Boomerang Table Ashtray 11" Turquoise or Aqua Blue SHAWNEE #301 MID-CENTURY For Sale

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Boomerang Table Ashtray 11" Turquoise or Aqua Blue SHAWNEE #301 MID-CENTURY:
$22.99

For yourconsideration is this large MID-CENTURY, VINTAGE 1950's, SHAWNEE# 301, aqua greenor turquoise colored 11.0” long boomerang shaped ceramic table ashtray. The ashtray was madein the U.S.A. by SHAWNEE. Thisashtray belonged to father-in-law before it came into my possession andsubsequently added to my vintage ashtray collection. It remains exactly as I received it decadesago. I am currently in the process ofdownsizing my collection of ashtrays and am offering this piece to someone elsethat will go on to appreciate it as much as we have.

“The Shawnee Pottery Company was amanufacturing company best known for producing Corn King Pottery and thePennsylvania Dutch lines of pottery. Both of these lines are considered to behighly collectible.

The company activelyproduced pottery from 1937 to 1961 from its location in Zanesville, Ohio.

In 1937 ShawneePottery began operations in the former American Encaustic facility inZanesville, Ohio. Arrowheads found in the area, in conjunction with theheritage of local Shawnee Native Americans, inspired Louise Bauer, who was anin-house designer for this new company, to develop a logo with an arrowhead andprofile of a Shawnee Indian Head. The ShawneePottery company operated from 1937 through 1961.

After the new logowas finalized, the company then became known as Shawnee Pottery. Production under this new company name beganin August 1937. The first products wereprimarily decorative items like figurines, cookie jars, ashtrays and vaseswhich could be found in “five and dime” stores, such as F. W. WoolworthCompany, S. S. Kresge and McCrory Stores.Shortly after production began in 1937, Sears Roebuck and Company askedthe Shawnee Pottery Company to design a line of dinnerware known as Valencia,and a line of kitchenware exclusively for their stores.

World War II had itseffect on Shawnee Pottery. The Army AirForce had contracts with Shawnee Pottery Company from 1942 to 1946 whichprovided Shawnee with 90% of its production. During this period, ceramic designer RobertHeckman joined the company”.

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“USA 301”