Vintage Hall China Company Ceramic Ball Pitcher Jug, Autumn Leaf Design With Gold Trim, Ice Lip

A classic mid-century modern piece of china, this large ball-shaped pitcher was designed by the Hall China Company in the 1940s for distribution by Jewel Tea. The warm and creamy colored jug features gold trim around the top opening edge and handle, and the sides are decorated with brown, yellow, and red fall leaves. Finished with a shiny glaze.

Just the right size for cider, ice tea, lemonade, or your favorite drink, it is the perfect addition to your MCM kitchen for your fall serving and decorating needs.

In excellent vintage condition with no notable chips, cracks, stains, discolorations, or repairs. There is minor wear to the gold trim.

DETAILS: • Dimensions: Height: 8", Diameter: 8.5", Length (handle to spout): 8.5", Capacity: 11 cups (80oz), Weight: 3lb, 3oz • Manufacturer: Hall China Company • Design: Ball Jug • Pattern: Autumn Leaf (aka Jewel Tea) • Markings: Hall's mark stamped in gold on bottom - Hall's Superior Quality Kitchenware, Tested and Approved by Mary Dunbar, Jewel Homemakers Institute • Place of Origin: East Liverpool, Ohio. • Date of Manufacture: c1942-1976 • Materials: Ceramic • Color(s): Orange/Yellow Flowers, Brown/Tan Leaves • Status: Discontinued

HISTORY: In July 1903, the former partners in the inoperative East Liverpool Potteries Company met in the home of Robert Hall to settle the affairs and distribute the physical assets of the company. Mr. Hall accepted, as his share, ownership of the plant located on the southeast corner of East Fourth and Walnut Streets, which had previously been known as the West, Hardwick and George Pottery. On August 14, 1903, Robert Hall founded The Hall China Company, East Liverpool, Ohio. Three oven kilns were fired, and thirty-three potters began to make bedpans and combinets, the first white ware to bear the trade name, Hall China.

In 1911, Robert Taggert Hall was successful in developing the first leadless glaze. The resulting products that came out of the kiln were strong, non-porous and craze-proof.

World War I gave Hall China Company an opportunity to furnish chinaware to the institutional trade and they were able to maintain that trade after the war was over. All available production facilities at Hall were devoted to the manufacture of casseroles, teapots, coffeepots, coffee urn liners, and other vessels used in the preparation and serving of food.

Hall China Company became the world’s largest manufacturer of decorated teapots and launched a campaign to educate the American housewife as to the proper methods of brewing tea, and, of course, the proper pot was a Hall.

Although many people refer to Hall's most popular dinnerware pattern as "Jewel Tea," these dishes originally left the factory without a name. In 1943, the company began referring to the pattern as "Autumn." The name changed again in 1969 to "Autumn Leaf." The first pieces made were teapots, and then dinnerware was introduced.

Autumn Leaf dinnerware often made its way into American homes through "The Jewel Man," a door-to-door salesman employed by the Jewel Tea Company of Chicago. This is where the collector's nickname "Jewel Tea" originated.

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