Pottery | Location(s) | Dates | Tradename(s) / Products | |
Acme Tile Company | Los Angeles | 1925–1932 | Tile | [2] |
Adelle | Laguna Beach | 1940s | Art ware | [11] |
Affiliated Craftsmen's Studio | Los Angeles | unknown | Planters | [24] |
Alhamhra Kilns, Inc. | Alhambra | 1920s- | Floor and roof tile | [25] |
Alberhill Coal and Clay Company | Alberhill (Riverside County) | 1882–1920 | Art pottery from 1910–1912 | [10][12] |
Alexander Franzka | La Crescenta-Montrose | 1965-1987 | Figurines, art ware, gift ware, terra cotta | [11] |
Alhambra Kilns, Inc. | Santa Monica | 1926–1937 | Tile & roof tile | [2] |
American Ceramic Products | Los Angeles, Santa Monica | 1939–1967 | "La Mirada" "Winfield" tableware, art ware, & figurines | [4] |
American China Company | Los Angeles | 1920s | Tile | [25] |
American Encaustic Tiling Company (Gladding, McBean & Co. after 1933) | Vernon, Hermosa Beach | 1919–1933 | Tile | [2] |
American Pottery | Los Angeles, San Juan Capistrano | 1943–1953 | "Brad Keeler Art Ware" "American Pottery" giftware, art ware, & figurines | [4] |
American Refractories Company | Los Angeles | unknown | Fire brick | [25] |
Angulo Tile Company | Santa Barbara & Reseda | unknown | Floor & roof tile | [25] |
Ann Crochran | North Hollywood | early to mid-1950s | Art ware | [11] |
Arcadia Ceramics | Arcadia | 1940s-1950s | Novelty giftware | [4] |
Architectural Pottery | Los Angeles | 1950–1962 | Planters, ash trays | [26] |
Artistic Potteries Company | Whittier | 1940s | Art ware, giftware & figurines | [14] |
Atlas Fire Brick Company | Los Angeles | unknown | Fire brick | [25] |
B.J. Brock (Southern California Pottery Company) | Lawndale | 1947-80 | "Brock" "Brock Ware" "Grantcrest" tableware | [4][14] |
Ball Brothers | Inglewood | 1943–1948 | Art ware & figurines | [4] |
Barbara Willis | North Hollywood | 1942–1958 | Art ware & figurines | [27] |
Batchelder | Pasadena | 1910–1932 | Tile & architectural products | [21] |
Batchelder-Wilson Company | Los Angeles | mid-1920s | Tile & architectural products | [25] |
Bauer Pottery Company of Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 2000–present | "Bauer 2000" Tableware, art ware & kitchenware | [28] |
Belmar of California | Los Angeles | 1965–1967 | Art ware | [14] |
Bell Manufacturing and Sales Co. | Los Angeles | 1950s | Figurines & art ware | [11] |
The Bennetts | North Hollywood | 1940s-1950s | Art ware | [11] |
Bergstrom and French | Glendale, California (Scottsdale, Arizona after 1954) | 1946–1953 | "Solana Ware" Ovenware | [14] |
Bernard Studios | Los Angeles | 1940s | Figurines | [11] |
Beth Barton | Fullerton | 1940s-1950s | Figurines | [11] |
Betty Lou Nichols | La Habra | 1949–1962 | Giftware & figurines | [29] |
Bevan Kilns | Pasadena, Sierra Madre after 1943 | 1940s | Figurines & giftware | [11] |
Bill Meyer | Los Angeles | 1950s | Figurines & art ware | [11] |
Bishop of California | unknown | 1940s | Planters, giftware | [30] |
Block Pottery | Los Angeles | 1940s | Figurines, art ware & giftware | [11] |
Bradster Potteries | Los Angeles | 1941–1943 | Tableware, art ware & figurines | [4] |
Brayton Laguna Pottery | Laguna Beach | 1927–1968 | Tableware, art ware & figurines | [21] |
Brusche Ceramics/Brusche Ceramics of California (J.A. Bauer Pottery after 1950) | Whittier | 1949 | Tableware | [14] |
