectible California pottery Plaid Patterns were produced by Vernon Kilns after Faye Bennison acquired Poxon Pottery and China Company in 1931.  The first Plaid Pattern, Organdie, was manufactured starting in 1937 and the other patterns such as Homespun, Gingham, and Tam O’Shanter were introduced in 1948.  All of the Plaid Patterns continued until Vernon Kilns was acquired (including the molds & patterns) by Metlox Pottery in 1958.  Metlox continued the Vernon factory for two years manufacturing under “Vernonware by Metlox”.   All of the Vernonware we have listed was before the acquisition by Metlox Pottery.
Artist Gale Turnbull designed the first plaids which were produced on the Montecito shapes and later the streamline shape was used for selected pieces.  The plaid stripes were applied by hand.  The hand painted finished product was accomplished by placing the pieces on a decorating wheel and using a wet paint brush held to the turning piece to blend the stripes. Lastly, the vivid rim color was applied to create their unique look matching the color of the middle stripe.