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Carl Romanelli
was hired in the late thirties and he initiated the Metlox Miniatures
line...small figurines and novelty items. During World War II production
of domestic lines was curtailed as the company manufactured for the military.
After the war, Willis Prouty sold Metlox to Evan K. Shaw, whose American
Pottery of Los Angeles had been destroyed by fire. Under Shaw the company
introduced popular hand-painted patterns including California Ivy, California
Provincial and Red Rooster.
Metlox prospered in the fifties and in 1958 acquired
various dinnerware patterns from Vernon Kilns and started its Vernonware
division. In 1959 the company began its extensive cookie jar line. Metlox
ceased operations in 1989.
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Check out this great shirt from Cafepress:
Vintage backstamp from Metlox Poppytrail dinnerware of the 1950s and 60s. A classic California design!
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