Burke-Simmons | unknown | late 1930s-1940s | Figurines | [11] |
Burke-Winton | unknown | 1930s | Figurines | [11] |
California Art Products | unknown | 1940s | Giftware | [11] |
California Art Tile Company (Cal Art) | Richmond | 1923–1964 | Tile | [2] |
California Brick and Tile Company (formerly Owens Brick Company | Van Nuys | unknown | Brick | [25] |
California Belleek | Los Angeles | 1948–1967 | Figurines, giftware, tableware & art ware | [14] |
California Ceramics (Ceramic Manufacturing Company) | Calabasas | 1940s-1950s | "Orchard Ware" tableware | [14][21] |
California China Products Company (CCPCo) | National City | 1911–1917 | "Kaospar" tile | [2][10] |
California Clay Products (Calco) | South Gate | 1923–1932 | Tile | [2] |
The California Cleminsons | El Monte | 1941–1963 | Giftware & figurines | [4] |
California Dresden | Glendale | 1951–1954 | Figurines & art ware | [14] |
California Figurine Company (Weil of California after 1946) | Los Angeles | 1941–1946 | "Weil Ware" giftware, artware, tableware & figurines | [4] |
California Originals | Torrance | 1955–1982 | Kitchenware, giftware | [4] |
California Pottery and Tile Works | Los Angeles | 1994–present | Tile | [31] |
Calpotter | Laguna Beach | 1940s | Art ware | [11] |
Capistrano Ceramics/John R. Stewart Inc. | San Juan Capistrano | 1948–1951 | Art ware & figurines | [14] |
Carlana China | Los Angeles | 1940s | Figurines | [20] |
Catalina Clay Products | Avalon, Catalina Island | 1927–1937 | Tableware, art ware, tile, giftware & figurines | [32] |
Casa Verdugo Pottery | Montrose | 1940s | Giftware | [33] |
Cemar Clay Products | Los Angeles | 1935–1955 | Giftware, kitchenware, art ware & figurines | [4] |
Ceramicraft | San Clemente | 1950s | Art ware | [11] |
Ceramic Originals by Freeman-Leidy | Laguna Beach | 1944–1955 | Figurines, giftware, & tile | [20] |
Chalice of California | Los Angeles | 1945-early 1950s | Tableware, art ware & figurines | [11] |
Classic Terra Cotta Company | Long Beach | 2003–present | Terra cotta floor tile | [34] |
Clay Sketches | Pasadena | 1940-50s | Figurines | [4] |
Clay Works, Inc. | Canoga Park | 1973- | Planters | [20] |
Claycraft Potteries | Los Angeles | 1921–1939 | Tile | [2] |
The Claysmiths | San Gabriel | 1945–1956 | "Will-George" art ware & figurines | [4] |
Claire Lerner | Los Angeles | 1946-1950s | Art ware & figurines | [4] |
Cole-Merris | San Gabriel | early 1940s | Art ware & figurines | [11] |
Covina Pottery | Covina | 1943-1990s | Planters & art ware | [11] |
Crest China Company (Royal Crest China after 1952) | Santa Ana | 1949-mid-1950s | Art ware & giftware | [14] |
Crowell | Hemet | 1940s | Figurines | [11] |
D. & M. Tile Company | Los Angeles | 1928–1939 | Tile | [2] |
Dan Daniels | unknown | 1930s | Figurines | [11] |
De Forest of California | Duarte | 1950–1970 | Cookie jars & novelty giftware | [20] |
deLee Art Company | Los Angeles | 1937-1950s | Figurines | [35] |
DeCora Ceramics, Inc. | Inglewood | 1952–1954 | Art pottery, wall plates & dinnerware | [14][36] |
Decorative Arts, Inc. | Hawthorne | 1927–1933 | "Dec-Art" tile | [2] |
Denwar Ceramics | Costa Mesa | 1940s-1950s | Dinnerware | [11] |
Desert Sands | Barstow | 1960s-70s | Art ware | [4] |
Designcraft, Inc. | Los Angeles | 1963- | Tile, kitchenware and art ware | [20] |
