Production: 1937 – 1959 Carry Me Back to Old Virginny Designed by Homer Laughlin China’s art director Frederick Rhead, Virginia Rose is one of HLC’s elegant and most popular shapes. Over two hundred and fifty different patterns have been found on the Virginia Rose shape. Rhead originally described it: a “Rose Medallion a festoon shape”, which ultimately grew into Virginia Rose. The […]
Walking on Eggshell HLC created a new process for making dinnerware that was thinner and stronger than the product they had previously produced. The shapes and lines created in this process was termed Eggshell. The Eggshell glaze was crazeproof, meaning thst patterns would not tiny cracks as the glaze expanded over time. The first shape produced
Production: 1937 – 1959 Walking on Eggshell Homer Laughlin’s 1937 product catalog offered seventy different decorations and patterns on their new Georgian shaped line. The elegant Eggshell finish is enhanced by a delicate embossment along the edge line along with a footed hollow build for lightness. Frederic Rhead described the style as typically English, like the formal siver tableware
Turn of the Century Century was a popular dinnerware shape produced in the 1930s and early 1940s. Century is properly referred to as a shape, as opposed to a pattern, because it was always produced in an ivory color. Its neutral color coupled with its simple but unique lines made it a prime candidate for
Production: 1938 – 1950 Here’s the Good Stuff HLC introduced Riviera in 1938 and until around 1950 sold the line exclusively through the Murphy Company. What exactly is Riviera? It’s items on the Century shape using a solid colored glaze. The Riviera colors are yellow, ivory, light green, mauve blue and red. Compared to Fiesta or Harlequin, the Riviera line was more limited.
Production: 1938 – 1964 Harlequin Dinnerware The Homer Laughlin China Company has produced numerous lines of kitchenware beyond their well-known Fiesta ware line. In an effort to sell products to new markets, they introduced a less expensive dinnerware. Although it was first listed on company records in 1936, Harlequin was not actively introduced for public sale until 1938. Harlequin