Among the first wares produced were those for utilitarian purposes (e.g., mugs and plates). We welcome your feedback on the website, its search functions, and appearance. David Chohlidakis is a contemporary Texas pottery from Devine who makes wheel-thrown pottery under the Chohlidakis Originals name. The mark is stamped in small print but with excellent detail. Rocky Mountain used pine and pine bark designs, sometimes with pinecones and pine scent. Pottery known as California Originals is typically marked with the three numbers for the shape Cal . All Rights Reserved. Tile has been a favorite building material in California since the early Spanish settled the area and brought with them the tradition of using brightly-colored tiles in architecture. Franciscan Ware was one of the names of Gladding, McBean & Company, operating in California from about 1875. "H" in a circle was an early Hull mark, and "hull" without a capital "H" was a late mark. RedWing closed in 1967 but reopened in 1996 with pottery demonstrations and limited production. Vernon Kilns plates are often marked with a horizontal line of writing, "Vernon Kilns Made in U.S.A." Dinnerware had a circular stamp, sometimes with the name of the series, such as "Native California.". Freeman-McFarlin also purchased and produced designs from other artisans, including Kay Finch. Warwick used both hand-painted and decal decorations, and did some portraits on some of the wares. Gilmer Potteries grew out of the sale of Alamo Pottery in Gilmer, Texas in 1951. Established small studio pottery operation in Fallbrook, California 1973-77 Earthgender business partnership between David Cressey and Robert Maxwell located in El Segundo, California 1977-92 Started a company to represent concrete and fiber glass planters and containers for commercial building projects La Mirada made crackle and drip glazes and used an incised mark that was broken script. Learn more about Metlox Pottery history at Replacements Ltd. Mexican Arts and Crafts workshop operated in San Antonio, Texas, starting about 1931, under the guidance of Ethel Wilson Harris. Weil is often marked with a burro logo and the "Weil Ware" name, along with "Made in California." Of course, Mid-Century Modern pottery was hardly an American phenomenon. For a better look at the IOGA mark, see Kovels.com. The pottery is best known for its bright, island-inspired matte and glossy glazes. Notice the three flaws on this Metlox pitcher (right), indicative of firing pins. that began operation about the turn of the 20th century, producing dinnerware and decorative plates. See the Out of Hand website for more information. Pfaltzgraff was started in York County, Pennsylvania by German immigrants early in the 19th century, making crocks, jugs and jars for utilitarian purposes. $35. It didn't make the glass or porcelain object as the label might suggest. Shenango marks are stamped in black and include a coded manufacturing date. Franciscan Ware dinnerware was quality hand-painted table service, but Franciscan also made porcelain dinnerware service and miscellaneous decorator items. [citation needed] Around Los Angeles there were over 300 producers of figurines. The pottery is signed by hand in script with a distinctive "E" and a large "S". Brad Keeler Ming Dragon Blood covered ginger jar. Kay Finch Ceramics went out of business about 1963. Starting business in Ohio in the 1870s, this company opened the Newell, W.Va. plant about 1907. Bauer Pottery quickly added items more suited to their new surroundings. Joseph VonTury came to the U.S. from Hungary in 1932, first working in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and eventually settling in Metuchen, New Jersey. Ceramics California Oakland Museum Milwaukee Art Museum Denver Art Museum Smart Museum Of Art Museum Of Fine Arts Weisman Art Museum Everson Museum Santa Barbara Museum Rodin Museum $4,995.00 Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, Circa 1950s 1stDibs.com Beatrice Wood Pottery Marks Dining And Entertaining Earthenware "Currier and Ives," the most popular pattern, was given as premiums at the A&P grocery stores in the 1950s. California Figurine Company Weil Ware girl figurines. These related businesses were glazed with the guidance of Ethel Harris, as she supervised San Jose Potteries in her work with the Works Progress Administration (WPA), an effort to put people back to work in the 1930s performing reconstruction and public works projects. Stanley Ballard was an Alfred University graduate in ceramics in 1939 who produced pottery in the mid-century modern style. Bennett Pottery Company Records NMAH.AC.0213 Page 2 of 4 Biographical Note Bennett was the founder