Dick Knox Pottery | Laguna Beach | 1942–1950 | "Knox China" tableware & art ware | [4] |
Donna Winston | unknown | 1950s | Art ware, giftware & mugs | [11] |
Doranne of California | Los Angeles | 1950s-1980s | Cookie jars, kitchenware, giftware, & planters | [4] |
Douglass Clay Products Company (Pacific Sewer Pipe after 1910) | Los Angeles | 1903–1910 | Sewer pipe | [37] |
Dorothy Kindell | Laguna Beach | 1940s-1950s | Giftware & figurines | [4] |
Drummond Pottery | Capistrano Beach | 1950s | Figurines | [11] |
Dubby of Hollywood | Hollywood | 1940s | Figurines | [11] |
Earthgender | El Segundo | 1970s | Art ware & planters | |
Edmond Ronaky | Laguna Beach | 1950s | Art ware & giftware | [11] |
Elzac | Los Angeles, after 1944 Hawthorne | 1941–1947 | Figurines | [11] |
Emesco Refractories Company | Los Angeles | 1927-unknown | Fire brick | [25] |
Empire China Company | Burbank | 1920s- | Restaurant ware & tableware | [20] |
The Enchanto Co. | Burbank | 1950s | Tableware | [11] |
Esther Shirey | Encino | 1930s | Figurines | [4] |
Eugene White | Bell Gardens | 1941–1948 | Tableware & art ware | [11] |
Ever Art Ceramics | Los Angeles | 1940s | Art ware | [38] |
The Feldman Company | Los Angeles | unknown | Lamps | [24] |
FHR Fred Robertson Los Angeles Pottery | Los Angeles | 1906–1921 | Art ware | |
Fleurette Ceramics, Inc. | West Hollywood | 1950s | Giftware | [20] |
Flintridge China Company (Gorham after 1970) | Pasadena | 1945–1970 | Tableware | [20] |
Florence Ceramics | Pasadena | 1942–1977 | Giftware & figurines | [39] |
Frazier, Inc. | North Hollywood | 1960s | Kitchenware | [14] |
Fred Wind Ceramics | Glendale | 1950–1960 | "Windware" art ware | [11] |
Freeman Lederman | Van Nuys | unknown | Kitchenware & tableware | [40] |
Freeman McFarlin | El Monte & San Marcos | 1951–1980 | Art ware & figurines | [41] |
G.T. Chemical Products, Inc. | San Diego | 1977-1980s | "Clay in Mind" planters, cookware, & giftware | [14] |
Gainey Ceramics Inc. | La Verne | 1949–present | Planters & tile | [20] |
Gene Lodi | unknown | 1950s | Art ware | [11] |
Genevieve and Charles Tulley | Glendale | 1947-unknown | Lamps, art ware & figurines | [20] |
Gilner | Culver City | 1948–1957 | Art ware | [4] |
Globe Tile and Porcelain Works | Los Angeles | unknown | Tile | [25] |
Golden State Ceramics | Pasadena | 1940s | Artware & giftware | [42] |
Grand Feu Art Pottery (Brauckman Art Pottery) | Los Angeles | mid-1900s | "Grand Feu" and "Brauckman" art ware | [12] |
Grant Beach | Los Angeles | 1940s | Art ware | [33] |
Grayson Arts | Pasadena | 1949-unknown | Giftware & art ware | [14] |
Green Tree Studio (Bess Wilson) | North Hollywood | 1940s | Gifware | [33] |
Group Artec | Los Angeles | unknown | Tile & planters | [23] |
Guppy | Corona del Mar | 1940s-1950s | “Island Ware” tableware | [4] |
H.F. Coors | Inglewood | 1925–2003 | Institutional china | [4][20][43] |
H & H Tile Company | Los Angeles | 1927-unknown | Tile | [25] |
Hagen-Renaker | Monrovia then San Dimas | 1946–present | Giftware, planters & figurines | [41] |
Halcyon Art Pottery | Halcyon | 1910–1913 | Art pottery | [10] |
Haldeman Pottery | Burbank | 1933–1953 | "Caliente" art ware & figurines | [4] |
Hallfield Pottery | unknown | 1950s | Figurines | [11] |
Hamilton Pottery | Los Angeles | 1930s | Figurines & art ware | [11] |
