RARE STETSON CHINA SERVICE PLATTER FOR SALE

I collect American Pottery of the 20th Century because I love it and want to preserve the creative work done by the Potters and Designers. Most of the Potteries of the last century do not exist anymore. My only regret is I cannot keep it all. I live in a tiny Philadelphia Rowhouse.

Louis Stetson started the Stetson Pottery Company in 1946. He used whiteware the Mt. Clemens Pottery Company produced and added decals or hand-painted patterns.

Stetson Pottery has an American Folk and Country feeling, designs incorporate Folk with a post-war mid-century aesthetic. Stetson Pottery closed its doors in 1965.

For more information about Stetson and its marks, see Lehner's Encyclopedia of U.S. Marks on Pottery, Porcelain, and Clay by Lois Lehner (Collector Books, Paducah, KY, c1988).

I will be adding more patterns and Pottery companies as I wander FLEAing about - my favorite thing to do. Philadelphia is an old city and there is no telling what treasures I will find. 

This pattern is STT299 Pink. Service Platter. 

 

Garden Notes #1 May 2018

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. - Margaret Atwood 

I was out in the garden today for the first time in bare arms. I am Ginger so I got a mild sunburn in about 20 minutes. I pruned the fig trees. We had a very cold Winter and I thought they were frozen. Figs are sprouting at their base. I removed the branches that were frozen.

I surveyed the damage to order. Order? Hah! The Birds eat Poison Ivy berries and defecate on my garden in flight. I have lots of new little Poison Ivy vines everywhere. The same for baby Mulberry trees.

The Squirrels who live in the Chinese Nut Trees ate a baby Hosta I planted. We have lots of wildlife In Philadelphia. Perhaps some marauding child hosta-napped because it was in a pot out front. God bless their evil little hearts. I love them.

Posters brought to you years ago by the United States Government, the Works Progress Administration, and American Graphic Artists. We need a Civilian Service Corps again in my humble opinion. When I come back from having some more coffee I will post a link to their source. And then I will write about some flowers that reseed themselves and take over like weeds. Especially if you mulch garden.

Fun with Food

It is almost Spring and Easter is coming soon. Now is the time for Peeps Jousting. To arms!