of the Edwin Bennett Pottery Company, Baltimore, Maryland which operated 1846-1936. DeLee was in Los Angeles, California from 1937 through part of the 1950s. Many are similar to other companies, distinguishable only by size or decoration. Weller used an impressed script mark, sometimes "Weller Pottery Since 1872" and a stamped half-kiln mark as well as several circular marks. R. Guy Cowan of Cowan Pottery fame was designer for Syracuse starting in 1933. Hull Pottery Company started as A. E. Hull Pottery Company in 1905, and changed to Hull Pottery Company about 1952, operating in Crooksville, Ohio until 1986. He designed Madiera, one of the popular Franciscan shapes. What started in the Pacific Palisades as an awkward meeting between the two quickly blossomed into a relationship -and marriage- which gave rise to one of the most successful power couples in Southern California in the 1940s. Joy Thompson spring and autumn figurines. The pottery relocated to Aberdeen, Ga. and back to Alvaton, finally moving to Primrose in 1935. Eric Hellman of Van Briggle and Garden of the Gods fame developed the swirled paint pottery in 1929, and Nemadji made pots with clay from the Nemadji river and swirled paint until 2002. O.P.Co. Gladding, McBean & Co. grew from one factory manufacturing sewer pipe and architectural terra cotta in Lincoln, California to factories throughout California and the Pacific Northwest. Vohann was in Capistrano Beach prior to San Clemente, and uses a paper label as well as marks in the mold. Our guess is that Carmel pottery was located in Carmel, California, but we have no information on this company. Although this pottery looks Native American, it isn't. Learn about vintage Tiffin satin glass made in colors, including black. [1] Poxon China was located at 2300 East 52nd Street. The current Haeger Potteries website has the history of the potteries. Marks are incised or cut into the wet clay, impressed with a tool into the wet clay or stamped with a machine and ink on dry clay. After a purchase by Interpace and one of the Wedgwood companies, a move to England ended U.S. production. Originally started by Edith Heath in 1948, this pottery uses one firing process and mid-century modern designs for quality dinnerware and decorative items, including tiles. Watt Pottery used an impressed circular mark on some pieces. Vernon introduced their first solid color dinnerware line " Early California " on Montecito. Also marked "Bell" inside a bell design. Gilmer Potteries was sold to Hall China in 1977 and then sold to Olympic Tile. Royal China made many dinnerware patterns over the 50 years in existence. Fine-quality figurines are often marked "Cal" in script. Vernon Kilns. Buildings needed roofs, floors, and sewer pipes. Winfield made dinnerware lines as well as vases and accessories, some with hand-painted designs. Winfield China was made in Pasadena, California from 1929 to about 1946 when it moved to Santa Monica. It couldn't compete with imports after the 1950s and closed in 1967. The Conversation shape was a Walter Dorwin Teague design from the early 1950s, but LuRay was the most famous product made in the 1930s. Pieces are occasionally marked ROMCO USA and sometimes have a paper label like the one shown. The black-green combination is easiest to find and to recognize. This pottery and tile workshop was closely related to San Jose Mission pottery from San Antonio. Much of the Cherokee production is dated as well as marked with "Cherokee" and an arrow. Wallace China and Mayer China became subsidiaries of Shenango in the 1960s. It used a hand-written mark or a stamp with thick letters for the name and sometimes shape numbers. How to identify US pottery companies and origins by clay color. Charleton Decorating Company operated in New York, New York starting about 1941 and was a branch of Abels, Wasserberg & Co. Charleton decorated wares for many companies, including Fenton, Cambridge, Westmoreland and Consolidated Glass. Marked Raymor Roseville USA. Dog figurines were her specialty, but the shop also produced a series of Christmas plates from about 1950 through 1962. Information online shows the business still in operation on Clayton Road in 2012. The words "Gout de Ville" are in the outer circle. Write by: . Co." Sometimes the mark shows the pattern name, such as "Toledo Delight." Vases, lamps and wall sconces were common production as well. Jimmie Lee Stewart started deLee about 1936 creating animal and people figurines, wall pockets and a few cookie jars until about 1958. Judy of California is one of the many potteries in California that started about the middle of the 20th century. Most of the Haeger pottery on the