Hardie-Arnita | El Segundo | 1940s | Figurines | [11] |
Harold Burress Pottery | North Hollywood | 1950s | Giftware | [20] |
Harold Johnson | Glendale | 1940–1952 | Art ware | [4] |
Hedi Schoop | Hollywood | 1940–1958 | Art ware & figurines | [4] |
Heirlooms of Tomorrow (California Originals after 1955) | Manhattan Beach | 1944–1955 | Figurines | [4] |
Helen Greenleaf Lane | Upland | 1874–1962 | Tile | [21] |
Hermione Ceramics | Glendale | 1940s-1950s | Giftware & figurines | [36][44] |
Hinkle of Monrovia | Monrovia | 1940s | Kitchenware | [30] |
Hispano-Moresque | Los Angeles | 1927–1934 | Tile | [21] |
Hoffman Tile Company | Ontario | unknown | "Dequa" tile | [40] |
Hollydale Potteries | Harbor City | 1935–1959 | “Malibu Modern” tableware | [4] |
Howard Pierce Ceramics | LaVerne, after 1945 Claremont, after 1968 Joshua Tree | 1941–1994 | Giftware & figurines | [45] |
Hueckel China and Porcelain Company, Inc. | El Monte | 1948- | "Kaolina" art ware, & hotel ware | [20] |
Italian Terra Cotta Company | Los Angeles | unknown | Architectural Terra Cotta & garden ware | [25] |
Ivar of Hollywood | Hollywood | 1940s | Art ware & figurines | [11] |
Jane Callender | North Hollywood | 1942-early 1950s | Figurines | [4] |
Jane Holland | South Gate | 1940s | Kitchenware | [11] |
Jaru Art Products | Culver City | 1950–1968 | Art ware & figurines | [20] |
Jaska of California | Los Angeles | 1946-mid-1950s | Giftware & "Cascade Ware" tableware | [14] |
Jean Goodwin Ames | Padua Hills, Claremont | 1950s | Giftware & art ware | [11] |
Jean Manley | North Hollywood | 1940-50s | Figurines | [11] |
Jean Read | unknown | 1940s | Giftware | [30] |
Jenev Studio Design | Los Angeles | 1953–1959 | Giftware & art ware | |
Johanna Ceramics | Costa Mesa | 1940s | Art ware | [11] |
Josef Originals | Monrovia | 1946–1985 | Figurines | [46] |
Johannes Brahm | Los Angeles/Reseda | 1945–1956 | Giftware & art ware | [20] |
Joy Thompson | Pasadena | 1940s-1950s | Figurines | [4] |
K & M Pottery | Los Angeles | unknown | Stoneware utilitarian wares | [25] |
Karl Roma | unknown | 1940s | Artware, figurines & giftware | [11] |
Kay Finch Ceramics | Corona Del Mar | 1940s-1963 | Tableware, art ware, & figurines | [47] |
Kaye of Hollywood | North Hollywood | early 1940s | Figurines | [4] |
Kellems of Ceramics | Pasadena | 1940s | Art ware | [11] |
Kim Ward (formerly Kaye of Hollywood) | North Hollywood | late 1940s | Figurines | [4] |
The Kiln of Sara Hume | Altadena | 1940s | Art ware & figurines | [48] |
Kinneloa Kiln | Los Angeles | 1938–1951 | "Batchhelder Ceramics" art ware | [14] |
Kipp Ceramics | Pasadena | late 1940s | Art ware & figurines | [20] |
Knowles, Taylor, and Knowles | Burbank | 1940s | Art ware & figurines | [11] |
Kraftile | Niles | 1926–1997 | Tile | [21] |
L.A. Pressed Brick | Los Angeles | 1887–1926 | Brick, architectural terra cotta & tile | [21] |
La Mirada Potteries | Los Angeles | 1935–1939 | Tableware, art ware & figurines | [11] |
La Cañada | Newhall | 1930s-1940s | Tableware, kitchenware & art ware | [4] |
Landaker Original Ceramics | Los Angeles | 1940s | Art ware & figurines | [11] |
Lane | Van Nuys | 1940s-1950s | TV lamps & planters | [4] |
Lee Wollard | Burbank | 1946–1951 | Figurines & art ware | [12] |
