China, Dinnerware Archives

Purinton Pottery manufactured a wide variety of hand-painted dinnerware.Patented the  "slipware." and  made pottery for  the National Pottery Co. (Napco) of Cleveland, and with a second  plant  mostly planters and items for other companies like Rubel, Taylor Smith and Taylor, Many items were made for Esmond. From 1936-1959 Purinton produced millions of pieces of hand-decorated dinnerware and pottery. The manufacturer's presence has extended to Sugar bowls, cup and saucers, egg cups, coffee pots, Serving bowls, Cream Pitchers, jugs, Dinner plates, es sets, 12 pieces sets, restaurant sets, bred and butter plates, oyster plates, salad dishes, teapots, preserve jars, gravy boats, mixing bowls, creamers, cookie jars, water jugs, restaurantware, cheese dishes, oval bowls,chip & Dip sets, divided snack trays, divided serving dishes, covered sauce dish, coffeee sets, tea sets.Tankard Mugs, Trigger Mugs, Luncheon Plates, Dinner Plate, Dessert Plate, Butter Crock, Creamer, Centerpiece Pie ,Lg Mixing Bowl, 6 Qt Bowl, Lg Pour Bowl, Heart Chip & Dip , Lg Oval Platter, Muffin Pan, Necessary Plate, Rect Baker, Round Platter, Soup Tureen,Sugar Bowl, Teapot, Utilitarian Pie Pan, Cake Stand, Oval Baker, Basic Soup/Pasta bowl, Family Pasta Bowl ,3 Qt Mixing Bowl, Pitchers, Chip 'n Dip, Molly Stark Pitcher, Cookie Jar/Bean Pot, American Classic Mug, Every piece individually hand painted, stencils and decals were never used. They had both a country look with their Apple and Fruit and Dutch motifs, and a 50's modern approach with their Saraband, Chartreuse and the Intaglios.

Some of the hundreds of patterns they produced over the years are:
Brown Intaglio and Apple, Normandy Plaid, and Pennsylvania Dutch. Others were Mountain Rose, Chartreuse, Saraband, and an experiment on green-colored slip called Maywood.
Early Peasantware patterns like Desert, Cactus and Crescent Flower ,
Dinnerware patterns like Pennsylvania Dutch, Mountain Rose, and Peasant Garden , Petals and Palm Tree,