Freeman-McFarlin
Freeman-McFarlin Potteries
was located in El Monte, California from 1951 to 1980, when it was sold to
Hagen Renaker, Inc. In 1977 it was listed as having employed 200 in the work of
decorative pottery (Lehner, L., 1988).
McCoy
Nelson McCoy Pottery,
located in Roseville, Ohio, since 1910 as a universally known pottery maker,
specializing in cookie jars, tableware, florist and gardenware, ornamental and
artware, and vases. (Lehner, L, 1988). The factory was sold in 1967 to Mt.
Clemens Potteries, and then again in 1974 to the Lancaster Colony Corporation.
In 1990 all production ceased ("History of McCoy Pottery", 2005). You
can learn more about the McCoy Pottery company by visiting the McCoy Pottery Collectors' Society’s web site.
Sources Cited:
"History of McCoy Pottery." Collectics
Reference & Education.2005.Online. 20 Apr 2005.
Lehner, Lois. Lehner's Encyclopedia of U.S. Marks on Pottery,
Porcelain & Clay. Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1988.
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