Friday, August 23, 2013

Pope-Gosser China -The best down to the smallest detail





Manolo Blahnik, the shoe magnate, gave us some wise advice, “What is fashion?  It’s discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best down to the smallest detail.”

Pope-Gosser’s formation of their delicate structure and their wonderful designs rivaled the fine English china of their day.  For more details see Recollecting Pope-Gosser, A Compendium of Historic Chinaware published by The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum. 


 
Our current auction features a collection Manolo Blahnik would adore.  It is the Milan Pattern by the Pope-Gosser China Company.  This antique china was made in Coshocton, Ohio in the nineteen thirties.  The beautiful pink roses and green flourish pattern was molded in the Sterling shape and trimmed in gold.  The actual design itself is a tribute to the fine artisan work of the employees.  This gold trim and all of the decals of this wonderful design were applied by hand on greenware before the final porcelain firing.




Pope-Gosser produced it’s china in a variety of mold designs.  Sterling was the most ornate.  On flat pieces, this mold design is characterized by very fine short parallel ridges lining the perimeter.  Even though the pattern is no longer in production you can still find pieces at Replacements.com.


Further evidence that this wonderful antique china holds it’s value because of,  “discipline, with a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail”.  We invite you to see for yourself in our current auction.   Please follow the link for all of the Milan pattern items.



Happy Bidding,
Liz
www.aypToday.com

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