Winfield Pottery was founded in Pasadena in 1929 by Leslie Winfield Sample.
With just one kiln he produced a line of distinctive art pottery and in the
evenings ran the "School of Clayworking." In 1935 Winfield Pottery
moved to a larger Pasadena facility and designer Margaret Mears Gabriel joined
the company. Square-shaped dinnerware, the first made in California, was
unveiled in 1937, as was the bamboo embellishments the company became known
for.
A Platter and Divided Bowl I am curating in my Etsy store
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Leslie Sample died in 1939 and Gabriel and her husband took
over operations of Winfield Pottery. They opened a new larger Pasadena plant in
1941 and added more dinnerware patterns. Following World War II the Gabriel's
faced a huge backlog of orders, so licensed the "Winfield China" name
to American Ceramic Products of Santa Monica, while marking their Pasadena
production as "Gabriel Porcelain."Production of Winfield China
remained high through the forties and early fifties, but after imported china
reappeared on the market business slowed. The Pasadena plant was closed in 1962.
Some dinnerware marked Winfield was still produced in Santa Monica until that
plant closed in 1967.
Lot of 7 pieces (includes Larger Platter, Creamer, Sugar Bowl, etc.) I am curating in my store
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