Vintage BLUE RIDGE SOUTHERN POTTERIES Crab Apple 8 Hand Painted 6.25” Plates

Vintage BLUE RIDGE SOUTHERN POTTERIES Crab Apple Hand Painted 6.25” Dessert Plates. Set of Eight (8). One dish has a chip on backside, otherwise in great condition! See photos. Southern Potteries: The pottery started in 1916 in Erwin, Tennessee. It was built along the traditional lines of potteries of the day-one long building, housing 7 beehive kilns. Beginning in 1938, most patterns were hand painted on the bisque prior to glazing. Painters free-handed the details and variances in the same pattern among various painters and even the same painter occurred at different times. These differences make Blue Ridge China truly distinctive; in fact, each piece is an original work of art. The pottery was forced to close in 1957 due to increasing imports and use of plastic dinnerware. All Blue Ridge southern pottery plates are lead free. Measure: 6.25” x 1/2” Weigh: 2.15 lbs.