Ben Seibel's mid-century modern dinnerware designed for Mikasa

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Ben Seibel, the ceramic artist born in Newark, NJ, in 1918, is the designer of the Mikasa dinnerware. Although Mikasa is a Japanese ceramic manufacturing firm, its dinnerwares belong to the category of American dinnerware due to its shapes created by Seibel.

Ceramic tableware, Works, Collections and collecting, Seibel, Ben

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Homer Laughlin: Empress and Kwaker keeping in touch with the past

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The philosophy of the Homer Laughlin Co. was aimed at supplying middleclass consumers with affordable dinnerware. Empress and Kwaker, the two shapes, are emblematic of a new trend of simplification and less flamboyant.

Product information, Management dynamics, Electric housewares and fans, Management, Company business management, Housewares industry, Kitchenware

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Rhythm: the Homer Laughlin experiment with mid-century modern

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The "Rhythm" dinnerware line was created by Homer Laughlin Co. in the early 1950s. It was designed to look good with decals and colored glazes and became their best seller.

Tableware, Homer Laughlin China Co.

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