secondary market today was made in the last 50 years. Read more about the Heath Ceramics Heritage or see some of the most recent pieces for sale at their website. Many of the Metlox Poppytrail marks had the design name on the stamped mark, including California Ivy, one of the most popular patterns. The former Gladding, McBean & Co.'s Franciscan tableware and tile factory in Los Angeles was bought by Wedgwood from the Interpace corporation in 1979. Pierce continued production of pottery and sculptures until his death in 1994. I have attended many auctions in all parts of the country. Weller Pottery was in production from 1872 through 1948. Camark Pottery produced pottery in Camden, Arkansas, starting in 1926 and continuing until about 1962. In 1991, it moved to Edgerton, Wisconsin and expanded production, employing eight production potters and around 35 people total. The Pfaltzgraff mark is impressed into the wet clay. The Anthony signature mark was from Anthony Freeman, one of the company owners and a designer of production figurines. (A quality that is consistent with the California pottery movement in general.) Ceramics include terra cotta, earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware products. Lot 263: Chelsea Keramic Art Works. Most of the production has a drip glaze, making it easily identifiable. His work is mid-century modern style with hand-created art on pottery, and he had artisans who executed his designs. Roselane Pottery was in Pasadena, California and then Baldwin Park, California, operating from the 1930s until it was sold in 1973. This McCoy line was from about 1905 and often has an incised mark identifying it as Loy-Nel-Art. Hadley are names associated with Louisville Stoneware. A Winstanley model of a seated Siamese cat A . Some of the Hall teapots are interesting shapes and very valuable. His strong designs and mid-century modern art style kept him at the forefront of the industry in his artistic endeavors, working in pottery for years, then shifting his talent to wall decor, prints and paper in later life. Many items are marked "Hall" in a circle. Freeman-McFarlin was a California pottery operating in El Monte from the early 1950s until about 1980. Vohann of California is a pottery in San Clemente that's been making giftware and bathroom accessories such as figural soap dishes and toothbrush holders since 1950. For more information on Homer Laughlin, see The Homer Laughlin China Company. Several companies merged in 1911 to become Brush-McCoy Pottery Company, operating in Zanesville and Roseville. Although you may not be able to read the mark, you'll recognize the German architecture of the building that is part of the logo. Pigeon Forge animals are an interesting area of collecting, but the dogwood decoration (shown) is most common. Some common California pottery marks include the initials of the potter, the date the piece was made, and the name of the pottery company. Winart made cups, mugs, tumblers and jugs. Calpotter was a Laguna Beach, California pottery company operating in the 1940s and maybe into the 1950s. Kovels Knowledge Members get full access to 25,000 articles on antiques and collectibles from 60 years of publication. Out of Hand allows visitors to glaze cups and plates for a fee that includes firing. If you had a name, however, that would be waaaaay too easy. Metlox closed in 1989, but it sold large quantities of hand-painted dinnerware over the years. Some Watt pottery was fired at temperatures that allowed it to be used for baking in the oven. The pottery closed in 1961. Something Wonderful. By the fall of 1937, the company had established Broadmoor Art Pottery in Denver to take advantage of clay deposits in the Golden, Colorado, area. The clay was a light beige, and most pieces are hand-signed in script in the wet clay. I read m Join tens of thousands of other collectors who receive this Free weekly email with insider tips, news, marks and other news from the Kovels, How to Identify Silver and Find the Marks, Did you fall in love with a silver item in, Q: My wife and I picked up some Limoges pieces, Modern art pottery and tableware have been made by several, The marks pictured here were used by artists/jewelers who are, Before French decorative artist Ren-Jules Lalique (18601945) became known for, A mark on an old doll can help identify the. J. Onondaga Pottery, sometimes marked O.P.Co, began business in New York about 1871 and is best known for restaurant ware. Denver, Colorado was the location of Broadmoor Pavers, the sewer pipe and large paving tile division of the business. Russel Wright designed White Clover, produced by Harker in the early 1950s. No chips or cracks, just all-over faint crazing. Brown family potters settled in Arden, North Carolina, in the 1920s. According to Cajunc there are a few ways to figure out where your piece originated. He created single-fired ceramics in a studio setting. Hampshire Pottery operated from Keene, New Hampshire as early as the 1870s, continuing production until 1917. Pottery Marks Identification Made Easy Pottery Marks Identification Made Easy Pottery marks identification (a tricky task at the best of times) just got easier - with a little help from your friends! Collecting Tip: Bauer's marks changed over time. In addition to making pots for sale, Alan and Nancy maintain a gallery that promotes other local artisans. 