Leneige China | Burbank | 1934–1955 | Tableware & art ware | [14] |
Lester of California | Pasadena | 1950s | Figurines | [11] |
Los Angeles Potteries | Lynwood | 1940s-1971 | Tableware, cookie jars, & kitchenware | [4][20] |
Los Angeles Stoneware Company (Douglass Clay Products Company after 1903) | Los Angeles | 1900–1903 | Sewer pipe | [37] |
Lucie Watkins | Los Angeles | 1940s | Figurines & art ware | [11] |
M & L Manufacturing Company | Azusa | 1950s | "De Maray" tableware & art ware | [11] |
Mackie Artware | Corona Del Mar | 1940s-1950s | Figurines & art ware | [11] |
Madeline Originals | Pasadena | 1948–present | Art ware & garden ware | [4] |
Maddux of California | Los Angeles | 1938–1976 | Art ware, giftware & figurines | [4] |
Malibu Ceramic Works | Topanga | 1979–present | Tile, pots, terra cotta floor tile | [49] |
Malibu Potteries | Malibu | 1926–1932 | Tile | [21] |
Marc Bellaire, Inc. | Culver City | 1953-early 1960s | Giftware, figurines & art ware | [11] |
Marcia Ceramics of California | Los Angeles | early 1940s-unknown | Cookie jars, giftware & figurines | [20] |
Markham Pottery | National City | 1913–1921 | Art ware | [12] |
Markoff | Inglewood | 1926–1945 | Tile | [21] |
Marsh Industries | Glendale, after 1959 Los Angeles | 1950- | "French Chef Cookware" cookware and "California Giftware" giftware | [14] |
Mary Jane Hart | Los Angeles | 1940s | "Copa de Oro" figurines | [11] |
Maybrik | Los Angeles | unknown | Tile | [16] |
Mathew Adams | Los Angeles | 1960s | Art ware | [4] |
Max P.H. Schonfeld | Los Angeles | 1939-late 1950s | "Kaolina" artware & giftware | [14] |
Maxine Cloud | Hawthorne | 1945–1953 | Giftware & art ware | [11] |
McCarty Brothers | Sierra Madre | 1940s | Giftware & figurines | [4] |
Mc Me Productions | Simi Valley | 1980s | Cookie Jars | [11] |
McAffee | San Gabriel | 1940s | Art ware | [11] |
Mel Ceramics | Torrance | 1950s | Tableware & art ware | [36][50] |
Meyers/California Rainbow Pottery | Vernon | 1930s-1940s | Tableware, kitchenware & art ware | [4] |
Miramar of California | Los Angeles | 1950s-1960s | Tableware, kitchenware & art ware | [4] |
Mission China Company | Los Angeles | unknown | Hotel & restaurant ware | [25] |
Modglin’s Originals | Los Angeles | 1940–1945 | Figurines | [4] |
Moreno Ceramics | Pomona | 1971-unknown | Flower pots & figural planters | [20] |
Nipedal Manufacturing Co. | Pasadena | 1940s | "Pas Cal" figurines & giftware | [42] |
Northington Inc. | Los Angeles | 1950s | Tableware | [11] |
Orange Grove Pottery | Burbank | 1948–1974 | Tableware, giftware & planters | [20] |
Padre | Los Angeles | 1930s-1940s | Tableware, kitchenware, art ware & figurines | [4] |
Pacific Art Tile Company (Western Art Tile Company after 1904 | Los Angeles (Tropico) | 1902–1904 | Tile | [10][25] |
Pacific Sewer Pipe Company (Pacific Clay Products after 1916) | Los Angeles, Los Nietos | 1910–1916 | Sewer pipe | [37] |
Pat and Covey Stewart | Laguna Beach | 1940s | Art ware | [11] |
Peterson Studios | El Segundo | 1950s | Art ware | [11] |
Phyllis Lester | Los Angeles | 1940s | Art ware | [11] |
Pillin Pottery | Los Angeles | early 1948-1992 | Art ware | [14] |
Pixie Potters (Millicent Andrews) | Los Angeles | 1939–1954 | " Millesan Drews Miniature Pixies" figurines | [11][14] |
Poinsettia Ceramics | Baldwin Park | 1940s | Giftware | [30] |
