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  • Made by W.S. George Pottery Company
  • Round paneled shape with crimped border
  • Produced with decals and the following solid colors and sold as “Elmhurst Pastels”:
    • Blue
    • Pink
    • Yellow
    • Apple Green
    • Maple Sugar
    • Turquoise
  • First made in the late 1930s
  • Assortment consists of approx. 25 items
  • Most pieces are marked with an Elmhurst backstamp

Platters and lug soups
Dinner plates and a teatpot
Generic shape shakers in
Elmhurst's pink glaze
Courtesy: F. & C. Stone vitrified


“Elmhurst Pastels” ad from a 1939 trade journal
W.S. George Pottery Co. - New Color Tones - Elmhurst Pastels
Elmhusrt Pastels are the result of long research and experimentation at the big potteries of the W.S. George Company. Plain bright colors were first obtained and used in the pottery field, but it remained for the W.S. George Pottery to perfect and stabilize the soft hues of pastel tints now available on the Elmhurst shape.

CHEMICALLY STABILIZED
Elmhurst Pastels are guaranteed against deterioration from citrus fruits, salad dressings or relishes. The tints in these glazes are “color fast”, do not fade, or dull from use.
Additional pieces are obtainable too, with the satisfaction of knowing that corresponding tints do not vary.

TINTS THAT HARMONIZE
Furniture, smart table settings, require harmonizing table service for complete color schemes in the modern home; and it is significant that the overwhelming trend is to these beautiful light-toned Elmhusrt Pastels.

Close-up of Elmhusrt hollowware

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