Vintage Blue Ridge Southern Potteries Summertime Leaf Serving Dish Handle TN, US

Vintage Blue Ridge Southern Potteries Summertime Leaf Serving Dish Handle TN, USA Preowned in great condition. No chips, cracks, crazing, or utensil marks. Vintage Blue Ridge Southern Pottery leaf shape celery dish with handle Summertime pattern. Flowers and leaves with a raised blue cluster of grapes under the handle. Hand-painted Made in the USA (Tennessee) 10.25” long 6 3/8” at its widest point 1.25” deep Production of Blue Ridge dinnerware was begun about 1938 and continued until the factory closure in 1957. The factory, located in Erwin, Tennessee, employed hundreds of girls and women in the local area and trained them to do freehand painting.