11 h 6 w d in. St. Helens clay is tan and ecru with a light swirl effect. The number of ceramics and pottery marks we include has been restricted in an effort to avoid duplicating work. Wallace China made restaurant ware in Huntington Park, California, from 1931 until about 1964. note: this book is apparently out of print, and may be difficult to find. Artus Van Briggle worked with Rookwood before heading to a dryer climate because of his health to start Van Briggle Pottery in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1899. John B. Taylor and M.A. In 1948, Sascha Brastoff established a small pottery on Sepulveda Boulevard in West Lost Angeles. Gordy, took over the shop. Rookwood pottery is marked with a logo formed from the "RP" initials and flames in a circle a flame added for each year after 1886, up to 1900, which had 14 flames. It's often marked with 3 numbers or with the Abingdon name in a stamped rectangle, circle or a diamond. This mark causes confusion with collectors, as the immediate reaction is that this is Roseville Pottery, another company in the area that was much more famous. Although this mini pitcher is marked only "Made in California" it is typical Guppy's pottery production. The approximate date of most of this pottery is 1880. (Ed. Metlox opened in 1927 in Manhattan Beach, California, and was producing Poppytrail dinnerware in 1932. or Cal. Other marks are "Rocky Mountain Pottery Company Hand-Crafted.". California pottery includes industrial, commercial, and decorative pottery produced in the Northern California and Southern California regions of the U.S. state of California. Winart was marked with a foil label and some pieces have a script mark impressed on the bottom. They used a pitcher and bowl set, a chamber pot, a toothbrush cup and assorted pieces in the bath area. Pfaltzgraff produced red clay flower pots during the Depression along with some figurines and art pottery. Metlox and the Poppytrail name were sold to Evan K. Shaw in 1946. Hill Pottery in Trenton, New Jersey became Fulper Pottery, and Martin Stangl changed the name to Stangl Pottery in 1929. He and his wife, Anne, worked together about 5 years before his death from tuberculosis. The four brothers Davis, Javan, Willie and Rufus became known for utilitarian kitchen ware, and Brown family descendants continue to produce pottery in the Arden area. Key milestones in the history of California pottery include: 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. Catalina Pottery - Identification & Value. It operated Synar as Gracetone Pottery through 1967. Canuck Pottery started producing Evangeline Ware about 1938. Next in size was the Trenton area, followed by East Liverpool, and a few in the middle west such as Ceramic Arts Studio, Red Wing Pottery and Haeger Potteries.[3]. Lawton Gonder took over the old Zane Pottery building in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1941 and operated Gonder Ceramic Arts until about 1955. P.H. This is studio pottery with a red clay base and a splendid glaze. "RF Spaghetti" and "Cabinart" are Watt production. Vernon Kilns was an American ceramic company in Vernon, California, US. Michael and Lori Palmer wrote a book on (affiliate link) The Charleton Line published by Schiffer Books. Pat and Covey Stewart covered box with lid. Syracuse China started as Onondaga Pottery in Syracuse, New York. Catalina Clay Products made pottery from dark red or white clay, or a mix of both. Some work is marked with two children holding a wreath marked "California Cleminsons." George RumRill was born in Gainesville, Texas, but worked from Little Rock, Arkansas to get his designs produced by the potteries. Shenango China made vitreous china or restaurant ware in New Castle, PA. from the 1920s until the company was sold to Interpace in 1968. Harker Pottery began before the turn of the 20th century in Ohio and moved to Chester, West Virginia. Frankoma changed the clay base several times, had several fires, and acquired