LARGE Vtg MCM MIRAMAR CALIFORNIA POTTERY Horse Deer Landscape DECOR PLATE SET

LARGE Vtg MCM MIRAMAR CALIFORNIA POTTERY Horse Deer Landscape DECOR PLATE SET

* Very difficult to find pieces, rarely found in a set

• Set includes the 2 large, decorative wall plates, chargers, as shown in photos

• Ceramic, mold formed, 3D

• Embossed, horse, deer, wildlife, landscape design

• Hand painted, glazed, decorated

• Matte brown, tan, all-over glaze

• MCM, folk art, country style

• Debossed mark on back:

   - "MIRAMAR of Calif. ©, 188 / 189"

• Produced approx 1950's

~~ ADDITIONAL INFO ~~

Miramar of California manufactured a tremendous number of ceramic products in East Los Angeles.

Beginning production in 1950, they cranked out an amazing variety of decorative and utilitarian products for roughly the next seventeen years.

A conversion to "Melmac" production was begun in the mid-1960s, and ceramics were phased out later that decade.

Miramar of California was owned by Robert Weber, who purchased the property and built the facilities in 1949.

The first products (in 1950) were Asian-themed figural planters and TV lamps.

These were quickly followed by the "Bamboo" line, a line with about a dozen items. The "Bamboo" line is one of the few Miramar products that did not have metal components.

Sharing the property, and possibly also owned by Mr. Weber, was the Eastside Metal & Plating Company, and most Miramar products were marketed with metal components. Without its metal component, most Miramar is incomplete.

Most Miramar will be marked. The 1950s in-mold marks often have a copyright date included. The dates were phased out in the 1960s. (Source: Miramar of California | Collectors Weekly)

MEASUREMENTS

• Total weight of all items: 6 lb 6 oz

• 15" diameter

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CONDITION DETAILS

• EXCELLENT, previously owned condition

* 2 small chips to the foot ring on the back of plate # 189, as shown in photos

• Minor age-related wear

• No cracks, crazing, or other damage noted

** See photos for additional condition details