Pomona Tile Manufacturing Co. | Pomona | 1923–1976 | Tile | [21] |
Potters Associated | Paramount | unknown | Tableware | [40] |
Poxon China Products | Vernon | 1912–1928 | Tile & tableware | [21] |
Pro Artisans | Manhattan Beach | unknown | Lamps | [40] |
Proutyline Products (American Encaustic Tiling Co. after 1926) | Hermosa Beach | 1921–1926 | Tile | [7] |
Raymond Koechlin | Los Angeles | 1940s | Art ware | [11] |
Rembrant Pottery | Laguna Beach | 1930s | Art ware | [11] |
Renaker-Brazel | Leucadia | 1974–1992 | Miniature figurines | [41] |
Rhead Pottery | Santa Barbara | 1913–1917 | Tile | [21] |
Ridgewood China | Los Angeles | 1940s | Tableware | [36] |
Rio Hondo | El Monte | 1939-mid-1950s | Figurines | [11][14] |
Riverside Ceramics | Riverside County | 1946–1947 | Zeisel tableware | [51] |
Robaul of California | unknown | 1940s-1950s | Art ware | [11] |
Robert Maxwell Studio | Venice | 1960s-1970s | "Robert Maxwell Stoneware" art ware, planters, figurines | [52] |
Robert Simmons | Costa Mesa | 1940s-1950s | Giftware & figurines | [4] |
Robertson/Hollywood Pottery | Los Angeles | 1934–1952 | Art ware | |
Robyn Ceramics | Fallbrook, after 1955 Idyllwild | 1940s-1950s | Figurines | [11] |
Rose S. Shep | Seal Beach | 1948–1963 | Tableware, giftware, planters, & lamps | [12] |
The Rose Crown China Co. | Pasadena | 1940s | Giftware | [30] |
Roselane Pottery | Pasadena | 1938–1977 | Giftware, art ware & figurines | [4] |
Ross | Laguna Beach, then Hawthorne | 1940s | Figurines | [11] |
Rothman Stoneware | Los Angeles | 1971–1982 | "Rothwoman" kitchenware, & tableware | [20] |
Roy John of Wilmar California | Wilmar | 1940s | Figurines | [42] |
Rumph | unknown | 1960s-1970s | Art ware & mugs | [11] |
Saar | Lawndale, then El Segundo | 1950–1962 | Art ware, tableware, & giftware | [11] |
San Vallé Tile Kilns | Los Angeles | 1952-unknown | Tableware | [14] |
Santa Anita | Los Angeles | 1940s-1950s | Tableware & kitchenware | [4] |
Santa Barbara Ceramic Design | Santa Barbara | 1976-unknown | Giftware & art ware | [14] |
Sascha Brastoff Ceramics | Los Angeles | 1947–1963 | Tableware, art ware, & figurines | [53] |
Sasha Studios (Sasha Katchamakoff) | Los Angeles | 1950s | Figurines | [11] |
Sierra Vista Ceramics | Sierra Vista, after 1951 Phoenix, Arizona | 1942–1958 | Cookie jars & giftware | [12][14] |
S-Squire Ceramics | Los Angeles | 1943–1950 | Giftware & figurines | [4] |
Southern California Ceramic Company/California Art Products, Inc. | Santa Monica/Los Angeles | 1945–1953 | "Orchard" "Hollywood Ware" tableware | [14] |
Southern California Clay Products (California Clay Products after 1923) | Vernon | 1917–1923 | Chemical stoneware | [2] |
Southern California Coal and Clay Company (Pacific Sewer Pipe Company after 1910) | Lake Elsinore | 1886–1910 | Sewer pipe | [37] |
Starnes (Walter Starnes) | Los Angeles | 1952–1954 | Tableware | [14] |
Stewart B. McCulloch | unknown | 1940s | Figurines & art ware | [11] |
Sunshine Ceramics of Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 1940s | Giftware | [33] |
Susi Singer | Pasadena | 1935–1955 | Figurines | [11] |
Sy Alan Designs | Canoga Park | unknown | Lamps | [40] |
Sylvan Ceramics | Pasadena | 1943- | art ware | [12] |
Sylvia Hood Designs | Pasadena | 1960–1965 | Figurines | [14] |