Synar Pottery in the 1950s. Alan Stegall and his wife, Nancy, have a pottery business in Erwin, Tennessee. Purinton Pottery was located in Wellesville, Ohio from 1939 to 1941 and Shippenville, Pennsylvania, from 1941 through 1959. He used pottery for his canvas in the Weller style, first working for his mother, Yvonne Hoadley, who had a shop. This page was last edited on 3 June 2021, at 03:06. His work is marked with the Harris G. Strong name. Southern California Ceramic Company/California Art Products, Inc. Southern California Clay Products (California Clay Products after 1923), Southern California Coal and Clay Company (Pacific Sewer Pipe Company after 1910), Triangle Studios (Vallona Starr Ceramics), Tropico Potteries (Gladding, McBean & Co. after 1923), Tile, architectural terra cotta & sewer pipe, Weil of California (California Figurine Company prior to 1946), West Coast Tile Company (American Encaustic Tiling Company after 1919), Western Art Tile Company (Tropico Potteries after 1921), Will-George (became The Claysmiths in 1945), Winfield Pottery Gabriel Porcelain Pottery, "Winfield" "Gabriel Porcelain" tableware, art ware & figurines. Artware marked Brayton's, Brayton Laguna or Laguna Pottery all appear to be Brayton products. This pottery is glazed with a clear finish and is a product of Cook Inlet Native Clay Ceramics, often signed by hand "Alaska Native Clay.". Only a fraction of California potteries survived this competition through the early 1960s. Rowe Pottery Works was established in 1975 in Cambridge, Wisconsin. Older Florence pieces are sometimes marked "Florence Figurines.". This pottery is now Onion River Pottery, known for maple syrup jugs and advertising ware for enterprises around the state. The wares were hand-painted with a rustic look and some were marked on the bottom with the Calpotter name. Dryden Pottery operated in Kansas from 1946 until 1956, when it moved to Arkansas. The beginning of Rowe Pottery Works. Often found with drip glazes during the mid-century modern era, this company produced ashtrays, cookie jars, vases and a few figurines. It made figurines, pitchers, demi cups and saucers and items with fancy handles. makers mark, pottery stamp. Most Weller production was yellow or light-colored clay. Gordy.". Who Made American Pottery Bird Figurines? Best Art galleries in Santa Rosa Buy Art from artists near me Safe Delivery Secure Payment Free Returns Artisans signed or initialed the hand-painted pieces, and some lines had the name of the product, such as "Louwelsa" or "Eocean" in the mark on the bottom. McMaster used red clay and a drip glaze much like Blue Mountain starting in the 1950s. Antigua was a pattern marked Vernon Ware by Metlox. Maddux operated in Los Angeles in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Yuman and Shoshonean pottery shapes (Rogers, 1973), Yuman- style pottery followed natural shapes, suggested Gena Van Camp, in particular the gourd. This mug has the LP signature for Linda Potts and the year it was made. Ozark Frontier was an early 1970s mark, according to G. L. Dybwad, author of (affiliate link) Dryden Pottery of Kansas and Arkansas: An Illustrated History, Catalog, and Price Guide, published in 2001. Eric Hellman developed the painting method for Nemadji Pottery in 1929. HomegrownHandmade lists a website and more information on Potts Town Pottery, but the website is currently down. The company was sold to Designer Accents in 1985 and closed in 1990. Most Buffalo pottery is marked and sometimes includes an image of a buffalo. See Haeger Potteries. Some of the Garden of the Gods pots appear to be glazed. Copa de Oro (Mary Jane Hart) horse figurine. Nemadji was produced in Minnesota, using clay from the banks of the Nemadji River from about 1923 until about 2001. New items have the RedWing logo and a date stamp, but the older items aren't dated and aren't handmade, just hand painted. This was one of California's largest pottery operations, with plants in Los Angeles, Alberhill, Santa Monica and Glendale. Garden of the Gods is a visitor and nature center near Colorado Springs, CO, and the Garden of the Gods pottery is Native American style, much like Nemadji. Georgia Art Pottery is often marked "GA. Art Pottery" and "Handmade by W. J. Browse Similar. Early Bauer production was red clay and stoneware, but later production was dinnerware, table accessories and florist and garden pottery. Southern Potteries, Inc. was the parent company of Blue Ridge Pottery, located in Erwin, Tennessee. This pottery made figurines and planters, candleholders and home accessories from about 1933 through 1947 in Burbank. Blue Ridge used different marks during this time, sometimes