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Marks Used by Homer Laughlin China CompanyVintage Homer Laughlin Dinnerware we have for sale
| 1st trademark used - Laughlin China in a horse shoe | After 1890 to 1900 - American Eagle carrying the lion | 1900 - to date - HLC with variations | 1981 - Holloware items are marked with a raised logo | Many times the name of the dish shape will be on the bottom of the dish, this is mistaken for the pattern name. Decals in a variety of shapes and styles were used on a particular dish shape. There are numerous Homer Laughlin marks. A few other names associated with Homer Laughlin are: Art Wells Glazes, The Pearl China Co., Kenmark China, Kitchen Kraft Oven Serve, Household Institute, Best China, Sheffield
Dinnerware, Epicure, Harvest Gold, Craftsman Dinnerware, Sunrise Dinnerware and many more. There are several book on Homer Laughlin dinnerware in the library. | How to Date Homer Laughlin Dinnerware | In 1900 the company
started using a series of numbers to indicate the month, the second single number is for the year and the third number is for the plant it was made in. | EXAMPLE: 1900 - 1909; 74L = July 1904 factory on the east end of town | 1910 - 1920; the first
figure = month, the next two numbers are the year and the third is the plant | 1921 - 1930; a letter was used to indicate the month, the next single number was the year, and the last is the plant. | 1931 - 1969; the month is a letter and the year is two digits. Plant 4=N, Plant 5=R, Plant 6 & 7=C, Plant
8=P. | EXAMPLE: 1931 - 1969; E44R = May 1944 at plant 5 | | | | |
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Homer Laughlin China Patterns and ShapesThis is not a complete listVintage Homer Laughlin Dinnerware we have for sale 11/01/06 - I have much more to add to this page including photos.... |
1926 - - Yellowstone Shape (octagonal shape) with a variety of decal designs (the peacock was popular
- Rosetta Pattern
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In the 1930's the company began developing new ideas and products:
- Wells Art Glaze line in Matt Green, Peach, Rust and later Melon
- Cookware that could be used on the table - Ovenserve and Kitchen Kraft
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1930 - - Flight of the Swallows
- Flowers of the Dell
- Art Glaze (Art Wells Glaze)
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1933 - Virginia Rose - 1959 sold through Woolsworth Stores
- Century Shape - A square shape with numerous decals including English Garden, Briar Rose
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1935 - Nautilus Eggshell - It came in decorations known as Georgian, Nautilus, Swing, and Theme and sold very well as a replacement for the fine European china that could not be transported across the Atlantic under wartime conditions. Many decals used including Apple Blossom
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1936 - Fiesta - - 1973; Green, blue, yellow, and red. Other colors were added - ivory (1936), turquoise (1938) rose, grey, chartreuse, olive green (1943) and more colors later on. Designed by Fredrick Rhead an English Stoke on Trent potter. Fiesta Red was discontinued in 1943 because the color was
manufactured from uranium oxide, which was taken over by the government in wartime. It returned to the market in 1959. Several special pieces were offered for sale at .98 each such as a 7 piece juice set, refrigerator dish set, handled chop plate and pie plate.
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1938 - Harlequin - - 1950's sold through Woolworth (has the angular handle on the coffee cups and concentric rings near the middle of the plate)
- Riviera - Solid color glazes in the century shape
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Rhythm - |
circa 1940 - Skytone - several decals including Stardust pattern
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1955 - Epicure - Dawn Pink, Snow White, Charcoal Gray, Turquoise - Ovenproof.
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1967 - Sheffield Amberstone (not all pieces are marked)
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 Harlequin - Reissue 1979 - Produced for F.W.
Woolworth's 100 Anniversary - In 4 colors, 3 of which matched the original colors the salmon was a little darker in color.
Note the shape of the handles..... |
Fiesta - Reissue, 1986. The colors are slightly different and the mark is different even though it is only a slight difference. There are also pieces produced in the new issue that were not in the original issue of Fiesta.
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- American Provencial - A Pennsylvania Dutch looking design
- Shenandoah
- Jubilee
- Priscilla
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