Taylor Tilery | Santa Monica | 1930–1941 | Tile | [21] |
Tony Hill-Wilmer James | Los Angeles | late 40s-early 50s | Art ware | [11] |
Treasure Craft – Pottery Craft | Gardena and South Gate, then Compton | 1955–1995 | Giftware, kitchenware, & figurines | [54] |
Triangle Studios (Vallona Starr Ceramics) | Los Angeles/El Monte | 1930–1953 | Novelty giftware, kitchenware & art ware | [4] |
Tropico Potteries (Gladding, McBean & Co. after 1923) | Los Angeles | 1921–1923 | Tile, architectural terra cotta & sewer pipe | [21] |
Tudor Art Tile Company (Tudor Potteries) | Los Angeles | 1927–1939 | Tile, art ware, garden ware & figurines | [21] |
Twin Winton | Pasadena, then San Juan Capistrano | 1936–1975 | Giftware, kitchenware, & figurines | [4] |
Vadna of California | Leucadia | 1940s-1950s | Tableware & art ware | [11] |
Valentien Pottery Company | San Diego | 1911–1913 | Art pottery | [10] |
Valley Vista Ceramics | Los Angeles | 1946–1962 | Giftware | [20] |
Vally Werner | Los Angeles | 1940s | Art ware | [4] |
Van Straaton Company | Santa Monica | 1940s | Art ware | [38] |
Vee Jackson | San Gabriel then Pasadena | 1946–1976 | Giftware | [11] |
Vessel USA Inc. | San Diego | 1998–present | Planters | [55] |
Victoria Ceramics | San Juan Capistrano | 1940s | Figurines | [48] |
Vitrefrax Company | Los Angeles | unknown | Insulators | [25] |
Vohann of California | Laguna Beach/Capistrano Beach/San Clemente | 1950–present | Art ware & giftware | [4][56] |
Wade Ceramics | North Hollywood | 1965–1967 | Art ware & kitchenware | [14] |
Walker Potteries | Monrovia | 1945–1952 | Figurines | [14][57] |
Walker-Renaker | Monrovia | 1952–1959 | Figurines | [57] |
Wallace China Company | Huntington Park | 1931–1964 | Restaurant ware | [4] |
Walter Wilson | Pasadena | 1943–1954 | Giftware & figurines | [14] |
Weil of California (California Figurine Company prior to 1946) | Los Angeles | 1946–1955 | "Weil Ware" giftware, artware, tableware & figurines | [4] |
West Coast Tile Company (American Encaustic Tiling Company after 1919) | Vernon | 1914–1919 | Tile | [10][21] |
West Coast | Burbank | 1940s-1950s | Art ware, giftware & figurines | [4] |
Western Art Tile Company (Tropico Potteries after 1921) | Los Angeles (Tropico) | early 1904-1920 | Tile | [10] |
Western Quarry Tiles | Monrovia | 1959–present | Garden ware & tile | [24][58] |
Whiting-Mead Company | Los Angeles | unknown | Sanitary ware & garden ware | [25] |
Wildwood Ceramics | Pasadena | 1940s-1950s | Giftware | [11] |
Will-George (became The Claysmiths in 1945) | Pasadena | 1934–1945 | Giftware & figurines | [4] |
William Bonzi | Pasadena | 1945-1950s | "Bonzi" giftware, artware & tableware | [14] |
William Manker Ceramics | Padua Hills – Claremont | 1933-late 1950s | Art ware & figurines | [4] |
Wilmer James | Los Angeles | 1940s | Art ware | [11] |
Winfield Pottery – Gabriel Porcelain Pottery | Pasadena | 1929–1962 | "Winfield" "Gabriel Porcelain" tableware, art ware & figurines | [12] |
Winifred Cole of California | Van Nuys | 1967- | Giftware | [20] |
Wolper Art Studios | Los Angeles | 1948-unknown | Tableware & giftware | [14] |
Yerbysmith Ceramics | Laguna Beach | 1940s | Art ware | [11] |
Ynez | Inglewood | 1940s-1950s | Figurines | [4] |
Yona Ceramics | Los Angeles | 1952–1957 | Giftware & figurines | [11] |