lines of script with the Southern Potteries and Blue Ridge names and sometimes a round mark with a pine tree. mark. McCoy is one of the most recognizable American pottery brands sought by collectors, and styles evolved greatly over the years. Bauer Pottery, Metlox Potteries, Pacific Clay Products, and Gladding, McBean & Co. All of the "Big Five" potteries operated production facilities in the Los Angeles Basin. You'll find this shape with different decals. These marks can be helpful in determining the value of a piece of pottery, as well as its history. William Hunt, of Columbus, Ohio, is a studio potter who works in earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The basic shape came in numerous decal patterns, some in flashy 1970s style. American Pottery Marks and Resource Directory, Paul E. 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Universal Potteries was located in Cambridge, Ohio from 1934 to 1955 and the "Ballerina" shape was one of the best sellers with Cattails the decal you're most likely to see. Buffalo pottery made semi-vitreous restaurant ware but is most famous for colorful Deldare Ware. Paramount Theater tile mural by Gladding, McBean & Co., Oakland. If we have more information on the pottery mark or piece, you can click on the image to open that section. John Frank started Frankoma Pottery in Sapulpa, Oklahoma about 1936. Evans produces stoneware and low-fired raku for the decorator trade. The Alamo Pottery was sold to Universal-Rundle in 1951, after nearly 7 years in business. Including a tan Silhouette planter, raised Roseville U.S.A. 756 mark; Florane vase, raised R U.S.A. 80-6; Three pieces of pottery including: 1> RosevilleThree pieces of pottery including: 1> Roseville Raymor bowl in mottled green. Hall China made dinnerware, kitchenware and advertising items along with Autumn Leaf for Jewel Tea Company. Ben Owen III operates under the Ben Owen Pottery name, participating in exhibits and displays throughout the state. The pottery was open until about 1973. These photos are offered for your enjoyment and for researching and identifying patterns and commemoratives. The 5 best known were Bauer, Pacific, Gladding-McBean, Vernon and Metlox. Rosemeade Pottery started as Wahpeton Pottery about 1940, in Wahpeton, North Dakota. Rockdale closed in 1997. Whether its English pottery marks or German porcelain marks, Japanese vintage backstamps or Chinese seal marks, the abundance of unknown branding logos sometimes can seem like a frighteningly huge subject to tackle. Click / tap images to view an image of the item.). and porcelain. The Nemadji Collectors Club has more information for those interested. Keep in mind only a lucky few got a mark added at the factory: we're talking a 50/50 chance. LaSolana started in Solana, California, in the 1940s, and moved to Glendale and later Scottsdale, Arizona, with distinctive mid-century modern dinnerware the primary output at the Mesa factory. Gilmer produced art ware until about 1965, but also produced sanitary or utilitarian ware for the plumbing trade. The business went bankrupt, maybe as early as 1924. Hull Art was hand-painted pottery. The Tropico Pottery mark was used on kitchenware (mixing bowls) and art ware from April 15, 1935 to December 31,1937. Metlox was one California pottery using firing pins. with three numbers for the shape. Weil also used a foil sticker. Chantilly China (from Trenton, New Jersey) made Victorian figurines in the U.S similar to Cordey China. "Shelledge" and "Federal" were popular thin porcelain shapes. Homer Laughlin made sets of shapes of dinnerware and applied different decals, creating numerous variations. Hall discontinued Autumn Leaf in 1976 and reissued a few items in 1978 and a few more at a later date. Syracuse is marked with an under-glaze stamp, often in green. Robinson-Ransbottom produced crockery, but also produced art pottery with fantastic glazes. GMB moved to Los Angeles about 1924 after acquiring Tropico Pottery in the early 1920s. His pottery is utilitarian stoneware with unusual glazes, signed with the name in bold hand. Rosemeade made some swirl pottery, but most of its pottery production was molded. Winstanley Glass Eyed Cat, Marks to Underside, Winstanley Glass Eyed Cat, Marks to Underside, Stands 10 inches in height by 17.5 inches in Length. Holt-Howard was an import company, not an American pottery. 2> Pottery; Roseville Raymor fruit bowl in avocado green. Freeman McFarlin burro figurines by Kay Finch. Van Briggle Pottery Mark and Roseville, O. Today, only a few are still in business. Gladding, McBean & Co. Franciscan ware Wild Flowers pattern pitcher. 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