Vintage 1950s RARE Monterey Jade Marked W5 California Ceramic 8 " Pottery Turtle
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:856551 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Type: Figurine | Material: Clay |
| Featured Refinements: Turtle Figurine |
Vintage 1950s RARE Monterey Jade Marked W5 California Ceramic 8" Pottery Turtle
'MONTEREY JADE' POTTERY ~ California
Hard to find and Beautiful - no piece is identical... 'MONTEREY JADE' Pottery 'Monterey Jade' Turtle withcrystalline gold veins on a blue/green glaze Turtle size: about 9” Condition: Mint. No chips, nocrazing. Great Monterey Jade glaze. Marked on the bottom: "MONTEREY, JADE, W5 Monterey Pottery; About 1948, when a small pottery wasestablis...hed in the idyllic Carmel Valley. Evidently only the early ware wassigned Monterey Pottery. Vases and bowls with a variegated glaze simulating theveining seen in semi-precious jade were produced. It's uncertain whetherMonterey Jade was ever used to mark the product at this time. Sometime in the1950s, Rudi and Nanci Marzi bought the business and the Monterey Jade trademarkbegan to be used (more frequently?) to market the line. Artware, includingbowls, cases, figurines, and other novelties were produced and were marketed assouvenirs of Carmel from "California Pottery Scrapbook" by JackChipman
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'MONTEREY JADE' POTTERY ~ California
Hard to find and Beautiful - no piece is identical... 'MONTEREY JADE' Pottery 'Monterey Jade' Turtle withcrystalline gold veins on a blue/green glaze Turtle size: about 9” Condition: Mint. No chips, nocrazing. Great Monterey Jade glaze. Marked on the bottom: "MONTEREY, JADE, W5 Monterey Pottery; About 1948, when a small pottery wasestablis...hed in the idyllic Carmel Valley. Evidently only the early ware wassigned Monterey Pottery. Vases and bowls with a variegated glaze simulating theveining seen in semi-precious jade were produced. It's uncertain whetherMonterey Jade was ever used to mark the product at this time. Sometime in the1950s, Rudi and Nanci Marzi bought the business and the Monterey Jade trademarkbegan to be used (more frequently?) to market the line. Artware, includingbowls, cases, figurines, and other novelties were produced and were marketed assouvenirs of Carmel from "California Pottery Scrapbook" by JackChipman
Time Honored Patterns Terms of Service: Sales tax on all California sales. If you have any problem or question, please email us through eBay. We will do our best to solve the problem and give you a satisfying answer. Please leave us a Positive Feedback, and we will do the same for you.
