RARE Early 1900s Antique Homer Laughlin Art China Specialties Orange Bowl Centerpiece – Decorated by Oakwood China – Special Wood Grain Pattern 11-½ across with handles. RARE find here – when will you get another chance collectors?? 1900s Orange Bowl from Homer Laughlin Art China Specialties which was then decorated with the special wood grain technique by Oakwood China. This bowl has a very nice lighter wood grain design with the Oakwood technique. Scalloped edge footed orange bowl in brown and gold tones. Measures 11-1/2″ in diameter, 4 1/4″ tall. In the early 1900s, many American pottery companies started to produce decorated specialties. The specialties” were made up of shapes that didn’t belong to any particular dinnerware line, and were intended to be more decorative with fancy and ornamental styling. Most of the treatments consisted of colorful decals with blended tints. The Homer Laughlin China Company started their line of Art China in 1902 under the direction of Arthur Mountford. The special “Laughlin Art China” gold marking was applied over the glaze and wasn’t always used. It appears mainly on Currant, White Pets, Monks, Gypsy, Juno, Laughlin Blue, Ruby, as well as several other patterns. Oakwood China was in business from 1912 – ca. Another wonderful link to the history of East Liverpool! Condition: Excellent antique condition and example piece. No chips, cracks, or crazing. Some glaze misses or skips on the decorated piece – very hard to see when on display, noted for accuracy. Piece may have small factory production imperfections such as sand bumps, glaze skips, glaze pops, etc. Little to no issues with this piece. See photos for details. Be sure to check out our store for even more HLC items – with more coming each week. Fiesta, Fiestaware, The Fiesta® Tableware Company, HLC, dinnerware, vintage pottery, antique pottery, Harlequin, Kitchen Kraft, Newell, East Liverpool, Riviera, specialty ware, HLCCA, Laughlin Art China, West Virginia pottery.
